(NOTE TO EDITORS: The following episode of SHARK has been substituted for the one previously scheduled for Nov. 4)

SEBASTIAN AND DANNY GO TO MEXICO TO ATTEMPT TO RETRIEVE A DEFENDANT AVOIDING PROSECUTION FOR THE MURDER OF RAINA'S SUCCESSFUL FASHION DESIGNER FRIEND, ON "SHARK," SUNDAY, NOV. 4

Emmy Award Nominee and Golden Globe Award Nominee Sherry Stringfield ("ER") Returns as Defense Attorney Nora March

Amy Aquino ("ER"), Meredith Monroe ("Criminal Minds," "Dawson's Creek"), Brenda Strong ("Desperate Housewives") and Titus Welliver ("Deadwood") Guest Star, Respectively, as the Trial Judge, the Defendant's Wife, the Victim's Mother and A Mexico-Based Former Client of Sebastian's

"In Absentia" - Without disclosing it to the presiding judge, Sebastian and Danny head to Mexico to attempt to retrieve a defendant who fled to avoid being prosecuted for the murder of his business-partner/mistress, Raina's successful fashion designer friend, Hanna, on SHARK, Sunday, Nov. 4 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. (Previously scheduled for a later date)

SERIES REGULARS:

Sebastian Stark: James Woods
Jessica Devlin: Jeri Ryan
Isaac Wright: Henry Simmons
Julie Stark: Danielle Panabaker
Raina Troy: Sophina Brown
Madeleine Poe: Sarah Carter
Danny Reyes: Kevin Alejandro

RECURRING CAST:

Nora March: Sherry Stringfield

GUEST CAST:

Javier/Dexter Modene: Titus Welliver
Judge Grant: Amy Aquino
Olivia Hartnell: Brenda Strong
Nina Weber: Meredith Monroe
Hanna Hartnell: Kelly McGarry
Eli Weber: Steven Brand
Louis Menashi: Philip Anthony-Rodriguez
Meg Fullerton: Katie Amanda Keane
Mike Brigham: Troy Ruptash
Benicio: David Michie
Louis: Jerry Zatarain, Jr.
Police Captain: Garcia Rene Rivera
Don Davis: Austen Parros
Tommy Harris: Robert Thorne

WRITTEN BY: Kim Clements, one of the series' producers

DIRECTED BY: Adam Davidson, one of the series' supervising producers

RATING: TV-14-LV