Fast-paced drama about a team of forensic
investigators trained to solve crimes by examining the evidence. They
are on the case 24/7, scouring the scene, collecting the irrefutable
evidence and finding the missing pieces that will solve the mystery.
D.B. Russell, the new CSI Supervisor for
the grave shift, comes to the team after heading the Seattle Crime Lab.
He's a family man and scientist, but not a nerd. Son of hippie parents,
he's a "Left Coast" Sherlock Holmes who devours crime novels and looks
at every crime scene as if it were a story waiting to be told. Other CSI
members include Catherine Willows, the team's former supervisor and an
investigator with a cop's instinct for reading human behavior; Nick
Stokes, the conscience of the team, often driven by his emotional
connection to the victim to always get the job done; Sara Sidle, aka
Mrs. Grissom, the moral compass of the team who is relentless in her
pursuit of criminals; Greg Sanders, once an off-beat tech analyst and
now an experienced and intuitive crime solver; and Morgan Brody, an
exile from the Los Angeles Crime Lab and the daughter of Undersheriff
Ecklie. She's a natural born investigator who still has a lot to learn
about politics and family. The CSI team members also work closely with
Captain Jim Brass, a seasoned detective and protector of CSI, sometimes
to a fault; Dr. Albert Robbins, the ever-professional medical examiner;
his wise-cracking assistant, David Phillips; and David Hodges, a tech of
many talents who often rubs people the wrong way, but never fails to
deliver.
The hugely popular "CSI" is no less than a contemporary entertainment
marvel. Finding its stride in season 2 with a formula which pushes the
envelope while still being doable, this series packs ample portions of
entertainment into 40 minute episodes while staying fresh, delivering
palatable doses of science didactically, and, most of all, manifesting a
strong sense of social responsibility in all of its subliminals. While most
entertainment aims for the crotch, the gut, or the heart, "CSI" goes for the
most difficult target, the head, as it teaches forensics and the empirical
process while remaining cooly detached from sensationalism and melodrama all
the while using the "truth is stranger (and more interesting) than fiction"
thesis to its and our advantage. The results are fun and interesting
lessons in everything from dwarfism to Down syndrome to anatomy to
ballistics to etc. all the while maintaining a social conscience. Whether
explaining how S&M is not necessarily perversion to simply dissing Don King,
"CSI" is one sweet sugar coated education with solid mainstream values. My
favorite lines? CSI1:"There's a sucker born every minute." CSI2: "Yeah. And
they all come to Vegas." Truer words....
CSI has come to the UK and has been on our screens for around a year. I saw the first episode and was impressed but like with a lot of TV series I found good such as the X-files I just forgot about it and never watched it, anyway about 2 months ago I heard and advert on the radio for it and so watched it. I have been watching it religously since, I have missed most of series one and the first few episodes of series two which annoys me but every episode is great, well written and excellently acted and directed. What sets this out from other TV shows is the incredibly professional look, from the movie like cinematography to the brilliant acting, the writing is always very good and the plot twists always surprising whilst feasible. I wish I had watched it since series one. I am a fan of Marg Helgenberger, I find her very sexy, she is a gorgeous woman and this really made me finally decide to watch it, as I usually watch something from the movie channels on saturdays. The show has a great production value and its got that Bruckheimer class about it. They always have good directors such as Danny Cannon who also did the underrated Stallone flick Judge Dredd. All the actors are good the two younger guys played by Gary Dourdon and George Eads and the nice looking Joja Fox and they and Marg are all led by the ultra intelligent Gill Grissom, excellently played by the one of the shows producers William Peterson, the lines Grissom has are classic. The show has some generally interesting characters who are all likeable. This show is pure TV excellence and it gets a bonus thumbs up because they cast one of my fave actors Mark Dacascos in an episode which should reach the UK in about 7 weeks. 10/10
CSI has come to the UK and has been on our screens for around a year. I saw the first episode and was impressed but like with a lot of TV series I found good such as the X-files I just forgot about it and never watched it, anyway about 2 months ago I heard and advert on the radio for it and so watched it. I have been watching it religously since, I have missed most of series one and the first few episodes of series two which annoys me but every episode is great, well written and excellently acted and directed. What sets this out from other TV shows is the incredibly professional look, from the movie like cinematography to the brilliant acting, the writing is always very good and the plot twists always surprising whilst feasible. I wish I had watched it since series one. I am a fan of Marg Helgenberger, I find her very sexy, she is a gorgeous woman and this really made me finally decide to watch it, as I usually watch something from the movie channels on saturdays. The show has a great production value and its got that Bruckheimer class about it. They always have good directors such as Danny Cannon who also did the underrated Stallone flick Judge Dredd. All the actors are good the two younger guys played by Gary Dourdon and George Eads and the nice looking Joja Fox and they and Marg are all led by the ultra intelligent Gill Grissom, excellently played by the one of the shows producers William Peterson, the lines Grissom has are classic. The show has some generally interesting characters who are all likeable. This show is pure TV excellence and it gets a bonus thumbs up because they cast one of my fave actors Mark Dacascos in an episode which should reach the UK in about 7 weeks. 10/10
