Scott Parker
CSI: Miami – “All Fall Down” – review
Why is it when shows and movies want to really get under your skin, they choose a child singing a nursery rhyme? What is it about the odd juxtaposition of young innocence with adult cruelty that makes it so spooky? That’s how last night’s season finale of CSI: Miami opened: a little girl singing to [...]
CSI: Miami – “Time Bomb” – Review
Last night in Houston, it did something it almost never does during CSI: Miami. It rained. Big time. As such, the weather man cut in a couple of times, including the pre-credit sequence. So when I saw Calleigh, behind the wheel of the MDPD Hummer, following another car, I didn’t know who it was. Turned [...]
CSI: Miami – “Mommie Deadest” – Review
Last week’s CSI: Miami episode was a good heist caper. The week before that, it was CSI: Ghost Whisperer. Coming in to last’s night twenty-second episode, the title put me off my guard a bit. “Mommie Deadest” it was, and immediately images of Faye Dunaway entered my mind. I figured the episode would be harsh. [...]
Ghosts of Manhattan by George Mann – review
Buck Rogers had one. Flash Gordon had one. Batman has had one throughout the years, especially in the Brave and the Bold cartoon. Tony Stark, whose second adventure bows today in theaters, certainly has one. Heck, even James Bond had one. Know what I’m talking about? Jet packs. For as much as we’re living in [...]
CSI: Miami – “Meltdown” – Review
I don’t know about you, but I enjoy a good heist story. In every good heist movie, the characters case the joint, outline all the obstacles they have to overcome, how touch it’ll be, and then deliver the execution. The actual heist is usually a thing of beauty, full of moments that just make you [...]
CSI: Miami – Backfire – Review
I’ll admit that when I saw the previews for last night’s CSI: Miami episode, I considered it a gimmick. In those scenes, we saw Calleigh apparently talking to a ghost. I started worrying that we’d get CSI: Ghost Whisperer. What emerged, however, was something different. “Backfire” opened with a house fire. Calleigh and Ryan are on [...]
CSI: Miami – “Spring Breakdown” – Review
I have to admit I was a little worried going into last night’s CSI: Miami episode, “Spring Breakdown,” the nineteenth of the season. The last new episode, “Dishonor,” was one of the best of the season to date, showcasing a great mystery in addition to some truly emotional scenes at the end with Horatio and [...]
CSI: Miami – “Dishonor” – review
To borrow from a telecast transcript of just about any college basketball game this month, CSI: Miami came roaring out of the locker room and completely dominated the game. Last night’s episode, “Dishonor,” the eighteenth of the season, was one of the best of the season to date. The reason was pure and simple: it [...]
CSI: Miami – “Getting Axed” – review
What sets the CSI franchise apart from other police procedurals is the science. Yes, there are characters we like, and we enjoy being a fly buzzing around, watching them do their thing. Largely, however, it’s a cop show with science as the lead protagonist. That was the case last night. The problem occurs when the [...]
CSI: Miami – “LA” – Review
Admission up front: I haven’t seen anything by Rob Zombie. I know him from afar as a horror maestro. He was the guest director last night, and I was intrigued, to be sure. As cool as it is to have guest director (Like Quentin Tarantino did with the original CSI a year or so ago), [...]
CSI: Miami – “Miami, We Have a Problem” – review
As a writer myself, I’m constantly impressed by CSI: Miami’s writers’ ability to come up with interesting crimes perpetrated in interesting ways. What makes the three CSI programs so fun to watch is the regional variation offered by Las Vegas, New York, and Miami. Surprisingly, it’s taken eight years for the Miami group to bring [...]
CSI: Miami – “In the Wind” – Review
In just about every opening of your standard CSI: Miami episode, we viewers get to see the crime. By the end of your regular episode, the murderer is taken away in handcuffs. Last night’s episode, “In the Wind,” starts in a different place: Death Row. The crime is fifteen years in the past. The convicted [...]
