New Loaded Bad Revealed in CSI: Miami
There’s going to be a new big bad for Horatio Caine to tangle with in the upcoming tenth season of CSI: Miami. TV Guide reports that Carlos Bernard, who played Tony Almeida in 24, will take on the job as the season’s villain. “We’re going to slowly position Horatio in opposition to a very subtle, [...]
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. [...]
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 – “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 [...]
CSI: Miami – “Die by the Sword” – review
It has to be an interesting and, at times, frustrating job to be a writer for a crime show like CSI: Miami. The template is pretty structured, and we viewers know what we’re going to get week in and week out. It’s one of the reasons why network television is our comfort food. Every now and then, however, we get something interesting. Take this week’s episode, “Die by the Sword.” The murder victim does exactly that. Russell Turner, running for his life, is pursued by a man on a motorcycle brandishing a sword. But not just any sword. A katana, a Japanese blade forged in such a way as to make it’s edge more than razor sharp and its strength unparalleled. You don’t see that kind of murder every day.
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