C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation – The Complete Seventh Season (2000)
Amazon.com The seventh season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is as solid as any of the series’ previous years. The stories are strong, the actors share potent chemistry, and the characters are believable because they are flawed human beings. This year, CSI delves into the complicated romance between head investigator Gil Grissom (William Petersen) and his underling Sara Sidle (Jorga Fox). The two are reticent to let their colleagues in on their relationship, and the season finale offers a gasp-inducing prospect of their future...
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Amazon.com The nation’s top-rated program got back to basics for its fourth season. The personal lives of the Las Vegas crime scene investigators would take more of a backseat to the stories themselves: the victims, the cases, the criminals. After a successful operation, William Peterson’s Gil Grissom has regained his hearing–and his Manhunter-era beard–and is back in fighting form. “You’re like your old self,” Captain Brass (Paul Guilfoyle) notes in “All for Our Country.” Just in time,...
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Amazon.com A perennial Nielsen ratings topper, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation shows no signs of losing creative momentum in its sixth season. The 24 episodes are taut, fascinating, and gruesome; that killer combination fulfills the promise this CBS series has shown since its inception. In its sixth year, the show delves into the characters’ personal lives more so than in previous seasons, adding more dimension and truth to the roles. We see the looks exchanged between head investigator Gil Grissom (William Petersen) and his underling...
[Continue reading: C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation – The Complete Sixth Season (2000)]C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation – The Complete First Season (2000)
Amazon.com Murder, and its tale-telling aftermath, is the compelling subject of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Since it premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000, CSI was a ratings triumph, spawning a spinoff (CSI: Miami) and positioning itself for long-term success. As the first season demonstrates, creator Anthony Zuiker’s foolproof formula was established early on, bolstered by a fine ensemble cast and requiring minimal tweaking as the season progressed; its Las Vegas-based “criminalists” eventually became “CSI”...
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Amazon.com Relaxing at the top of the Nielsen ratings, C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation: The Complete Fifth Season stretched its legs a little to wander into the more grisly, more disturbing, and altogether more personal. “Down the Drain” showed the first overt romantic moment–in the form of a near-kiss–between Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger) and Warrick Brown (Gary Dourdan), which was discussed at length in the commentary and behind-the-scenes featurette as “a big moment.” After that tease, the...
[Continue reading: C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation – The Complete Fifth Season (2000)]C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation – The Complete Second Season (2000)
Amazon.com The second season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation consolidates the show’s well-deserved popular appeal, while beginning to explore (gently at first) beneath the slickly professional surface of the investigators themselves. Gradually we learn more about what makes Grissom and his astonishingly gifted forensics team tick, beyond merely that they are workaholics who seem to require no sleep at all. The show’s trademark reveals of vital evidence–be it on the autopsy slab or under the microscope–add a fresh...
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