C.S.I. Miami - The Fifth Season

Not worth a cent

Please read Jimmy's review (the one star one) before even considering watching or buying this series. I am a huge fan on all CSI series since their creation and this is the worst one by far.
It is insulting our intelligence with stories lacking any credibility and Horatio Cayne is turning into an unbearable "White Knight" born to save the world and hardly ever looking at any evidence in the lab. I understand that CSI was lacking some personal angles and too focused on the cases but now it is the opposite, too much personal stories and boring cases.
I cannot believe this series is the most watched in the world when CSI Las Vegas, CSI NY, The Wire or the last seasons on the English series Waking the Dead are by far much smarter and enjoyable. August 27, 2008

CSI Miami

As always, season 5 is DEFINITELY in line with the previous seasons.

Season 5 is beatiful and exciting.

I can't wait to obtain Season 6. July 12, 2008

CSI Miami Season 5

This season is the best season yet. Full of action and surprises. I highly recommend this product!!! July 4, 2008

i LOVE CSI:Miami

I LOVE CSI:Miami! i even watch reruns over and over again on A&E. I am buying this DVD set because this season had some good episodes. i hate that Alex has left the show(Season 6)!! I can not wait until Season 6 is out! and yes, some events are unrealistic but it is a TV show for some of you people leaving negative Feedback because of that. If you want straight reality than switch to FOX and watch COPS! May 23, 2008

The Sun Is Setting On CSI Miami's Street Cred

I do enjoy this show and have all the seasons on DVD, but I have to admit Jimmy Park's review is fair and accurate. The lines and direction given to David Caruso are so cringe worthy. For a TV show to be based on something real, it should at least exhibit some reality and believability in order to have credibility. The producers go to so much trouble with lush sets, top notch equipment and other impressive props and yet the writers let us down with banal and ridiculous plots. The 'drive the bomb in the car to a deserted location before it blows' sequence was laughable.

There's ALWAYS a fiber or a fingerprint or some DNA left behind and I'm sure a lot of viewers like me are able to spot who the villain is very early on. Every episode it's the same: murder, the crew turns up (the beautiful people), Horatio delivers his cringe worthy one liner, opening credits, Alex says she'll know more at the "post", one of the beautiful people spots something either on the body or at the scene and says they'll "get it to trace", Horatio drops in from time to time with a "Let's do that" or "Find the gun, find the shooter" or "Find the bomb, find the bomber" line, blah blah blah, a bit of flirting between the beautiful people, an inch or so too much cleavage from Boa Vista and/or Cally and hey presto, Frank Tripp man handles the villain down the steps of the CSI building while Horatio stands in the background looking smug. David Caruso's acting duties may be restricted to putting on/taking off his sunglasses, putting his hands on his hips and nearly always looking down in a hunch back pose, but the guy who plays Tripp, all he does is look annoyed.

One final thought. I've actually seen forensic investigators turn up at a crime scene and they wear these all in one white jump suits, covered footwear (like surgeons do) and face masks. Why? So they don't compromise the scene. That long blonde hair of Cally's must get everywhere at a crime scene, but you never see any of the CSIs bagging and tagging blonde hairs for later DNA analysis only to discover it was one of their own shedding over everything. It's a bit silly.

As I said, I do like this show and am somewhat entertained by it. But as for coming over as realistic and genuinely dramatic, it's become more and more of a let down as the seasons have passed. April 18, 2008

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