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Chronicling the work of the Miami-Dade crime investigators,
CSI: Miami is set against the sun, fun and tropics
of the Florida tourist haven. Leading the team is Horatio
Caine, an ex-bomb squad detective who is no stranger to confrontations
with criminals and the underworld...
Something
happened to me while watching this collection... something
I'm not sure I understand - or how I feel about. But, after
constantly moaning about David Caruso's character Lieutenant
Horatio Caine in previous volumes, I have to admit that he's
starting to grow on me.
Don't
get me wrong, I'm not going all soft - he is still a royal
pain in the arse (constantly taking his sunglasses on and
off like a cheap movie star and always knowing everything)
but I suddenly had the feeling that I had misjudged him all
this time... maybe... a bit.
This
collection seems more than a few surprises in store for fans
that have been watching from the very first episode - there
was one in particular that made me go all goosepimply and
cry out: "Wow! No way!" But worry not, I won't spoil
that here for you.
Highlights
in this collection include:
Identity
is interesting as two women are claiming to be the same person.
One is the real deal, the other has stolen her identity. But
which is which? At every turn the writers have you questioning
all the evidence you are presented with.
Nothing
to See is a two-part episode which sees a prisoner escape
after he, and a number of other criminals are brought in to
help stop a bush fire from spreading. There is also a bit
of a dig at the expense of Michael Jackson. An actor is accused
of using his home to abuse children - he even has a security
system that lets him know when anyone is approaching his bedroom.
Money
Plane. This episode has a spectacular opening as a plane
crash lands. The two pilots are injured, but a body of a woman
is found in the wreckage. At first it appears that she was
an innocent civilian who was in the wrong place at the wrong
time, but as the CSI team start to gather evidence it appears
that she may have been a stowaway on the plane.
Game
Over stars skateboarding expert Tony Hawk and is concerned
with the body of a man who seems to have been killed in a
car crash. The investigation soon reveals that he has in fact
been dead for hours and that the road accident was set up
to make his death appear accidental.
Sex
and Taxes is noteworthy because the episode starts off
with the crime and the viewer is an eyewitness. However, when
the CSI team appear on the scene the evidence doesn't tell
the same story. This was a clever way of showing us that what
you see is not necessarily what actually happens.
Killer
Date explores the sexual practice known as "Wing
Chicks" in which men pay women to accompany them to a
club and then chat up other women for them - vouching for
them as if they're personal friends. This episode also has
a huge surprise in store for Caine - and starts the ball rolling
on a story arc that has him digging around to uncover the
truth.
Recoil
is another episode, like Sex and Taxes, where the narrative
starts in the thick of the action, only to rewind and show
us the events that lead up to the crime scene.
To
be honest though, there isn't a bad episode in this collection
and the story arc towards the end makes for exciting edge-of-the-seat
viewing.
Extras
are a little thin on the ground - what happened to the handful
of audio commentaries we usually get? All we are offered here
is an audio commentary on Whacked; Medical Examiner School
featurette (13 mins); Delivering The Goods featurette
(13 mins); and Location: Coast To Coast featurette
(11 mins) which explains that hardly any of this show is actually
shot in Miami.
Certainly
the best CSI: Miami collection so far.
Amber
Leigh
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