DVD
CSI: Miami
Season 3 - Part 2

Starring: David Caruso, Emily Procter and Adam Rodriguez, Khandi Alexander, Sofia Milos and Jonathan Togo
Momentum Pictures
RRP: £39.99
MP544D
Certificate: 18
Available 23 October 2006


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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