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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...
After
stating in my review of Season
3 - Part 2 of CSI: Miami that David
Caruso's character, Lieutenant Horatio Caine, was starting
to grow on me. I'm sad to report that he's back to his old
annoying habits in this volume. Pointless
posing; removing and replacing his sunglasses constantly;
always being right; and the world's most patronising character
all add up to make this reviewers blood boil every time I
have to see his smug little face on screen.
This
collection includes the first 12 episodes of Season 4,
spread over three discs.
Highlights
include:
Blood
In The Water: When a fire starts onboard a private boat,
two of the occupants jump overboard - straight into shark
infested waters. The CSI team is called in to investigates
the disappearance of the two teenagers, as well as the robbery
of a quantity of gold bars. This episode is interesting for
the number of surprises it uncovers as the investigation digs
deeper.
Three-way:
When the pool boy of a hotel is found dead, the evidence leads
the CSI team to three housewives who are on a girls only weekend.
This episode follows Calleigh, Delko and Wolfe as they work
the crime scene. Each investigator comes to a different conclusion
as to who was responsible for the pool boy's murder.
Under
Suspicion: Caine, it would seem, is being framed for a
murder he didn't commit. The victim was a woman that Caine
was seeing, and he admits to being the last one to see her
alive. The CSI team must dig deep to prove that Caine was
not responsible. Sadly, this episode does not see Caine being
convicted of the murder - so we are robbed of him rotting
in jail (shame). But it does have some classic annoying Caine
moments. I loved the way he told Tripp how to do his job -
asking him to take his gun and badge off him because now he
is a murder suspect. And then I loved the way, despite being
suspect number one, that he was allowed to walk around the
lab (compromising evidence if he so wanted) and heading off
after the real killer alone.
Felony
Flight: This is a two-part crossover story which concludes
as a CSI: NY episode. A plane crash-lands and only
two of the occupants survive. The plane was a prison transport
plane, and the two survivors are convicts. One of the convicts
is a serial killer. Mac Taylor (from CSI: NY) was responsible
for originally arresting the killer and arrives in Miami to
help Horatio track him down.
Nailed:
This episode starts pretty dramatically with Delco and Wolfe
driving erratically. The reason? Wolfe has a large nail embedded
in his eye and Delco is rushing him to hospital. The rest
of the episode is told in flashback from before the accident.
Of course, this gives the writers a million and one excuses
to keep teasing the viewer as to when Wolfe will get the nail
in his eye. Although I think it's a little overdone with Calleigh
twice pointing a nail gun at Wolfe, and Wolfe looking down
the barrel of a nail gun that won't fire. The murder that's
being investigated is of a woman, who was starting divorce
proceedings against her husband, and there's an interesting
twist in this tale.
Urban Hellraisers: While in the bank Delko witnesses
an armed robbery. Although the robbery seems a little odd
- why wasn't more money taken? And why did one of the thieves
attempt to rape someone at the same time? It soon transpires
that the thieves are re-enacting a video game. And have to
do more outlandish things in order to score the most points.
Shattered:
This episode sees Delko under suspicion of purchasing drugs,
after a murder suspect reveals that he has sold drugs to the
CSI officer. Caine gets involved, determined to back his man
up and prove his innocence. This episode also proves to Caine
that the CSI mole, that has been hinted at in previous episodes,
actually exists.
48
Hours to Life: This is not an episode I personally though
was very good. I only mention it because it sees Caine at
his most annoying (Under Suspicion comes a close second).
Even when a young man confesses to a murder Caine is adamant
that he is innocent. And, when another crime occurs Caine
has no problems with the crime as he suspects that there were
extenuating circumstances - surprise, surprise he is right
on both counts.
This
collection also include a very brief cameo from Stargate:
SG-1's Michael Shanks as well as an ongoing role for Brendan
Fehr (Roswell - or Roswell High as it was better
known in the UK).
There
are not featurettes in this collection. As far as extras go
we get optional audio commentaries on six episodes (From
the Grave; Prey; Felony Flight; Urban
Hellraisers; Shattered; and Payback) and
that's your lot - which to be honest is a bit of a rip off
when you consider that it will set you back £70 if you
want to buy a whole season in the CSI franchise.
The
majority of these episodes are extremely enjoyable and this
is certainly a collection that CSI: Miami fans will
be proud to add to their collection, even if it is a little
on the expensive side.
Amber
Leigh
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