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CSI Las Vegas is the show that yields the true goods and its two spin-offs have not even come close to mirroring the quality of this stellar show. Season 5 was a good season (oh, heck... all of them were great...) but Season 6 was the one with the stories that seemed to affect our favorite CSI's more than before. Nick is still recovering from his tramatic expierience being burried alive and nearly eatedn alive by bugs and throughout the first half of this season, you see the effects it all has on him. His ordeal gets tied up midaway in "Daddy's Little Girl" which also features an intriguing investigation of a young woman who seems to have really bad luck with men... as in they either die or flee...
Warick gets married and in "Bodies in Motion" what viewers suspected for a while comes into fruitation as Catherine reveals that she has fantasized about him and his marraige makes that "fantasy" null and void.
Catherine gets a little closer to her "father" even when he becomes a suspect in a bizarre mob-like murder investigation in "Kiss-Kiss, Bye-Bye" which also features a lavish performance by the stunning Faye Dunaway.
Grissom gets a blast from the past when a DOA turns out to be the estranged daughter of none-other-than Lady Heather in "Pirates of the Third Reich" and has more hard impacting moment with her before the episode ends.
Sara shines in all the episodes because she has always been so knowledgable and smart but she gets a moment to oppose Nick in "Gum Drops" when he insists that a possible victim could still be alive and Sara inists that his own kidnapping expierience may be impairing his judgement. It is one of the finer episodes of this season... and it has some pretty neat twists.
The two part "A Bullet Runs Trhough It" stood out the most for me because it is one of the most heartbreaking episodes I've seen in a while. Sophia and Brass are being investigated for the possible "friendly fire" death of one of their own and the conclusion to this stunner brought me to tears and made me feel a whole different degree of respect for bith Sophia nad Brass.
"Still Life" is another episode that hits close and hits hard. A mother believes her son has been kidnapped and when he turns up in another "loving" family... of course it would not be CSI if there weren't a few boggeling twists...
The emotional "Up In Smoke" was another stunner complete with several twists throughout... as the CSI's investigate a charred body in a chimney only to be informed by Catherine and Warick that the tenant was being investigated for the disapearance of a teenage girl nearly a year earlier. Catherine (who has always been my favorite CSI) takes this case personal as she seriously believes that this man murdered that girl.
"Rashomama" finds the CSI's investigating a murdered "mother-in-law" wat a wedding and what makes this episode shine is the different takes on what happened after Nicks car (and the evidence) is stolen. Seeing Sara's view on marraige is pretty funny... and sequence when they try to think back is hilarious as the scen seems to mesh with their views of marraige. Who knew Nick was so romantic?
Of course, the season finale "Way To Go" is another shocked as one of their own is in a life or death struggle after being shot during a hostage situation. It is a touching episode and another one that had me on the verge of tears. I really got a better feel for Brass and Grissom's friendship in this one.
So... great season... lots of good stories and this DVD set is loaded with interesting extras. Even after six seasons this show is still as potent to me and I hope it has the steam to continue on for a little bit longer. If you own the other seasons, this is certainly a plus to have with your collection. I am not at all disapointed with this purchase.
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This hit series sixth season will probably be most remembered for its cliffhanging sequence in which we find out just how close Grissom is to one of his staff members. Hints are evidenced throughout the season so it's not really a surprise, but effective.
William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger seem to be less visible during this season, leaving much of the work to the talented co-stars: George Eades, Gary Dourban(whose character ties the knot); Jorja Fox, Louise Lombard, Paul Guilfoyle (exceptionally good this season); Eric Szmanda and Robert David Hall. There are some clever stories this season including takes on werewolves, eating disorders, gang killings, etc. There are also some nice guest turns from Oscar winner Faye Dunaway, Veronica Cartwright and Currie Graham. The background on forensics continues to be fascinating and even though GRAY'S ANATOMY is getting more viewers this season, there's still millions of folks still fascinated with Grissom's Gang.
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This is my mom's name not mine. I'm a teenager and I love CSI. It is the best show is the world!!! It really is and season 6 was great. My wish finally came true. Grissom and Sara are together....FINALLY!!! It took them six years to reveal their feelings for eachother. I mean come on, they have been flirting with eachother since the first season. All in all, the season had really good episodes. Some of my faves were: Gum Drops, Still Life, The Unusual Suspect, Rashomama(Very Funny), Time of Your Death, Bang Bang, and Way To Go. The whole season was great and I'm so getting it on DVD. I already have seasons 1-5 on DVD and I love them. You MUST watch the show if you haven't yet.
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The sixth season of C.S.I. (six seasons already?) finds the Jerry Bruckheimer-fueled train still rolling. As the season opens, Grissom (William Petersen) and Catherine (Marg Helgenberger) are back in charge of the forensic teams, as this season delves a little bit more into the personal lives of the team. Warrick (Gary Dourdan) got quietly married (much to the dismay of Catherine), Nick (George Eads) is still recovering and still haunted from his traumatizing event in the previous season's finale, and Sara (Jorja Fox) has a clue about her past revealed. The bloody cases of the season involve such cases including a whacked out cult, a dead movie star, and the assorted murdered strippers, husbands, wives, etc. It's amazing that a prime time ratings darling like C.S.I. still manages to seem innovative, even though there are so many spin-offs and immitators flooding prime time using the formula that this show helped set up (the grizzled, veteran leader, the hunky ethnic guy, the nerdy, young genius, the hot girl in tight clothing, etc.). By season's end, Brass (Paul Guilfoyle) is in critical condition, and Grissom is given a hard choice to make. By the final frame of the season finale, you may be a bit stunned, which sets up the current seventh season. All in all, C.S.I. still manages to pack a punch, and it still tops the immitators in every way, shape, or form.
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CSI - The Original is still, in my opinion, the #1 Ensemble-cast drama on network TV. Yes, other shows are VERY good, but Vegas, baby; that old girl still turns ya on!
Understand, I'm talking here from the viewpoint of a former TV production specialist, a former police officer, and a hard-core TV watcher. If you add in the fact that I'm a Trekker with NO love for Paramount, and you may see that I'm trying my best to objective here, when I'd really LOVE to lambaste Paramount.
But I can't.
Jerry Bruckheimer has assembled a prduction team that knows where to speed things up, where to slow them down, and where to just let everything develop at a natural pace. They grabbed the best actors for the roles they could find, and keep digging up outrageously entertaining scripts. And then throwing in every plot twist they can get away with.
Several reviewers here have raised the questions of Grissom/Sidle/Heather, Sofia Curtis, and of old lady Catherine Willows. Let's look at each one individually.
The Triangle: Gil and Sara have known each other from 'way back', as it were; apparently (we never get the whole story on it) they either worked together before Vegas, or Grissom knew her from seminars, etc., and when Griggs got nailed in the pilot, Gil called Sara and screamed for help. While their relationship has no business expanding into romance - or even casual sex - while he is her supervisor, it IS understandable. Still, that's an unprofessional affair in all senses of the word, and ONE of them should know better. This establishes a good source of dramatic tension for the series, even though it is highly unrealistic. Lady Heather adds more than a touch of spice to things with her intellect, her profession, and that fantastic figure - even better than Marg's which is saying something.
Sofia Curtis: Sofia adds a necessary bit of soloist action to the Sheriff's Department, by way of a former CSI who is now back in harness as a detective; a female Brass, in effect. In fact, the two of them are an excellent team, providing counterfoils for the Scientist vs. beat cop POV, with one on each side of the coin. Again, excellent dramatic operations, but this time, without the loss of professional realism.
Catherine Willows: So what's wrong with a self-made man who just happens to be one of the best-looking women of ANY age on TV? Yeah, at late-30's - plus, Marg Helgenberger is NOT America's gift to MISS America - although, if anyone besides ME remembers her from China Beach, we could debate that one all night -and I'll take either side of the debate! She still looks good enough for the requisite cleavage-shot each week, and is an accomplished-enough actress to carry the brainy-scientist-with-a-bod schtick. Portraying the character as a former exotic dancer/stripper who got a break and got the Hell out of that racket shows that if you've got the brains, the drive, and the chutzpah, you can still make it in America, is another feel-good shot.
The only down side to the series, in MY opinion, is that it confers a 'magic bullet' aura to Forensics that isn't QUITE accurate, yet. In time, with more fully-funded and fully-database-loaded information, things such as DNA testing, tire prints, shoe prints, AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System, if I'm correct), NCIC (National Criminal Information Center, an FBI project that's over 35 years old and still incomplete, according to most FBI types), and other computerized forensic databases, will make a good Forensics Crime Lab almost foolproof. But for now, there is still just leeway in the system for a slick crook to get away with it. And, as long as TV's Shark is still correct - it isn't about Justice, it's about what 12 people believe - the defense and the prosecution will still have their work cut out for them.
But this is still a GREAT series.
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