We started watching “C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigations” on a whim a few years back – and immediately became hooked. We immediately set up our DVR to start recording every episode we’d missed – and discovered that SpikeTV broadcasted a minimum of 2 episodes a day.
Produced by hot-shot movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer, “C.S.I.” has become enormously popular, rating #1 in the rankings almost every week, prompting a sudden rush at forensic science majors in colleges across the US, and even spawning 2 spin-offs: CSI: Miamiand “C.S.I.: NY” (Heck, “C.S.I.” even got Quentin Tarantino to direct the season finale – “Grave Matters” – in 2005!)
While most everyone has seen at least one episode of this series by now, if you haven’t been keeping up, don’t worry about it. While some things do continue over several episodes, the main focus of each episode is still finding out whodunit, and the excitement of watching the evidence come together is still interesting.
After the major shake-ups of the 8th season (with 2 major cast members leaving – in different ways) and Season 09 showcasing the exit of main star William Peterson, will “C.S.I.” manage to recover from it’s losses? So far, while new cast member Laurence Fishburne is a nice addition, Lauren Lee Smith really needs to step it up if she’s going to be able to cover her end of the deal.
Let’s hope they are able to bring “C.S.I.” back up to the excellence we’re used to in the (hopefully) seasons to come.
Check it out (or DVR it like we do) Thursdays at 9pm ET on CBS.
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