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[CrushDance]

Belle King: "Did you know 'Horatio' was the first CSI?"
Horatio: "He was...the what?"
Belle King: "In Hamlet. When Hamlet was poisoned and dying, he asked his best friend Horatio to tell the world who murdered him."
Horatio: "Ok...I'll tell the world."

So what's this all about?: Think Law and Order but with a kick. The series is based on the actions of each individual crime lab as they attempt to solve cases and put all sorts of evil-doers behind bars. But what makes it so great is that the characters are well developed and there are many cases of clashes with other groups such as the FBI primarily and infighting within the Crime Lab itself.

Where can I watch?: CBS always has the newest episodes up for you to watch at any time. But it seems to be only for American viewers as of now.

So what about the rest of us!?: You can still watch the episodes online if you miss them on TV. There are many sites that have videos(legal) just Google "Watch CSI online" followed by your version of choice.One great one is WatchCSIFree.

Which one should I watch?: Doesn't matter. One thing about having 3 titles going on at the same time is that it's hard to catch them all, but that's what the internet is for. It doesn't matter where you start off as there's not really anything connecting the separate series together. But CSI Miami has David Muthafucking Caruso!

"How do you talk to a dead body?"
"I don't. I let him talk to me infact. He just spoke. Didn't you hear him? He just told me he didn't commit suicide."
-- Detective Banks and Gil Grissom (Cool Change)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Current Episode: "Lying Down With Dogs"
No. Of Seasons: 8
No. Of Episodes: 175
Channels: CBS, A&E, CTV
Picture Format: 480i/(SDTV)1080i(HDTV)
Original Air Date: October 6, 2000
Official Website

Cast:
Dr. Gilbert Arthur "Gil" Grissom, Ph.D. (William Petersen): Night shift team supervisor for the Las Vegas CSI unit
Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger): Blood Splatter Analyst
Warrick Brown (Gary Dourdan): Audio-Video Analyst
Nicholas "Nick" Stokes (George Eads): Hair and Fiber Analyst
Det. Capt. James "Jim" Brass (Paul Guilfoyle): Homicide Captain
Gregory "Greg" Sanders (Season 3- ; Recurring 1-2) (Eric Szmanda): Field Worker
Dr. Albert "Al" Robbins (Season 3- ; Recurring 1-2) (Robert David Hall): Head County Coroner
David Hodges (Season 8- ; Recurring Seasons 3-7) (Wallace Langham): Lab Technician
__________________________________________________

"So I'm human."
"It's a shame that there's not a swab to confirm that."
-- Gary Hall and Horatio Caine (Nailed)

CSI: Miami
Current Episode: "Miami Confidential"
No. Of Seasons: 6
No. Of Episodes: 133
Channels: CBS, A&E, CTV
Picture Format: 480i/(SDTV)1080i(HDTV)
Original Air Date: September 23, 2002
Official Website

Cast:
Lt. Horatio Caine (David Caruso): Head of the Miami-Dade crime lab.
Calleigh Duquesne (Emily Procter): Ballistics specialist.
Eric Delko (Adam Rodriguez): Fingerprint and drug identification expert.
Dr. Alexx Woods (Khandi Alexander): A Miami-Dade medical examiner.
Ryan Wolfe (Jonathan Togo (Season 3-): Field Worker.
Det. Sgt. Frank Tripp (Rex Linn) (Season 5-; Recurring Seasons 1-4): Homicide detective.
Natalia Boa Vista (Eva LaRue) (Season 5- ; Recurring Season 4): A DNA analyst.
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Mac: I don't believe that for a second.
Vincent: That's 'cause you're a cop.
Stella Bonasera: No. It's because people lie.

CSI: New York
Current Episode: "Child's Play"
No. Of Seasons: 4
No. Of Episodes: 82
Channels: CBS, A&E, CTV, History Channel
Picture Format: 480i/(SDTV)1080i(HDTV)
Original Air Date: May 17, 2004
Official Website

Cast:
Det. Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise): The leader of the CSI team.
Det. Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes): Co head of the Crime Lab.
Det. Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo): Field Worker.
Det. Dr. Sheldon Hawkes (Hill Harper): Field Worker.
Det. Don Flack (Eddie Cahill): NYPD
Det. Lindsay Monroe (Anna Belknap) (Season 2–present): Field Worker.

Please feel free to mark your posts discussing recent events before submitting so as to not ruin it for others who may not watch that particular series.

CSI: Miami

Spoiler

I just finished watching Guerrillas in the Mist and the episode with the football player who got stabbed. I must say thought that Guerrillas was seriously approaching "Sci-FI" levels with that DX-4 Vapourizer gun. I googled it but nothing came up for the gun itself, just drugs lol...

Anyway I think it was the best of the two and really reminded me of BlackWater with the whole PMC's deal. And it looks like Calleigh and her relationship isn't going to last for long, with Stetler getting involved and all.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Spoiler

Man Warrick is a moron, I wonder how this one is going to play out. The guy has been screwing up really bad lately and I think Grissom is going to snap.

CSI: NY
I just can't get into this one...I mean it's good but the characters are so unappealing and the plot is so stale sometimes. Especially the episode with the bird coop and the pigeons...wtf. Theme song is nice though. CSI: Miami is seriously the best one. The original kind of wore off on me but it's starting to pick up again so we'll see.

 

[HomShaBom]

CSI:NY shouldn't exist.

 

[Insane Metal]

Gil Grissom is the FUCKING MAN.

CSI:NY shouldn't exist.

I actually like it. I like it better than Miami.

 

[Wes]

I wish my name was Gil.

Spoiler

I'm Final Fantasy fanboy.

 

[Costanza]

Ugh, I fucking hate this show. It's killing TV.

 

[CrushDance]

CSI:NY shouldn't exist.

Well I wouldn't take it that far. I usually only watch it when there's not much else on TV.

How about you watch something that doesn't completely suck ass, CrushDance?

Ugh, I fucking hate this show. It's killing TV.

Aw come on! How is it killing TV? The new season of Miami has been freaking awesome so far. Same with the original CSI.

I'm sorry that you're missing out

Gil Grissom is the FUCKING MAN.


I actually like it. I like it better than Miami.

"mmm ma name isa Mac":lol You kidding me? I can't think of 1 arc in NY that equals some of the major ones in Miami.

 

[Costanza]

Well I wouldn't take it that far. I usually only watch it when there's not much else on TV.

Aw come on! How is it killing TV? The new season of Miami has been freaking awesome so far. Same with the original CSI.

I'm sorry that you're missing out

Read the Journeyman thread.

 

[CrushDance]

Read the Journeyman thread.

Journeyman is a good show, no doubt about it. But none of the characters give you that "I'm really into it" type of feeling even in some of the most emotional moments...I felt nothing.

 

[SUPREME1]

The crew says hi, bitch.

 

[Funky Papa]

CSI Las Vegas: Great show. It's a bit tired, but still very entertaining.
CSI Miami: HORRIBLE.
CSI NY: what

 

[Parallax]

oh snap, please dont turn this into a csi vs law and order thread. ive had enough of those

 

[Fifty]

So because of the writer's strike are the networks increasing their viral marketing budgets?

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

Las Vegas is the only CSI serie I can watch, but overall I think the whole CSI atmosphere is pretty fucking depressing. I've never seen so much soulless, tired, depressed characters with the crappiest lives ever in any other TV show

 

[CrushDance]

The crew says hi, bitch.

SVU owns. Probably has the best emotional connection out of all these crime shows, not to mention a really well thought out plot. It's kind of like watching a movie at times.

However, the new generation must always surpass the old. And CSI wins in terms of being more well rounded. Law and Order tends to be a bit more serious and entail events that hit close to home.

So get out of the way!

 

[Funky Papa]

BTW, Jorja Fox gives me teh hots. Not sure if I'm the only one.

 

[ZeoVGM]

None of these shows are good.

 

[Parallax]

BTW, Jorja Fox gives me teh hots. Not sure if I'm the only one.

you arent.

 

[chickensoup]

CSI Las Vegas: Great show. It's a bit tired, but still very entertaining.

I take it you haven't seen it in the last couple of years. Yes, it went through a bit of a bad patch (roughly around the same time they were getting the two spin offs up and running), but recently the writing has been superb and they've totally reinvigorated the show.

Edit: Forgot to link CSI Pieami

 

[Funky Papa]

I take it you haven't seen it in the last couple of years. Yes, it went through a bit of a bad patch (roughly around the same time they were getting the two spin offs up and running), but recently the writing has been superb and they've totally reinvigorated the show.

You are correct. I'm still catching up.

 

[LakeEarth]

Although Las Vegas is vastly superior to Miami, it has one advantage...

And here is a 7 minute compilation of that advantage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sarYH0z948&feature=related

 

[MobiusPigeon]

miami was always the sucky one IMO. its just too bright and flamboyant compared to the gritty other two.

 

[reilo]

This thread sucks worse than the show. That's a lot of suckage, btw.

 

[X26]

CSI: New York is fucking terrible and the reason is its cast, just pure shit right there.

Other two are great though

 

[phillipgessert]

I like the fact that the shows are color-coded. If everything looks all orange, you're watching Miami. If its purple, its original CSI. New York is bluish.

 

[reilo]

I like the fact that the shows are color-coded. If everything looks all orange, you're watching Miami. If its purple, its original CSI. New York is bluish.

Can't wait for CSI: San Francisco with the pink hue!

 

[DMczaf]

I really like the original CSI:, especially lately.

The rest of the CSIs I can do without though.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

Helgenberger once said she'd love a CSI Paris or London, and I can't help to agree with the idea. Sounds awesome because honestly I'm getting pretty sick of Las Vegas (never liked it as a movie/TV location, so fucking flashy, fake and boring)

 

[Diablos]

There's too many of these fucking shows.

 

[BlueTsunami]

I can watch all the Law and Orders. The CSI's seem like they try to overstylize shit, sorta "too cool for school".

 

[X26]

I can watch all the Law and Orders. The CSI's seem like they try to overstylize shit, sorta "too cool for school".

Even criminal intent? Really?

SVU > every CSI series though

 

[Mau ®]

I only like the Las Vegas CSI. The Miami one is too flashy and orange, they are indeed color-coded.

 

[UltraMarioMan]

Guys *puts on sunglasses* I like all CSI

YEEAAAAAHHHHH!

 

[BlueTsunami]

Even criminal intent? Really?

SVU > every CSI series though

Criminal Intent is definitely the weakest but I had watched one today that was pretty powerful (3 Hispanic teens kill 3 Black teens, One of the Hispanics leading the other two was an illegal from Mexico).

But yeah SVU fucken rocks. Christopher Meloni > *

 

[probune]

The only good thing about CSI is that they use The Who's music.

Oh, and the episode that Tarantino did was also very good. I didn't know anyone in that show could act before I watched it.

 

[darkiguana]

The original CSI is the only one that is consistently good. Miami gets a little 'cartoony' sometimes. I never really got into the NY one.

 

[Incognito]

All three shows are a detriment to TV in general. What's funny is people commit crimes based on what they've "learned" after watching one of these stupid shows. Everyone is an expert, now.

 

[Philia]

I agree with a lot of posts here. I enjoyed the original CSI for a long time. I managed to catch a few of NY but couldn't really place an opinion on it except considering how gritty and dark NY was, the show did a great job matching the local theme.

I just CAN"T STAND that Horatio character. God. David Caruso needs to die. That youtube of his one liners is just soo... horrible. But yeah he's very unnerving to watch especially in his copy poses every time. :\ He never does anything original. That's why I appreciate Gil Grissom character a lot more. His fanastication with bugs is a quirk that some of us can identify with here.

 

[Illuminati]

Some of you are saying CSI Vegas is a little stale, but the last season of CSI Vegas was so freaking awesome with the doll house killer and how it tied in with every episode. One of the best seasons of the show yet.