"CSI: Miami" (2002) TV series 2002-????

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Creators:

Ann Donahue
Carol Mendelsohn
Anthony E. Zuiker

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | unknown

Release Date:

23 September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

"I'm Horatio Caine, and this much I know. At CSI Miami we never Close." (UK tagline)

Plot:

The cases of the Miami-Dade, Florida police department's Crime Scene Investigations unit.

Plot Keywords:

Coroner | Spin Off | Criminal Investigation | Detective | Forensic Evidence

Awards:

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 18 wins & 22 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Oct. 11	9:00 PM	AETV	Collision	#4.17
Sun. Oct. 12	12:00 AM	AETV	Deviant	#4.16

Cast

David Caruso	...	Lieutenant Horatio Caine / ... (146 episodes, 2002-2008)
Emily Procter	...	Calleigh Duquesne (146 episodes, 2002-2008)
Adam Rodriguez	...	Eric Delko (146 episodes, 2002-2008)
Khandi Alexander	...	Dr. Alexx Woods / ... (142 episodes, 2002-2008)
Rex Linn	...	Detective Frank Tripp / ... (101 episodes, 2003-2008)
Jonathan Togo	...	Ryan Wolfe (96 episodes, 2004-2008)
Boti Bliss	...	Maxine Valera (68 episodes, 2003-2008)
Eva La Rue	...	Natalia Boa Vista / ... (67 episodes, 2005-2008)

Runtime:

60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | New Zealand:R16 (Season one DVD Rating) | Spain:13 | Malaysia:U | Germany:12 (TV rating) (cut) | Germany:16 (original TV rating) | Hungary:16 | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Federal Aviation Administration Credit Union - 14600 Aviation Blvd., Hawthorne, California, USA

Company:

CBS Productions

Trivia:

While all the fly-over shots, skylines and cityscapes really are of Miami, Florida, any beach scenes during the series were filmed at Manhattan Beach, a suburb of Los Angeles.

Goofs:

Factual errors: While often the science and technology portrayed in the series (as well as the other CSI series) is accurate or mirrors sound scientific principle, there have been times when methods have led to results simply not possible in the real world.

Quotes:

[describing a victim]
Horatio Caine: Jeans, T-shirt... K-Mart socks.
Det. Frank Tripp: Big spender.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Won't Get Fooled Again

Bad acting

Between David Caruso and Emily Proctor, I don't know if I've suffered through a show of such bad acting that didn't understand it was bad. William Shatner, for example, knows who he is and how he comes off and plays it up; Keanu Reeves similarly comes off as if he knows he's just a prop. Not these two. I don't mind the original show (my wife is an addict), but not this one. Caruso delivers his sickening moralizing, Proctor makes Lindsay Lohan seem emotive, and there's this MTV-style perp walk at the end of the show. I root for the perps. None of them are guilty of wooden acting. I also don't get how Caruso gets away with his bad acting while Proctor is lauded. If she is trying to make a character who is colder than Mr. Spock and with whom I cannot sympathize, she's succeeding.