I loved this show from episode 1, all the way thru to the series finale (which YES, I cried when it ended). I even have a autographed photo of the original cast Grissom, Catherine, Warrick, Sara, Brass, and of course Nick. Every episode was well thought out, and done supremely! Sure miss this show!

This incarnation of CSI (the one true CSI) has the same shortcoming of every single CSI style procedural I have ever watched. It seems that every crime scene always has to have "the one thing". And that is defined as the one thing that immediately narrows down the list of suspects to one or two people, or the list of regions to one area.Think back to the shows you have watched. Even better, pay attention from now on. How many times do the CSI techs discover a marine organism specific to only one small bay (NCIS New Orleans), bird poop that results from a specific breed of bird eating a specific berry only found in either South America or one specific casino (CSI).I can live with the accelerated time-line resulting in DNA tests taking only an hour instead of weeks but in most cases when a lab tech analyzes dirt left at the scene, what he/she discovers is that it's just freakin' dirt with absolutely nothing special about it. Lab techs do not routinely find that the victim ingested a type of chocolate that is not yet on the market and can only be found at one specific person's house (CSI:NY), or pollen from a plant that only grows in a ten square yard area in Central Park and only blooms on the third Thursday of June (CSI:NY again).And yet, time and time again those miraculous techs (in conjunction with incredibly stupid and/or unfortunate villains) manage, with a few tests, to "nail it". Either these techs are regular miracle workers or the writers just assume we are all morons who won't recognize lazy writing.

CSI was suppose to be the "backup" with a remake of the Fugitive originally. But now, thirteen years later, guess which show made it? As the show shows what it is like to see the overlooked forensics and crime experts that work in the background while the police are at the front.The original show set in Las Vegas proves what happens in Vegas does not always stay that way. Like Law & Order, the show has seen it's fair of cast changes.But still the show does it's best to not run out of story lines. And to see where the evidence is. And who really is the culprit. As the evidence lies with them.An original show that has now NY and the now canceled Miami!

Great acting, great research, great writing, great photography. The series bear watching over and over again. I can't think of a better crime drama.It is however a tiny bit formulaic from time to time. SO on a light- hearted note I thought I'd distill the formula as much as possible.spoiler:a) Either boys playing around, or lovers having hot sex (with essential undies inexplicably still on) chance upon, become, or walk by a disembodied head/skeleton b) Grissom is suddenly there, quoting Confucius at the puzzled CSIs. David is taking the liver temperature (unless it's a disembodied head or skeleton)c) Sara picks up a cigarette, then gives an explanation for any thick viewers out there "This was not a hit and run!"d) Grissom says "evidently he didn't run enough", or some other wise- crack, and ... e) TITLES: "Who are you do do do do". Never get tired of 'em f) on the other side of town, Catherine's progress towards a crime scene is impeded by a dumb male jobsworth. Because she's smart and has the facts at her fingertips she sets him straight, squashes his ego in fact. Squish g) she strolls haughtily in on a crime scene and points a torch at a racing track, nods sagely and says "Testosterone!" as if that explained everythingh) meanwhile back at the lab, Grissom and Doc Robbins are having a chat over a dead body, usually one showing signs of "petechial haemorraging". Their conversation is useless to them, but might be useful for anyone who happened to be watching who hadn't yet drawn the 'correct' moral conclusions about the scenario, i) Nick and Warrick make an unspecified and probably inappropriate bet about the new hot chick in DNA lab, j) cut to the Cool Science Scene. A CSI does a week-long experiment in 2 minutes, accompanied by booming Radiohead/Sigur Ros/etck) Greg eloquently (for a nerd) explains how many jobs HE did in that 2 minutes, l) Grissom and Sara flirt in much the same tone of voice as nerds call out blindfold chess moves to each other. Same facial expression too.m) they close in on the killer who is Not Who You Thought It Was. Brass' wisecracks at this stage provide 50% of the show's pleasure n) Catherine's killer turns out to be either a 12 yr old girl who smiles back uncaringly, or a mother who has just killed her daughter. Catherine, whose daughter is the same age, looks disillusioned and world-weary. o) Nick solves the main case for the 100th time. Grissom explains to him that he's not quite good enough yetp) more "The Who". Warm feeling inside, tempted to watch another...