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By Britt Gillette
Nominated for 20 Emmys and 6 Golden Globes, including Best TV
Series - Drama, CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) quickly rose
to
become the number one show on television following its Fall
2000
premiere. The brainchild of creator Anthony Zuiker, the show
follows the investigations not of traditional TV detectives
working the streets, but forensic scientists who unravel
complicated crime mysteries in their ultra-modern laboratory.
Either the #1 or the #2 Nielsen rated show since the start of
its second season, CSI has helped CBS to reemerge as the #1
network television station, spawning (similar to predecessor
Law & Order) two series spin-offs CSI: Miami and CSI: New
York.
Each exciting hour-long episode begins with the theme song
"Who
Are You" by The Who, a song more than befitting of a show
where
criminals are aggressively tracked down, sometimes years after
committing their crimes…
CSI focuses on the Las Vegas Police Department's Crime Scene
Investigation nightshift unit headed by Gil Grissom (William
Petersen), a quirky outsider whose obsessive quest for the
facts and dedication to his work dominates his life. The CSI
team is composed of a number of individuals with differing
backgrounds and personalities - single mother Catherine
Willows
(Marg Helgenberger) specializes in blood-splatter analysis,
the
highly competitive Nick Stokes (George Eads) specializes in
hair and fiber analysis, recovering gambling addict Warrick
Brown (Gary Dourdan) specializes in audio/visual analysis, and
the rambunctious Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox) specializes in
materials and element analysis. Throw in hard-nosed homicide
captain Jim Brass (Paul Guifoyle), CSI understudy Greg Sanders
(Eric Szmanda), and lab coroner Al Robbins (Robert David Hall)
and all the ingredients are present for a show wrought with
suspense, drama, and tension. As transients from all walks of
life travel to Las Vegas to enjoy the wonders of its adult
playground, increased levels of crime accompany them, and the
team at CSI is determined to stay a step ahead of the criminal
element…
The CSI DVD features a number of dramatic episodes including
the series premiere in which Grissom investigates a murder
police believe was staged to look like a suicide, but only
minute tidbits of physical evidence are available to work
with.
Meanwhile, Warrick and Catherine investigate a local drunk who
was shot to death while breaking into the home where he was
staying, and Nick investigates a robbery… Other notable
episodes from Season 1 include "Friends & Lovers" in which
Grissom and Warrick investigate the murder of a man found
naked
in the desert while Catherine and Nick investigate the murder
of
a school's headmaster by the school's founder, and "Too Tough
To
Die" in which the CSI investigates the rape and attempted
murder
of a woman abducted from a mall parking lot…
Below is a list of episodes included on the CSI (Season 1)
DVD:
Episode 1 (Pilot) Air Date: 10-06-2000
Episode 2 (Cool Change) Air Date: 10-13-2000
Episode 3 (Crate 'N Burial) Air Date: 10-20-2000
Episode 4 (Pledging Mr. Johnson) Air Date: 10-27-2000
Episode 5 (Friends & Lovers) Air Date: 11-03-2000
Episode 6 (Who Are You?) Air Date: 11-10-2000
Episode 7 (Blood Drops) Air Date: 11-17-2000
Episode 8 (Anonymous) Air Date: 11-24-2000
Episode 9 (Unfriendly Skies) Air Date: 12-08-2000
Episode 10 (Sex, Lies, and Larvae) Air Date: 12-22-2000
Episode 11 (I-15 Murders) Air Date: 01-12-2001
Episode 12 (Fahrenheit 932) Air Date: 02-01-2001
Episode 13 (Boom) Air Date: 02-08-2001
Episode 14 (To Halve and to Hold) Air Date: 02-15-2001
Episode 15 (Table Stakes) Air Date: 02-22-2001
Episode 16 (Too Tough to Die) Air Date: 03-01-2001
Episode 17 (Face Lift) Air Date: 03-08-2001
Episode 18 ($35K O.B.O.) Air Date: 03-29-2001
Episode 19 (Gentle, Gentle) Air Date: 04-12-2001
Episode 20 (Sounds of Silence) Air Date: 04-19-2001
Episode 21 (Justice is Served) Air Date: 04-26-2001
Episode 22 (Evaluation Day) Air Date: 05-10-2001
Episode 23 (The Strip Strangler) Air Date: 05-17-2001
About The Author: Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report
(thedvdreport.blogspot.com), a blog where you can find
more reviews like this one.
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