Product Description
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Based on real life Las Ve crime scene investigators, CSI:
CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION follows the team as they solve chilling
cases with innovative thinking and methodical scientific inquiry.
Tackling cases peppered with grisly details, the Las Ve PD
Criminalistics Division is the #2 crime lab in the U.S., solving
crimes that practically every other crime lab has given up on.
Set in a town whose reputation for providing instant success for
those willing to try their luck, CSI finds that the constant
influx of visitors to the city that never s also provides
ripe targets for criminals of all varieties. The show also stars
Paul Guilfoyle as Capt. Jim Brass, Robert David Hall as Dr. David
Robbins and Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders.
DVD Contents:
Disc 1: Pilot, Cool Change; Crate and Burial; Pledging Mr.
Johnson
Disc 2: Friends and Lovers; Who Are You?; Blood Drops; Anonymous
Disc 3: Unfriendly Skies; Sex, Lies and Larvae; I-15 Murders;
Fahrenheit 932
Disc 4: Boom; To Halve and to Hold; Table Stakes; Too Tough to
Die
Disc 5: Face Lift; $35K O.B.O; Gentle, Gentle; Sounds of Silence
Disc 6: Justice is Served; Evaluation Day; Strip Strangler
Disk 6 of the DVD also includes the following special features:
* Featurette: "CSI: People Lie...But The Evidence Never Does"
* The Who's "Who Are You" Music Video
* Character Profiles
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Murder, and its tale-telling aftermath, is the compelling
subject of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Since it premiered on
CBS on October 6, 2000, CSI was a ratings triumph, spawning a
spinoff (CSI: Miami) and positioning itself for long-term
success. As the first season demonstrates, creator Anthony
Zuiker's foolproof formula was established early on, bolstered by
a fine ensemble cast and requiring minimal tweaking as the season
progressed; its Las Ve-based "criminalists" eventually became
"CSI" steeped in the scientific minutiae of forensic
investigation, but the series arrived essentially intact, with an
irresistible (and seemingly inexhaustible) supply of corpses and
the mysteries that surround them. Influenced by the graphic
precedent of movies like Seven and Kiss the Girls, CSI matches
morbidity with dispassionate methodology; viewers are so
fascinated by the investigative process that they're unfazed by
autopsies and internal (i.e., digitally animated) views
of traumatized , , and sinew.
While keeping a of cutting-edge technologies, CSI combines
the ingenuity (and fallibility) of villains with the appealing
humanity of its heroes. CSI director and entomologist Gil Grissom
(played by series coproducer William Petersen) is introverted but
ethically intense; he's both mentor and moral compass for his
night-shift team, including a former stripper-turned-CSI (Marg
Helgenberger); a recovering gambler (Gary Dourdan); an eager ace
(George Eads) with room for improvement; a workaholic (Jorja Fox)
who can't always remain emotionally detached from her cases; and
a chief detective (Paul Guilfoyle) who's a necessary link to
procedure. Like The X-Files, CSI supports its characters
with feature-film production values, employing a omon
structure that turns murder into a progressively accurate study
of cause and effect. Script quality is consistently high ("Blood
Drops" and "Unfriendly Skies" are exceptional), direction is
slick and sophisticated, and the mysteries are complex enough to
invite multiple viewings. Despite a regrettable shortage of DVD
features, CSI's inaugural season remains addictively worthy of
its lofty reputation. --Jeff Shannon