CSI: Miami (2002– )

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

Creators:

Ann Donahue, Carol Mendelsohn, Anthony E. Zuiker

Stars:

David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 25 wins & 41 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
David Caruso	...	Lieutenant Horatio Caine (232 episodes, 2002-2012)
Emily Procter	...	Calleigh Duquesne (232 episodes, 2002-2012)
Adam Rodriguez	...	Eric Delko (221 episodes, 2002-2012)
Rex Linn	...	Detective Frank Tripp (187 episodes, 2003-2012)
Jonathan Togo	...	Ryan Wolfe (182 episodes, 2004-2012)
Eva La Rue	...	Natalia Boa Vista (153 episodes, 2005-2012)
Khandi Alexander	...	Dr. Alexx Woods (145 episodes, 2002-2009)

Storyline

Horatio Caine, a former homicide detective, heads a group of investigators who work crimes amid the steamy, tropical surroundings and cultural crossroads of Miami. His team includes Calleigh Dusquene, a bilingual Southern beauty with a specialty in ballistics; Tim Speedle, a cocky yet disarming investigator who is well connected on the street, and Eric Delko, an underwater recovery expert who knows all the twists and turns of the Florida waterways. Rounding out the team is Alexx Woods, the no-nonsense, know-it-all coroner. And, after Speedle is killed in Action, Former Patrolman Ryan Wolfe joins the team. Together, these investigators collect and analyze the evidence to solve the crimes and to vindicate those who often cannot speak for themselves -- the victims.

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Plot Keywords:

crime scene | evidence | investigation | coroner | police | 

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Taglines:

A city to die for.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

A&E TV [us] Five [uk]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish Greek

Release Date:

23 September 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

CSI: Weekends

Filming Locations:

14650 Aviation Blvd, Lawndale, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alliance Atlantis Communications, American Travelers, The, CBS Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Virtually all of the outdoors scenes are shot in Long Beach, CA. Most are filmed in the Belmont Shore and Naples neighborhoods. The rest are downtown.

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Goofs

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.

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Quotes

[looking for evidence in a house]
Tim Speedle: Why's it always gotta be in the toilet?

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Crazy Credits

With the exceptions of Omar Miller, Sofia Milos, Rex Linn, Eva LaRue and Megalyn Echikunwoke all the actors names morph out of equations: * 4y-1=3b[Nh] becomes "David Caruso" * 3a1-X=[A9Xy] becomes "Emily Procter" * [7b]=6m+[3h] becomes "Jonathan Togo" * 3b+N=7bn1[6A] becomes "Adam Rodriguez" * 2b+4a=[7h]3 becomes "Eddie Cibrian" * [3h]+[7b]=6m becomes "Rory Cochrane" * A1b+B2c=R4 becomes "Kim Delaney" * 2b+4a=[7h]3XyNh becomes "Khandi Alexander"

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Connections

Referenced in The 11th Hour (2007)

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Soundtracks

"The Cubist News"
Performed and written by Fila Brazillia
Courtesy of Twentythree Records Ltd

User Reviews

CSI Miami - Not the worst show ever made

I have not seen every show ever made, but I'm sure that there have been at least 5 or 6 shows in the history of TV that have been worse than CSI Miami.

I saw CSI Miami for the first time last night. I thought it was stupefyingly bad. David Caruso's acting style has been the subject of numerous parodies, the way he punctuates every fifth word with an overplayed dramatic inflection (when he does his lines, he sounds as if he is reading a never ending series of voice overs for incontinence medication commercials) and the famous "taking the sunglasses off when he does the big line" thing. Unbelievably, Caruso did them all, over and over, in the 30 minutes of CSI Miami that I saw (I just could not watch the whole show). Doesn't this show have a director? Can't anyone restrain this guy?

As others have mentioned, the implausibility of the story lines is little too much to take. In one scene, Caruso is in a lab, doing all this time consuming evidence research and in the next scene he is shooting a kidnapper in the head - is the Miami PD that strapped for cash that evidence technicians are out doing the work of SWAT teams? Also, every suspect caved in and confessed when presented with a little bit physical evidence - did anyone see the OJ trial? OJ was confronted with a mountain of evidence, he stuck to his story and he is out playing golf right now. Real criminals don't confess so easily.

Fans of CSI Miami defend the plot holes and improbable story lines by crying artistic license. CSI Miami negotiates the gray area between serious drama and super hero sci-fi so badly that they may as well just give David Caruso a cape and have him fly from scene to scene.

Sorry CSI fans, I think there are better ways to kill an hour.