"CSI: Miami" All In (2008)

Director:

Joe Chappelle

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator) &
Ann Donahue (creator) ...

TV Series:

"CSI: Miami" (2002)

Original Air Date:

1 April 2008 (Season 6, Episode 16)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Calleigh's kidnappers use her to try and cover up a shooting death that they committed. However, she discovers that the gunshot is not what killed the victim. Meanwhile, CSI uncovers more clues in the death of the trial witness. |

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Investigation | Crime Scene | Coroner | Police

Cast

David Caruso	...	Lieutenant Horatio Caine
Emily Procter	...	Calleigh Duquesne
Adam Rodriguez	...	Eric Delko
Khandi Alexander	...	Dr. Alexx Woods
Jonathan Togo	...	Ryan Wolfe
Rex Linn	...	Detective Frank Tripp
Eva La Rue	...	Natalia Boa Vista (as Eva LaRue)
Elizabeth Berkley	...	Julia Winston
Kim Coates	...	Ron Saris
Carlos Jacott	...	Paul Evett
Chad Donella	...	Seth McAdams
Collins Pennie	...	Tommy
Evan Ellingson	...	Kyle Harmon
Brendan Fehr	...	Dan Cooper
Graham McTavish	...	Mitch Davis

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Goofs:

Factual errors: The large computer the team uses to view a flash (jump) drive or any such contents of a computer simply does not exist. If it did, the computer would cost tens of millions of dollars which the police department (or the crime lab) does not have.

Movie Connections:

References C'era una volta il West (1968)

Caruso Does His Eastwood Imitation

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This opening scene is amazing as David Caruso plays Clint Eastwood for a few minutes. Caruso, a.k.a. "Horatio Caine" kills everyone in sight as "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly"-type music is played in the background! It's very stylishly shown, too, like a Quentin Tarantino action film, and it left my jaw dropping watching it. It's pretty amazing.

That scene is set up quickly by showing Horatio being set free in soon after his arrival in Rio de Janeiro. He had just been extradited there for the murder of a man who had killed his bride about a year ago. Horatio is on some lawman's (I think) property and is told he can leave...but you know the minute he leaves the premises he's a target, and that does indeed happen immediately. That's when Caruso's character suddenly turns into an Eastwood combination of cowboy and "Dirty Harry." It's far-fetched but fun to watch. However, the first scene after the commercial break is an insult to anyone's intelligence. Just like that, Horatio is back in Miami, and pursing the kidnapping of his CSI subordinate, "Calleigh Dusquense"(Emily Proctor). Since the kidnapping happened before Horatio even left Miami, how did he get out of the situation he was in in Rio, get on an airplane and back to Miami all the same day? It's ludicrous, but that's what we are handed. There is no transition period.

The rest of the show deals with the kidnapping, and how that is solved. That part of the story, too, has more holes in it that the proverbial swiss cheese, but this show is style over substance and usually a lot of fun to watch regardless. You just go with the flow and enjoy the colorful characters and scenery, such as Elizabeth Berkley's humongous fake chest and the whacked out boyfriend of hers, "Ron Saris" (Kim Coates) plus Horatio's snotty kid "Kyle." It's amazing the type of low-life people Horatio goes to great lengths to save all the time, along with the good people at CSI.