CSI: Miami (TV Series) Bad Seed (2009) User Reviews

e.coli = Bad News

[ccthemovieman-1 · 27 February 2011]

Did the boyfriend murder a woman he was about to propose to? That's the question after the opening scene.

(Before I forget, it was nice to see Adam Rodriquez ("Eric Delko") back to work and see former ME "Dr. Alex Woods (Khandi Alexander).

Anyway, the story quickly becomes one of huge significance, a word that strikes fear into many people: e.coli. If a food is contaminated with that bacteria and you've eaten it, you've got major food poisoning and major medical problems, many times death. The CSI team goes to great lengths to find the source of this deadly bacterium, from people, to restaurants, to trucks, to farms....wherever, someone or something is contaminating some food, whether by accident or on purpose.

The persistence of the CSI team is shown here as they go from one spot to another to unravel the case, especially since the boyfriend now has apparently been poisoned, too! As a sidebar, at the end of the show is a shocking revelation by "Eric Delko."

Illegal episode and far reaching for sure

[Valkonian · 4/10 · 9 September 2023]

HUGE fan of the show and love re-watching the episodes, but I had to write a review of this episode. Horatio claims his team "reverse engineers" the bacteria in the corn. LOL you got to be kidding. At the very end he says he contacted the FDA, they would have been involved way early on if E. Coli breakout had occurred.

But what really got me upset about episode occurred at the end when Horatio is talking with the Executive in the station about what he has done and the Exec basically spills the beans. Then Horatio claims the family will be bringing a civil suit against the company. The Executive rightly claims it would never go to trial and Horatio pulls out a recorder saying they now have a full admission. Horatio recorded that whole conversation. Unfortunately, the state of Florida is a "two-party" consent state with regard to audio recordings.

With a few exceptions, all parties involved in a private conversation must consent to the recording of that conversation. Actually recording law is a 3rd-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Horatio actually committed a crime LOL.

And none of the exceptions applied in this situation. So Horatio's recording would never be allowed in court.

BUT, this is CSI Miami and Horatio must be the savior so I guess we all have to look the other way. I will always love the show but just wanted to point that out for all the great fans of this awesome show :-)