I Like to Watch

I have always had trouble with this kind of show, where an outside force, in this case a TV crew, invades the space of the main characters. They are in the way and seriously insensitive. The case is interesting. It involves a man with a foot fetish raping and murdering young women. There are few clues at first and this puts extra pressure on the guys to perform for the camera.

The opening line by Gil Grissom: "There are too many forensics shows on TV." was very amusing. But it was pretty much the end of my enjoyment of this episode. It must have seemed like a clever idea on the part of the creators to have an intrusive TV crew following the CSI workers about, but I found it as annoying as I expect Gil and company clearly found it to be. There was a lot of interference with the investigation by the TV crew, some of which stood a good chance of compromising the actual investigation. The story itself was a really good one, and the episode would have been more enjoyable to me to me, without this unnecessary twist.

I'm sorry that he felt this way. These type of shows teach us a lot about the realities of law enforcement and bringing criminals to justice. They let us know how hard police and criminologists work to protect us. And for the record, CSI Miami is my favorite. _________ In the opening scene, when the team is told they are to be followed and filmed for a show about forensics Grisolm retorts, "there are too many forensics shows on T.V." William Petersen was very vocally opposed to and fought vehemently against the CSI spin-offs CSI: NY (2004) and CSI: Miami (2002).

A woman is coming home staggering when her neighbor Christina Hollis stumbles into her crying, bleeding and nervous, since she has been raped. Grissom and Catherine investigate the case and are followed by a camera and a television crew of a reality show since the sheriff has authorized them believing that it would be good for the image of the department. They collect evidences from the apartment. Sofia interviews Christina in the hospital but she has no recollections of her assault. Their first suspect is the maintenance guy but his duct tape is different from the one used in Christina. Archie examines the elevator camera and sees a young man with flowers getting off at her floor. Later he is identified as Dwight Reynolds, who used to date Christina. Soon they believe the person of interest is a fireman. When the team crosses Christina's case with other recent cases, they succeed to find the suspect.

"I Like to Watch" is an episode of "CSI" where politics entwins with investigation, allowing the TV crew to follow the detectives and the investigators. The most interesting in this show is the reaction of each person of the department, as per their personalities. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "I Like to Watch"

One of those annoying crime "investigator" shows is following the Las Vegas CSI around on a case as Gil and Catherine walk into a big hotel to check out a crime scene. Gil tells the cameraman, "There are too many forensic shows on TV."

That great line opens this episode. I am sure William Petersen enjoyed saying that line, as he was quoted years ago as being against a second CSI show, much less three, plus other copy- cat efforts on TV.

Anyway, the local CSI investigates after a seriously-wounded woman staggers out of a room, also the victim of some kind of date-rape assault in which she was tied up. Who did this? It doesn't help that the victim can't remember much expect that a fireman came to her door. That's the story for the episode. There are no secondary crime stories.

At first, I didn't the way they handled the filming, most of it through the lens of the tabloid- TV camera, which means just one straight-on angle, weaker sound than normal, etc. However, as it went on it served its purpose: providing something a little different. The flashlight-camera was kind of cool.

Humor was provided by the nerd-ish "Hodges," who mugged for the tabloid cameraman. Meanwhile, the case involves a guy with a "foot fetish." Man, these Las Vegas shows get weird at times.