When the Dust Settles

There's nothing exciting about this show now, no suspense, no quirkiness, no originality. The stupid boring plots leave you thinking "and I care about this why?". Are we really supposed to care about Catherine's nonsensical family issues (her daughter actually was a training CSI in the previous show - do the writers even know this? - and now she's doing Onlyfans, wtaf?), let alone Catherine would choose to take her toddler granddaughter to a crime scene for the day and all her colleagues were OK with this like it's just a normal thing?

The show is now almost a man-free zone, the two men who do feature in more than just bit-parts are either emotionally stunted idiots who are too socially-challanged and scared to leave the lab, or need to keep being corrected and put down for making stupid suggestions.

I understand that some modern producers and writers feel the need to "make up" for what they perceive as prejudice and stereo-typing in old TV shows but of all the shows in which to force these opinions now, CSI isn't it, which always had lots of generally well-writen, strong female roles, that were perfectly balanced by the equally talented and capable male characters.

This show is doomed. Do they think they are going to get 10+ seasons out of this rubbish like previous CSIs?