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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

5 star:		(86)
4 star:		(14)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

CSI does it again! After an awesome first season CSI moves on to season 2. The characters are all the same this season as the last one. (Grissom, Catherine, Warrick, Nick, Sara, Jim Brass, Dr. Robbins, & Greg) This set once again contains 23 episodes on 6 disks. The following are the featured episodes:

DISK 1:
*Episode 201: "Burked"
Episode 202: "Chaos Theory"
Episode 203: "Overload"
Episode 204: "Bully For You"

DISK 2:
Episode 205: "Scuba Doobie-Doo"
**Episode 206: "Alter Boys"
Episode 207: "Caged"
Episode 208: "Slaves of Las Vegas"

DISK 3:
Episode 209: "And Then There Were None"
***Episode 210: "Ellie"
Episode 211: "Organ Grinder"
Episode 212: "You've Got Male"

DISK 4:
Episode 213: "Identity Crisis"
Episode 214: "The Finger"
Episode 215: "Burden of Proof"
Episode 216: "Primum Non Nocere"

DISK 5:
Episode 217: "Felonius Monk"
Episode 218: "Chasing the Bus"
Episode 219: "Stalker"
Episode 220: "Cats in the Cradle..."

DISK 6:
Episode 221: "Anatomy of a Lye"
Episode 222: "Cross-Jurisdictions" (Featuring CSI: Miami)
Episode 223: "The Hunger Artist"

*- Featuring audio commentary by Carol Mendelsohn, Anthony Zuiker, and Danny Cannon

**- Featuring audio commentary by Ann Donahue and Danny Cannon

***- Featuring audio commentary by Anthony Zuiker and Gary Dourdan

Along with all that is some much asked for bonus features including:

Make-up, Music & Special Effects
CSI Shooting Locations
The CSI Tour
Tools of the Trade
The Making of A Hit

That's all this DVD set offers to you for the price. What more can you ask for?? I HIGHLY recommend this DVD and I'll say it again...If you love CSI as much as I do, go get it! You won't be disappointed!

The fantastic first season of C.S.I. was only a tease at the ingenuity and innovation to come in season two. With bigger production values and more depth driven storylines; we see this television series entering it's prime thanks to superb performances from the ensemble cast and the ever addicting storytelling which allows the viewer to watch in awe as Grissom (William Petersen) and crew ever so dilligently discover the facts and solve the crimes, but not before a curveball or two are thrown to the viewer. Petersen is at his best while the rest of the cast, which includes Marg Helgenberger, Jorja Fox, and Gary Dourdan amoung others, gets better and better with every next episode. The DVD package itself is nicely put together, but a few more special features would have been nice (especially considering how Fox loads their X-Files DVD's with extras; come on Paramount how about putting some more effort into your releases?), but all together this is a solid deal. All in all, if you've been missing out on the best prime time network drama to hit since The X-Files, I strongly suggest picking up the first season before checking this out.

We just finished disc 6 of this box set, and were absolutely blown away. The producers of this series have definitely raised the bar, both with the dramatic and technical presentation of the second season. Not only do the stories remain compelling (particularly good are the "And Then There Was One," "Ellie," "Stalker," "Anatomy of a Lye," and "Felonius Monk" episodes), the DVDs are much better for season two. The picture quality is subtlely improved, the sound has been mastered in 5.1 surround, there are commentary tracks for selected episodes, and the special features make this even better than the first 6 discs.

If you're not familiar with the series, start with season one, and spend many compelling hours with the Las Vegas criminalistics lab. Almost of the episodes are exceptionally well-written, an unusual feat for a weekly TV series. The characters are evenly and consistently developed, and the series is consistently outstanding, particularly when viewed in-order and commercial-free. I can't wait for season three to release on DVD in March!

After the incredibly innovative first season, expectations for season II are understandably high. No disappointments here. Storylines get stronger, character nuances become second nature to the actors and we begin to feel an affinity for the characters. I'm still amazed by the excellent casting for CSI (especially in contrast to the horrible acting on CSI Miami - it's a good thing we at least now have Navy CIS to tide us over) which lends itself to some nice character development.

The DVD is an improvement over the first:

Pluses
1. 16:9 Anamorphic widescreen (finally)
2. More features than the first DVD

Minuses
1. Still no subtitles (it says closed caption - still haven't found it) again an incredible irony given the lead character's diminished hearing
2. Annoyingly slow main menu (zoom - it's a room! zoom - it's a computer! Jeez - all I want to do is get to the episode selections)

Still it's a must have for any CSI fan. Somehow the writers always find a way to keep the storylines fresh.

5 stars for the show. 4 stars for the DVD.

This hits the ground running & never stops, building on the superb first season, character insight & chemistry goes hand in hand with great story telling, the science behind the work & actors who make this show everything it is.

Humour, emotion & great interaction & some great episodes most notibly Chaos Theory, Alter Boys, Caged & The Stalker to name but a few well worth the buy & all credit to the five main cast this is a show that sticks to the rules, gives the right amount of everything & keeps you coming back for more & the relationships between all of them just gets more complicated with each season! Season 2 by far the best though, gut wrenching in places but all merit to Grissom, Catherine, Warrick, Nick & Sara the cast outdo themselves and no wonder this show is at the top it deserves to be!

Since I originally wrote this,I have purchased and viewd Season 3 CSI,and like everybody told me,I loved it.Still think the menus are a little lame,but the menus aren't the meat.I think a special feature on a real-life crime scene analyst would be something neat to see.
Now..about those subtitles...I,like many of you,simply cannot comprehend the abscence of them in this day and age.
I'm sure the vast majority of you already know this, but there seems to be a couple of people who claim they can't find the closed captioning on the DVD. That's because you have to use the closed-captioning on your TV.It's encoded in the DVD itself,but you won't find it in the options.Just turn on the close captioning on your TV. It has long been a law that televisions manufactured for sale within the US have close-captioning ability. I'm not sure if this applies to stand-alone monitors (Ie,flatpanels,LCD's, plasma screens,etc) but unless your TV set is really,really old,it should have CC capabilities. However,even if I were hearing-imparied,I would much prefer the subtitles. So much cleaner and less obstrusive!(and usually more accurate)

I usually read reviews but for this I actually felt like writing one. Although reluctant to watch "another cop show", my wife encouraged me to sit down and watch at least one episode. Needless to say, I was hooked. Everthing about the show had you glued to your seat. This is one of those rare shows that you want to stay on the air for eternity. I'm thrilled to be able to grab this on DVD! Get it. Watch it. You'll love it!

first of all C.S.I. is a great show and this season's offering is just as wonderful as any thing on tv now or ever, this is why i gave it 5 stars.
However i had to take one away from it because for some strange reason C.B.S. has decided to ignore a large portion of it's audience. there is no captions on this set none my wife is slightly hearing impaired and the captions help keep the volume level at listenable level for me while she watches. how can any studio put out a DVD or movie in any format without captions? how, in this day and age can this happen? how can we let this happen?
so if you are hearing impaired or know someone who is, don't buy this set or anything else from C.B.S. till they fix this horrible problem.

It's hard not to understand the appeal of this show. I mean people have always been interested in detective/mystery/crime solving kind of stories. And this show is no exception except that the series as most people probably already know is from a forensics perspective. The show lives for the tiniest detail (hair, stain, DNA, blood, prints etc.).In short the show made forensics the new "it" thing on TV.

My only slight complaint in the series is that they usually have 2 stories in a single episode. It would've been better if they just focus on one story and fully explore its potential. I mean a show like Without a Trace, which based on its format seemed to be much more limited in stretching a whole story for a single episode, but they manage to utilize the whole 40 minutes in a single plot very well. Anyway that's just a minor rant because sometimes there are episodes where the story A is so good but the B story not so much, it dragged down the episode a little bit.

Some of the best episodes of Season 2 are:

-Chaos Theory (it's easier to move on when you've got someone to blame, this episode shows what happens when the crime turned out to be nobody's fault)
-Bully for You
-Slaves of Las Vegas
-Organ Grinder (watch out for Marcia Cross' pre DH guest appearance)
-You've Got Male (A great Sara episode as she relates to the female victim who seems to be as workaholic and lonely as her)
-Identity Crisis (creepy!!!)
-Stalker (one of the best episodes of the series, great script and great episode for Nick)
-Cats in the Cradle (I don't want to ruin this for you, but love the twist regarding the cat lady)
-The Hunger Artist (another series best. Well written episode)

Grade: A

In the criminal justice system, the prosecution has the burden of proving its case beyond a reasonable doubt. The prosecution is merely an attorney with the skills needed to provide the facts and the law relating to the events alleged. It is the Crime Scene Investigators (CSI), working for the local police department, that are in charge of finding the scientific data needed to prove its case. I usually do not like crime shows. They're usually badly done...have poor plots and uninteresting characters. In CSI, the emphasis on speaking with the defendant(s) is downplayed. Typically, the CSIs speak with the defendants in order to gain some knowledge on where additional evidence can be found. The defendants are almost always respected and told that they do not have to answer if they do not wish to do so, but that the evidence will do so anyway. I think of of the benefits of this show being on the air is that it may lessen the chance that we'll end up with a dumb OJ jury that is unable to comprehend DNA analysis.