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Each locale in the CSI family has their own color palette: the original series is a dingy, seedy green, while New York is shot in gloomy blue hues. Miami, on the other hand, is a rich meld of citrus yellows and oranges, as bright as star David Caruso's hair. Yet with all the muscle-beach shots and balmy palm trees, grisly crime scenes are waiting to be dusted. The third season of CSI: Miami starts off with a bang (literally) as cast regular Rory Cochrane is killed in the line of duty. His death casts a shadow over the Miami crew, who have the courtesy to mention his name every few episodes or so. Instead of replacing Cochrane with a colorful new character, however, he's replaced by replicas of the other shows. One is young, inexperienced Ryan Wolfe (Jonathan Togo, bearing a resemblance to the original CSI's young, inexperienced Eric Szmanda). Also joining the cast full-time is Det. Yelina Salas (Sofia Milos), who brings a Raphaelite beauty to the cast a la Melina Kanakeredes from CSI: NY, but she has very little to do but receive longing glances from Horatio Crane (Caruso), who still harbors feelings for her. Too bad she's the widow of Crane's dead brother.
Miami's unusual cases include an axe murderer (Eric Roberts) with an apprentice; a Romeo who dies at a speed-dating event; a corpse whose skull must be boiled for processing; a party girl crushed to death by a snake; and a crime scene that involves a tsunami (yes, that's right.). Even pro skateboarder Tony Hawk turns up as--what else?--a pro skateboarder who's killed while motion-capturing himself for a video game. The best thing in CSI: Miami is Caruso, who gets more yardage out of Horatio Crane than the other CSI franchise leads. As a detective, he isn't restricted to swabbing people's mouths but gets to pull out a gun and strong-arm suspects. He also may have the biggest love for over-the-top dramatic pauses on television ("Because. The evidence. Is. The. One. Who's. Talking."), but he's having fun doing it.--Ellen A. Kim
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Horatio Caine, a former homicide detective, heads a group of investigators who work crimes amid the steamy, tropical surroundings and cultural crossroads of Miami. His team includes Calleigh Duquesne, a bilingual Southern beauty with a specialty in ballistics; Tim Speedle, a cocky yet disarming investigator who is well-connected on the street, and Eric Delko, an underwater recovery expert who knows all the twists and turns of the Florida waterways. Rounding out the team is Alexx Woods, the no-nonsense, know-it-all coroner. Together, these investigators collect and analyze the evidence to solve the crimes and to vindicate those who often cannot speak for themselves - the victims.
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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Season 3 of CSI Miami really turned up the heat this season as we watch Horatio Caine and his team solve a slough of exciting crimes. In this season, Hortatio comes off as more of a superhero; every third episode or so he is running from an exploding building, narrowly escaping from some natural disaster like a tsunami or hurricane, dodging bullets and still managing to look fabulous with his designer sunglasses. Not that I am complaining, the action and excitement is packed into each episode.
Season 3 continues the story about Horatio's brother, Raymond, who is not dead, as told in the season 2 finale, we see more of Susie and Ray's daughter, Madison, and one of the CSI's dies in the first few episodes. Are you hooked yet? I certainly was after watching just one episode. Another great episode is about everyone's favorite coroner and Eric Delco being trapped AGAIN in the forrest preserve in a flash fire, deja vu all over again!
1. Lost Son: A boat plows into a drawbride and one car falls into the waters below. One of the CSI team gets fatally shot in a shootout.
2. Pro Per: Someone opens fire at party guests at a luxury mansion on the beach. The only witness who saw the shooter is a young boy who saw his mother get shot.
3. Under the Influence: A beautiful woman falls under a bus and mysterious circumstances surround her death.
4. Murder in a Flash: A flash mob of college students happens on a golf course, and after everyone has left a dead body is discovered in the sand trap.
5. Legal: When a body is found in a very posh club (with very cool glass!) everyone is a suspect.
6. Hell Night: A bus filled with jury members of a large murder case makes a stop at the defendant's house to look at the scene and someone ends up dead with only the jury as suspects.
7. Crime Wave: A tidal wave hits the shores of Miami leaving a crime in its wake.
8. Speed Kills: Speed dating clientel are supected in a mysterious death.
9. Pirated: Pirates have apparently hit the coast of Miami after the bodies of a boat crew are found tied together in a chain in the ocean.
10. After the Fall: A man falls to his death off a modern apartment building and Horatio is accused of being too violent with the suspect. Brutality charges are brought against him.
11. Addiction: A beautiful young married couple drive off the road and the wife is killed. The husband claims they were being held up at gunpoint.
12. Shootout: A shootout takes place in the emergency room between rival gang members.
13. Cop Killer: A teenager is the only witness to a police officer's shooting and he has gone missing.
14. One Night Stand: A hotel bellhop is shot when he opens a myserious suitcase and views its mysertious (and missing contents.
15. Identity: A victim is found at a hotel covered in slime and two young women are implicated in a murder and they both claim to be victims of identity theft.
16. Nothing to Lose: A fire and murder have occured in the Everglades again and Eric and Alex are caught once again in a sticky situation. Another body is found after the fires are put out.
17. Money Plane: A dead body is found in a mail carrier plane's cargo that went down.
18. Game Over: A car plows into a boat leaving the boat driver dead.
19. Sex & Taxes: A man shoots a boat theif who attempts to shoot him, but there is more than meets the eye and Horatio knows it.
20. Killer Date: A dating service madame winds up dead in a bar and her partner is business is suspected.
21. Recoil: The ultimate Horatio Caine episode begins with a stakeout at the courthouse while police and CSI join forces to protect a woman being held at gunpoint.
22. Vengeance: Someone ends up dead at a high school reunion and a life ensurance salesman is a suspect.
23. Whacked: Crime analyst Valera is suspected of illegal evidence procedure and this could put a serial killar on the loose.
24. 10-7: A wearhouse party explodes and the club owner is found dead and Raymond shows up again and his story is played out.
This season was much better than the previous two. Hortatio Caine, played by David Caruso is the next super-hero, and his CSI team is his sidekick. Wtih more action, suspense and unusual crimes to solve, this season will keep viewers rivited to each episode.
Season 3 continues the story about Horatio's brother, Raymond, who is not dead, as told in the season 2 finale, we see more of Susie and Ray's daughter, Madison, and one of the CSI's dies in the first few episodes. Are you hooked yet? I certainly was after watching just one episode. Another great episode is about everyone's favorite coroner and Eric Delco being trapped AGAIN in the forrest preserve in a flash fire, deja vu all over again!
1. Lost Son: A boat plows into a drawbride and one car falls into the waters below. One of the CSI team gets fatally shot in a shootout.
2. Pro Per: Someone opens fire at party guests at a luxury mansion on the beach. The only witness who saw the shooter is a young boy who saw his mother get shot.
3. Under the Influence: A beautiful woman falls under a bus and mysterious circumstances surround her death.
4. Murder in a Flash: A flash mob of college students happens on a golf course, and after everyone has left a dead body is discovered in the sand trap.
5. Legal: When a body is found in a very posh club (with very cool glass!) everyone is a suspect.
6. Hell Night: A bus filled with jury members of a large murder case makes a stop at the defendant's house to look at the scene and someone ends up dead with only the jury as suspects.
7. Crime Wave: A tidal wave hits the shores of Miami leaving a crime in its wake.
8. Speed Kills: Speed dating clientel are supected in a mysterious death.
9. Pirated: Pirates have apparently hit the coast of Miami after the bodies of a boat crew are found tied together in a chain in the ocean.
10. After the Fall: A man falls to his death off a modern apartment building and Horatio is accused of being too violent with the suspect. Brutality charges are brought against him.
11. Addiction: A beautiful young married couple drive off the road and the wife is killed. The husband claims they were being held up at gunpoint.
12. Shootout: A shootout takes place in the emergency room between rival gang members.
13. Cop Killer: A teenager is the only witness to a police officer's shooting and he has gone missing.
14. One Night Stand: A hotel bellhop is shot when he opens a myserious suitcase and views its mysertious (and missing contents.
15. Identity: A victim is found at a hotel covered in slime and two young women are implicated in a murder and they both claim to be victims of identity theft.
16. Nothing to Lose: A fire and murder have occured in the Everglades again and Eric and Alex are caught once again in a sticky situation. Another body is found after the fires are put out.
17. Money Plane: A dead body is found in a mail carrier plane's cargo that went down.
18. Game Over: A car plows into a boat leaving the boat driver dead.
19. Sex & Taxes: A man shoots a boat theif who attempts to shoot him, but there is more than meets the eye and Horatio knows it.
20. Killer Date: A dating service madame winds up dead in a bar and her partner is business is suspected.
21. Recoil: The ultimate Horatio Caine episode begins with a stakeout at the courthouse while police and CSI join forces to protect a woman being held at gunpoint.
22. Vengeance: Someone ends up dead at a high school reunion and a life ensurance salesman is a suspect.
23. Whacked: Crime analyst Valera is suspected of illegal evidence procedure and this could put a serial killar on the loose.
24. 10-7: A wearhouse party explodes and the club owner is found dead and Raymond shows up again and his story is played out.
This season was much better than the previous two. Hortatio Caine, played by David Caruso is the next super-hero, and his CSI team is his sidekick. Wtih more action, suspense and unusual crimes to solve, this season will keep viewers rivited to each episode.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I am a great fan of CSI and while I love all both the original and the NY franchise, CSI MIAMI is my favorite of the shows. I like the Horatio CAINE character and am a huge fan of actor David CARUSO. CSI MIAMI also has the great advantage of unusual diverse locations (the ocean, the Everglades, marinas, etc) which are great backdrops for exciting crime stories, while on the other hand in Vegas there is just desert and neon-lights and New York has been the setting of too many movies and series to be "fresh". Besides, CSI MIAMI stars stunningly beautiful Southern Belle Emily PROCTER :)
I finished the DVD box of season three a couple of days ago. It is great stuff that will appeal to all fans of the series. What I found particularly fascinating with season three is the effort and expenditure that went into it - you know, the episodes are more like condensed feature films for cinematic release. You have a plane crash (episode MONEY PLANE), a yacht ramming a bridge (LOST SON), a tsunami (CRIME WAVE), attacks with rocket propelled grenades (PIRATED), huge explosions (10-7, among others) etc Really awesome! Okay, nitpickers will argue that the computer generated tidal wave in CRIME WAVE was not up to Hollywood blockbuster standard, but hey, it is a TV show! I have seen far worse computer effects.
Season three managed to add more human depth to the characters and their development. There is the death of Speedle in the first episode (very touching, indeed), his replacement by ambitious cop Ryan WOLFE and the evolving rivalry between WOLFE and DELKO, Calleigh's father is still unable to quit the booze (detailed in the unfortunately rather weak episode UNDER THE INFLUENCE) and Horatio learns that his brother is still alive (more on that in the last episode of the series). Personally I miss the Speedle character and I think Ryan WOLFE is a weak replacement. With all due respect to the fans of the character and actor Jonathan TOGO, but I find this over-ambitious and eager guy more than annoying!
Most of the episodes are great storywise, although there are some exceptions. For instance, the aforementioned episode UNDER THE INFLUENCE was quite predictable - from the moment it was established that Calleigh's father was involved in a car accident when driving drunk, I knew that the guy he run over was already dead long before the car hit him. Other more unremarkable episodes are MURDER IN A FLASH and ADDICTION.
PIRATED is my favorite season three episode. The plot concerns weapon smuggling with a fishing boat, high sea piracy and political radicals, who use RPGs to terrorize Latino immigrants (while a subplot in the episode revolves around cannibalism among sailors adrift the ocean in their life raft). Plot and forensics are top notch, e.g. when residue from the exhaust fumes of a bazooka is found in the nose of a culprit it puts him on the crime scene. However I have issues with the ideology this particular episode promotes - it goes out of its way to promote multi-culturalism, a point which is re-iterated in some dialogues towards the end of the episode again and again. That said, PIRATED is great.
Other great episodes are CRIME WAVE (although the heist plot - taking adavantage of a tsunami to rob a bank - is a bit too elaborated and complicated to be fully believeable) and SEX AND TAXES (concerning the violent deaths of not one but two revenue service agents). SEX AND TAXES also featured a forensic accountant finding essential clues to the crimes (being an accountant - albeit not a forensic one - myself, I simply love this episode).
It needs to be pointed out that even weaker episodes usually have their merits like freak causes of death (for instance by paint ball gun in the HELL NIGHT episode or decapitation by shutter [ADDICTION]). I really admire the imagination of the script writers, when they come up with stuff like the aforementioned (or a drive-by shooting by boat in PRO PER.) And suffice to say that the forensic stuff is hugely educational, well made and simply great!
There is a host of extra features on disc 7. These include:
* CSI MIAMI DEEP BLUE SEA - a very interesting featurette about underwater film shooting both in the ocean and in a fishtank.
* Two making ofs (CSI MIAMI DELIVERING THE GOODS and VISUALIZING SEASON 3). You have the usual interviews with the actors, where they elaborate on their respective characters, but also hugely interesting stuff about the stuntwork in the series and memorable look inside the shooting of the vault scenes when the tsunami wave hits the bank in the CRIME WAVE episode.
* An excellent 8 part featurette hosted by the series` consultant ( a real life coroner), which is an ultra fast paced crash course in forensic medicine ranging from autopsy proceedures to various causes of death (gun shot wound, blunt force trauma, asphyxation), illustrated with snippets from various episodes. Very interesting!
* A brief documentary on the locations. While I knew that much of the series is actually shot in California I was not aware of the large extent. A location scout is being interviewed commenting on the difficulties finding convincing stand in locations. It is also depicted how sometimes CGI effects are used for greater authenticity (e.g. to remove hills in the background, as Miami is completly flat)
Despite some shortcomings a clear recommendation! Buy it now if you have not already done so!
I finished the DVD box of season three a couple of days ago. It is great stuff that will appeal to all fans of the series. What I found particularly fascinating with season three is the effort and expenditure that went into it - you know, the episodes are more like condensed feature films for cinematic release. You have a plane crash (episode MONEY PLANE), a yacht ramming a bridge (LOST SON), a tsunami (CRIME WAVE), attacks with rocket propelled grenades (PIRATED), huge explosions (10-7, among others) etc Really awesome! Okay, nitpickers will argue that the computer generated tidal wave in CRIME WAVE was not up to Hollywood blockbuster standard, but hey, it is a TV show! I have seen far worse computer effects.
Season three managed to add more human depth to the characters and their development. There is the death of Speedle in the first episode (very touching, indeed), his replacement by ambitious cop Ryan WOLFE and the evolving rivalry between WOLFE and DELKO, Calleigh's father is still unable to quit the booze (detailed in the unfortunately rather weak episode UNDER THE INFLUENCE) and Horatio learns that his brother is still alive (more on that in the last episode of the series). Personally I miss the Speedle character and I think Ryan WOLFE is a weak replacement. With all due respect to the fans of the character and actor Jonathan TOGO, but I find this over-ambitious and eager guy more than annoying!
Most of the episodes are great storywise, although there are some exceptions. For instance, the aforementioned episode UNDER THE INFLUENCE was quite predictable - from the moment it was established that Calleigh's father was involved in a car accident when driving drunk, I knew that the guy he run over was already dead long before the car hit him. Other more unremarkable episodes are MURDER IN A FLASH and ADDICTION.
PIRATED is my favorite season three episode. The plot concerns weapon smuggling with a fishing boat, high sea piracy and political radicals, who use RPGs to terrorize Latino immigrants (while a subplot in the episode revolves around cannibalism among sailors adrift the ocean in their life raft). Plot and forensics are top notch, e.g. when residue from the exhaust fumes of a bazooka is found in the nose of a culprit it puts him on the crime scene. However I have issues with the ideology this particular episode promotes - it goes out of its way to promote multi-culturalism, a point which is re-iterated in some dialogues towards the end of the episode again and again. That said, PIRATED is great.
Other great episodes are CRIME WAVE (although the heist plot - taking adavantage of a tsunami to rob a bank - is a bit too elaborated and complicated to be fully believeable) and SEX AND TAXES (concerning the violent deaths of not one but two revenue service agents). SEX AND TAXES also featured a forensic accountant finding essential clues to the crimes (being an accountant - albeit not a forensic one - myself, I simply love this episode).
It needs to be pointed out that even weaker episodes usually have their merits like freak causes of death (for instance by paint ball gun in the HELL NIGHT episode or decapitation by shutter [ADDICTION]). I really admire the imagination of the script writers, when they come up with stuff like the aforementioned (or a drive-by shooting by boat in PRO PER.) And suffice to say that the forensic stuff is hugely educational, well made and simply great!
There is a host of extra features on disc 7. These include:
* CSI MIAMI DEEP BLUE SEA - a very interesting featurette about underwater film shooting both in the ocean and in a fishtank.
* Two making ofs (CSI MIAMI DELIVERING THE GOODS and VISUALIZING SEASON 3). You have the usual interviews with the actors, where they elaborate on their respective characters, but also hugely interesting stuff about the stuntwork in the series and memorable look inside the shooting of the vault scenes when the tsunami wave hits the bank in the CRIME WAVE episode.
* An excellent 8 part featurette hosted by the series` consultant ( a real life coroner), which is an ultra fast paced crash course in forensic medicine ranging from autopsy proceedures to various causes of death (gun shot wound, blunt force trauma, asphyxation), illustrated with snippets from various episodes. Very interesting!
* A brief documentary on the locations. While I knew that much of the series is actually shot in California I was not aware of the large extent. A location scout is being interviewed commenting on the difficulties finding convincing stand in locations. It is also depicted how sometimes CGI effects are used for greater authenticity (e.g. to remove hills in the background, as Miami is completly flat)
Despite some shortcomings a clear recommendation! Buy it now if you have not already done so!
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
CSI Miami reaches a high point with Season 3: Sun, Glamour, and Overacting Galore!
August 4, 2006
By A. G. Corwin
Format:DVD
CSI:Miami, having evolved with difficulty over the first two seasons, reaches its high point in Season 3. Anyone who has watched the show realizes that Horatio, unlike Gil Grissom or Mac Taylor, is the true star of the show. The rest of the CSIs are entertaining, but the show is truly about him. This dynamic, when combined with the glamour and glitz of the Miami setting and crimes most foul, make this for me the CSI that is above the rest.
Plotwise, season 3 is bit over the top. Issues covered in this season include a stalker murder, a sports star on trial for his wife's murder, a young woman killed in a club, the murder of a uniformed cop, gang warfare in a hospital, the killings of IRS agents, speed dating that ends in a death, spree killing, and the murder of a wingwoman. Some of the lesser episodes involve our old friend Clavo Cruz, a giant boa contricter that eats a woman, skaters and gamers, and of course, the infamous tsunami episode. The season incorporates the Raymond Caine subplot heavily in the last 5 or 6 episodes. This leads up to a satisfying conclusion in the season finale.
The season is also one of change. A regular cast member gets killed in episode 1, which quite frankly, was quite a relief since the character was terrible. Another regular, not a CSI, kills himself. A new cast member joins, Officer Ryan Wolfe, makes the transfer from patrol to CSI, and making some waves in the process. Callie and Delco (who has very little to do this season) have a tough time dealing with tragedy, and we actually see Horatio dating a rather attractive Assistant DA, at least for a few episodes. Some old familiars pop by, including Suzy and Madison, and Raymond Caine's killer Bob, who ends up being much more important in the story than we assumed. All in all it adds up to a great season, which will be extremely difficult to top in Season 4.
People either love or hate this show, so if you count yourself among the fans, this is a must addition to the collection.
A.G. Corwin
St.Louis, MO
Plotwise, season 3 is bit over the top. Issues covered in this season include a stalker murder, a sports star on trial for his wife's murder, a young woman killed in a club, the murder of a uniformed cop, gang warfare in a hospital, the killings of IRS agents, speed dating that ends in a death, spree killing, and the murder of a wingwoman. Some of the lesser episodes involve our old friend Clavo Cruz, a giant boa contricter that eats a woman, skaters and gamers, and of course, the infamous tsunami episode. The season incorporates the Raymond Caine subplot heavily in the last 5 or 6 episodes. This leads up to a satisfying conclusion in the season finale.
The season is also one of change. A regular cast member gets killed in episode 1, which quite frankly, was quite a relief since the character was terrible. Another regular, not a CSI, kills himself. A new cast member joins, Officer Ryan Wolfe, makes the transfer from patrol to CSI, and making some waves in the process. Callie and Delco (who has very little to do this season) have a tough time dealing with tragedy, and we actually see Horatio dating a rather attractive Assistant DA, at least for a few episodes. Some old familiars pop by, including Suzy and Madison, and Raymond Caine's killer Bob, who ends up being much more important in the story than we assumed. All in all it adds up to a great season, which will be extremely difficult to top in Season 4.
People either love or hate this show, so if you count yourself among the fans, this is a must addition to the collection.
A.G. Corwin
St.Louis, MO
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5.0 out of 5 stars
awesome show
as good or better then the original CSI of which is is a spinoff of. would consider buying the entire season.
Published 29 days ago by Brian K Flesch
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Awsome buy
Love this show its great would recommened this to everyone who like drama and action. My daughter is thinking of going in to this field from watching the show.
Published 1 month ago by Lupita
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Fantastic Show!
I've been a fan of CSI:Miami for some time. Never tire of seeing some of the episodes over and over again. A most entertaining show to say the least. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Angela R. Bazley
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Loved it
I enjoyed the third season cried a little when speed died tho. Overall great season can't wait to see season 4 next.
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CSI MIAMI: Season Three
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CSI Third season
I hated when one of the main characters died, but it was a great episode. I can't wait to see season 4
Published 1 month ago by Mary McGowan
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CSI: Miami season 3
Love it, love it, love it. My order arrived promptly and in great shape. Now that I have it I never want to part with it. A must for anyone who enjoys a good police drama.
Published 2 months ago by Colleen R. Welch
5.0 out of 5 stars
This completes my set of all the CSI Miami DVD's.
The Complete Third Season of CSI Miami is excellent! CSI Miami is/was my favorite show on the air, and I'm so sorry that it was discontinued. I wish CBS would bring it back.
Published 2 months ago by M. Anne Coker
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another great season!
The third season really brings to life Horatio and his brother Ray's situation. I hated HATED to see Speedle go, although it was his choice and I understand why. Read more
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