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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Jumped the Shark, September 12, 2009
"Jumped the Shark" is a saying coined from the old Happy Days show. When Arthur Fonzarelli jumped a shark wearing his trademark leather jacket, it was a sign that the show had run out of ideas and had turned to lunacy. First I should say that I am a CSI Miami and David Caruso (Horatio Caine) fan. I thoroughly enjoyed Season 6 with the Brazilian twist. Who can forgot Caine shooting it up in Rio, and his one liner "That's how we do it in Miami." Cool stuff.
Unfortunately, something went terribly wrong in Season 7. The stories are not well written, the character's lines are awkward and simplistic, and things turn a bit pointless. I do not blame the actors, since clearly they have proven themselves capable of greater things. It is quite simply the writers... time to clean house and get some fresh talent. Or perhaps this was already done, and the new talent is simply lacking. Whatever the reason, Season 7 is not up the standards of previous seasons. One specific complaint I have is why does everyone have to be under 25 and gorgeous? The new medical examiner looks barely old enough to drive, let alone head up a major city's crime lab's medical lab. It is still beautiful eye candy... impossibly colorful sets, well dressed models doing the acting thing, things going boom, and lots of Caine's one liners. So it can still be a fun show. Just don't expect too much from this one.
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22 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
CSI Miami: Season 7, July 25, 2009
What an interesting season! In the very first episode of the season, we find out who wants Horatio Caine (David Caruso) dead and in the final episode, Eric Delko (Adam Rodriguez) has disappeared with his devious father. Both Horatio's son Kyle (Evan Ellingson) and Eric get thrown into jail,a new coroner named Dr. Tara Price (Megalyn Echikunwoke) turns out to have an addiction to Oxycodone pain killer pills, Eric and Calleigh Duquesne have a blooming relationship with each other, Yelina Salas (Sofia Milos) returns undercover, Horatio's mortal enemy Ron Saris (Kim Coates) turns out to be married to Horatio's ex Julia Winston (Elizabeth Berkley), Natalia Boa Vista (Eva La Rue) was lucky enough this season to not have so much of the drama focused on her, and Ryan Wolfe (Jonathan Togo) was forced to betray his team within the entire season's swirl and hinting of the Russian Mob's constant tabs on the team's every move. The crimes have become more intriguing from a con man who tricked married women into sexual relations for their money, a man who cannot remember how he could have killed an entire family, and explore the world of extreme plastic surgery. Season Seven has proved itself to be one of the best seasons yet to watch and I would definitely recommend it over the tedious CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season Nine. Don't miss a second of this hard-hitting drama with non-stop action in each episode. Episodes I recommend are: Episode 1 "Resurrection" in where Horatio has been supposedly shot, Episode 10 "The DeLuca Motel" where a shooter targets the place where Eric is staying at, Episode 20 "Wolfe In Sheep's Clothing" where Ryan is forced to betray the team by altering evidence in a case, Episode 24 "Dissolved" where Julia spins out of control and Dr. Price is fired, and Episode 25 "Seeing Red" where Eric finds out about his father's involvement in a current case and disappears to help him out.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
"Miami Vice" vs "Bay Watch" watching this Nightmare!!!, September 25, 2009
Okay........If you watched the DVD package "Seasons 1-6" as I did; you were engrossed by David Caruso's campy acting of overplaying "Horatio Caine" into our favorite TV hero....... with his constant repositioning himself in dramatic sideways stances, his famous "removing his sunglasses" at a key script line, and his voice lowering in a pitch that only a commercial hack announcer could deliver without blushing for its rediculous overdramatic presentation.
But this Season's shows are completely laughable in their cartoon plots, with the over acting that has returned like some sort of viral disease, and the NEW medical examiner who looks like she is 15 years old!
Adam Rodriguez has fallen off the map once again in his portrayal of Eric Delko. The first episode "Russurection", when Horatio is apparently assasinated at the local municipal Airport, is just plain laughable as Rodriguez's overacting compels you to send him a check to revisit that acting school in Long Beach he obviously dropped out of early to take this role in the first place. His cast counterpart, Jonathan Togo's "Ryan Wolfe" is even WORSE! These two guys would have been dropped from any High School's Drama Club, and sent back to the Atheletic Department with tennis shoes in hand.
And now our series favorite, Emily Proctor, has caught this disease. The Make Up crew has done their best to hide Proctor's 41 years by "softening" her look, but sadly the script writers have also "softened her brain" as well; making her appear as comedically cartoon-like in nature with her performances.
"Well, Crispy here.........." as the new Medical Examiner, Tara Price [played by newcomer Megalyn Fouckunwke] notes to Delko, while examining the beach party burn victim in the episode "Won't get fueled again", shows the inappropriate humor that only a poor CSI Miami Hollywood screenwriter can stoop to, and makes her character look like a sophomoric moron. BRING BACK KANDI ALEXANDER.............please!
No longer does the classic "campy acting" of David Caruso carry this show anymore, but rather it is indicative of a burned out screenwriting crew that has run out of ideas, and a cast that looks literally bored and are just in it now for the money. It is time for "Red" to move on to bigger and better things.
Caruso's Golden Globe for "NYPD Blue" must haunt him now as he watches the Daily Rushes of CSI Miami, and make him long for those days when Hollywood still considered him a great performer before his self destructive Ego Trip.
Put this series in the "Can".......and move on, David.
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