What do you think about CSI: ...
Question: What do you think about
CSI: NY? The latest episodes of the show were very good, and by the end of the season I felt
NY was much more consistent than
Miami.
NY's cases were good, solid and compelling, while
Gary Sinise carried the first season with great skill. In my opinion,
Miami is all about fancy locations, beautiful killers and every other showy detail Miami has to offer. Do you think
NY is better than
Miami and can stand on its own?
Answer: Sounds to me like you've willed yourself into liking
NY, which, like
Miami, is a flawed clone of a terrific original. Which one is better is very much a (literally) case-by-case situation. I especially deplore episodes of
Miami that, like last season's supersize tidal-wave episode, turn Horatio into an action hero. One problem with
NY is the familiarity of its locale. It also took a longer time to find its groove than the other two
CSI series, but the bottom line is that we probably just don't need three
CSIs a week, and people are going to prefer one spin-off to another for a variety of reasons. (I know it will be a chore for me to keep up with all three each week.) It's also a fact that both shows are in transition this fall,
NY in particular, with new sets and at least one new character who'll be introduced early in the season, as the character of the medical examiner (
Hill Harper) gets to go out in the field. So I'd say the jury's still out on this one.
