I absolutely LOVE the original CSI. I really can't watch CSI Miami - just a bit too much. So when they announced there was a third one coming out I was skeptical. But they've out done themselves! Although the original is still my favorite, this one steps away from the CSI format a bit. There's more of a glimpse into the characters and great story lines. There isn't the condescending tone that Miami has. Gary Sinise is, of course, brilliant as usual. If they keep it up this one will stick around. Combine this one and the original and I could watch all week! No one can beat Grissom, but Taylor is certainly going to give him a run for his money. Now a combined episode would be phenomenal!
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sarahz91124 September 2004
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kdupes-11 August 2020I really liked this show. The did a great job with the cast. It's one of those groups that gel well together & you hope none of them ever leave the show. > It's a typical detective/forensic type show involving them catching different types of murders/ serial killers, and the continuing stories of the main characters lives, etc. > It's way funnier than you'd ever think it pull ne, it has a lot of that quick witted humor, that comes Out of the blue & makes you laugh out loud. >> It reminds me of the show Bones. Same type of show finding the serial killers with science & cool tech gadgets, with a great cast & lots of good funny humor thrown in. > And it's a tv show, so I'm not gonna pick it apart for being technically correct or not at every turn. Grain of salt people, if it as 100% accurate, it'd be a documentary.
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corraled-0569012 July 2020Today is the 10th anniversary of the day Melina Kanakaredes quit the show in protest because CBS and producers refused to pay her on par with Gary Sinise. But that was the fourth shot fired in the network's war on this show. The destruction of CSI:NEW YORK was assured way back in 2005 when Anthony Zuiker, kowtowing to Les Moonves, agreed to have the sets Carey Meyer designed & built destroyed for no reason whatsoever. It was here Moonves & CBS knew they could inflict whatever damage they wanted to on this show.
2 months before the breakdown between CBS, producers & Kanakaaredes, CBS made the decision to move the show from a secure berth on Wednesday at 10 to the Friday night deathslot at 9. If not for the loss of Melina Kanakaredes, the show could have easily survived, but CBS was dead set on sabotaging this show because out of all 3 of the CSI series', this was the most expensive to produce and CBS had gotten greedy & stupid.
If you're wondering what the second & fifth shots fired were, the former came in the decision to hold the 100th episode of the CSI series set in NEW YORK in LOS ANGELES, illustrating the stupidity, the ignorance, the corruption, the mindlessness, the incompetence on part of the producers who were incapable of connecting the dots. Because it makes logical sense to not hold the celebration for a show in the city in which it's set. What you get when you have rocket surgeons like Jerry Bruckheimer, Ann Donahue, Jonathan Littman, Carol Mendolsohn, Pam Veasey & the jerkoff at the top, Anthony Zuiker. The final shot came in the form of hiring Sela Ward, the dummy who 8 years earlier turned down the role of Megan Donner on CSI:MIAMI.
Without the chemistry of the classic cast, the show became an incohesive mess. The show was weak, poorly written, nowhere in the vicinity of the amazing show it used to be. From the moment Season 7 premiered, CSI:NEW YORK was in a death spiral. At the 100th episode party in 2008, Sinise proudly exclaimed 0nto 200! When you make the decision to celebrate the 100th episode of the CSI set in NY by holding it in LA, the show was doomed. At that moment the doomsday clock ticked faster & closer to midnight, until finally in 2012, production came to a final end and all of the episodes broadcast in 2013 were nothing more than a burnoff. Rest in pieces, CSI:NEW YORK, rest in pieces. -
sfbearcop19 May 2005Despite the fact that all three of the CSI franchise shows exaggerate the roles and scope of crime scene investigators, I enjoy them in varying degrees. As a retired cop, I've worked with CSIs on cases many times. They are mostly good, solid professionals who do their previously unsung job and help detectives solve cases. The CSIs on the CBS shows do far more than that and far more than they would be allowed to do in real police departments. I'll suspend disbelief and allow the wide dramatic license when I enjoy a TV show.
All of that aside, I was looking forward to CSI:NY for a variety of reasons, not the least its being set in my other home town. It also boasted Gary Sinise, a great actor, in the lead role. I think I still prefer William Peterson's Grissom, but Sinise as Mac Taylor is so far above Caruso as Cain that comparisons are hard to make. Yes, he is somewhat cold, but in police work it is rare to see someone who wears his heart on his sleeve. Cold professionalism is the hallmark of most cops. Add to that the loss of his wife in the tragedy of 9/11 -- which I do not think the show exploits; it is a legitimate plot point in the development of a character in NY and motivates Taylor to find justice wherever he can, something his wife was denied -- and his quiet demeanor makes sense.
If Emily Proctor leaves CSI:Miami, I'll quit watching. That will leave the original and this gritty, dark spin-off. With CSI:NY on hand, I won't miss Miami for a moment.
I just watched the season finale and am looking forward to next season. I agree that the spate of spin-offs shows a lack of creativity, but when it is done well -- as it is in CSI:NY and in Law and Order: SVU and Law and Order: Trial by Jury -- it can be good viewing. (I'd like to add Law and Order,: Criminal Intent -- I like D'Onofrio a lot -- but I just couldn't get into the show, try as I might.)With the loss this year of both Third Watch and NYPD Blue, we are left with only a couple of good cops and robbers shows. CSI:NY is one of them. -
Withnail_fan18 April 2005When i learnt there was to be a second spin-off of csi, i was really looking forward to it......thankfully i was not disappointed. This show is certainly different from the original csi as we learn more about the characters but not all at once leaving some room for us to wonder about them. The acting and stories of the show are superb, Gary Sinise portrays Mac Taylor a likable character who is still dealing with the loss of his wife in 9/11, who i feel has the potential to match Grissom of the original, particularly as Petersen's contract is up in 2006. He has strong support from the rest of the cast including Melina (sorry can't spell her last name) as Stella.
The rest of the characters include Danny, Aiden, Dr Hawkes and Det Don Flack-who always has the best lines. All of them are brilliant with huge potential, as seen with Danny in the Tanglewood episode. It is also interesting to see how different characters pair up with others whilst investigating...my favourites are Aiden with Flack, and of course Mac and Stella.
If you like me are slightly disappointed with the Miami spin-off and find Horatio Caine unappealing this show is just what you need. A return to the forensics of the original with a New York twist..
Now i could not imagine a Saturday night here in the Uk without it...brilliant! -
ma-cortes26 October 2016CSI NY is an action-filled series about tough cops led Head Detective Mac Taylor (Gary Sinese as lead role) and his team resolve crimes in New York City , facing off nasty delinquents and heinous killers by means of scientific investigations . This show follows the activities of the detectives working at the Scientific Department , a section assigned to Crime Scene Investigations bureau . CSI officers use the best scientist and technical methods to solve puzzles and catch criminals . It stars various Police Inpectors of a special unit against crime that take down cerebral murderers , scum and low-life criminals , these are the followings : Led by hard-nosed officer Taylor (Gary Sinese , he is most known for playing Leuitenant Dan Taylor in Forrest Gump) , and supported by Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo) , Sheldon Hawkes (Hill Harper) , Don Flack (Eddie Cahill) , Lindsay Monroe (Anna Belknap) , Sid Hammerback (Robert Joy) , Ross (A.J. Buckley) , among others . With almost obsessive dedication towards their quest for the facts , Taylor and his elite team of investigators work various perplexing cases using scientific skills and equipment that are capable of finding valuable clues from the most seemingly unlikely sources . Taylor leads the quest for the one thing that can cut through the lies to the truth and justice , the evidence . As they take on several dangers and risked assignments , confronting unsettling junkies , violent muggers , avaricious robbers , malevolent panderers , bank attackers , extremely villain mobsters , women traffickers , heinous druggies , kidnappers , ominous murderers and several others . They are very skilled technicians , and are a component of the police response to crime . In the numerous episodes there are different and twisted cases dealing with kidnappings , grisly murders for robbing , racism , envy , ambition or vengeance . Together, these investigators collect and analyze the evidence to solve the crimes and to vindicate those who often cannot speak for themselves , the victims .
CSI has the best scientific criminalistic division in N.Y.C. with the best crime lab , solving crimes that practically every other crime lab has given up on . Formed by an expert team , they track down perpetrators using scientific analysis and the occasional leap in logic . This exciting series packs a moving atmosphere by means of shaky camera , videotape and killings reconstructions in a really dynamic style . And even food items are frequently used to simulate injuries to corpses , for example , a roast chicken skin was used to simulate burns . The majority of the techniques and technologies used in the CSI shows are accurate and true to reality . However , in real life , the New York City Police Department (NYPD) Crime Scene Investigators (CSI's) are not detectives and are called Forensic Technicians who work in teams called Crime Scene Units (CSU's). In fact , they do not interview suspects, they do not write or execute search warrants, and they do not make arrests . In real life they are directed around the scenes by the detectives and supervisors, not the other way around . Detectives are commissioned police officers . CSU's are civilian personnel, not sworn and do not have the same arrest powers as police officers . At the conclusion of each case the culprits almost always confess their guilt to investigators that would most assuredly not be the people interviewing . The expert team is headed by Detective Taylor , masterfully played by Gary Sinese , he steals the show as an intelligent and resourceful Inspector . He heads a group of investigators who work crimes amid the rough urban ambient . Taylor is the last member of the NYPD hired during Rudy Giuliani's term as Mayor of New York City and his wife was killed in the 911 attacks . This character was originally offered Andy Garcia and Ray Liotta , but both of whom declined the role . Melina Kanakaredes as the Greco-Italian Stella Bonasera , her legalistic mind allows little gray area in cases , until she is forced to fight for her life , this alters her reaction to cases involving abused women . Stella has a close relationship with her CSI partner , Lab Supervisor Mac Taylor, with whom she shares a deep trust and respect based on endless hours of work , and literally saving one another's lives over the years . Edith Cahill as Detective Flack who bridges the gap between the old-school NYPD and new generation of CSI , carrying with him an intense hatred of the "bad guy" , his approach to solving crimes , while sometimes borderline , is nonetheless always effective . Hill Harper as Sheldon Hawkes , he started the show as a medical examiner, but moved over to field duty as a CSI . Carmine Giovinazzo as Danny Messer who is married to his co-worker Detective Lindsay Monroe , Anna Belknap , whom he calls "Montana" because she was born and raised there ; they have a daughter named Lucy . And Robert Joy as Sid , he is the quirky, crazy, funny ME or Medical Examiner .
The series formed by 197 episodes develop his own peculiar style , full of action tension , thrills , chills , twists and turns . It is with plenty of suspense , restless movements , violence gore and guts . The action moments are compactly made and fast moving . The robbing , kidnappings , heists , and murders deliver the goods filled with non-stop action , shocks , intrigue and suspenseful . The series follows the C.S.I Las Vegas wake and its sequels and rip-offs such as CSI Miami , CSI Cyber , CSI immortality and CSI NY. -
eamon-hennedy3 May 2006Wow, what have we done to deserve this, another fantastic series from what has shaped up to be one of the best franchise's on television, CSI:NY has everything that a good cop show needs; strong leading characters, well thought out stories and above all else, cinematic production values, like the previous two series do. That it isn't to say that the show had the best start. I'll admit to being balled over by the pilot/crossover episode during CSI:Miami's second season and I couldn't wait to see how it would transpire as a fully fledged series. Initially however, the series did have a rough start. The show just seemed too dark and gloomy and any humour seemed to sit at odds with the show's dark milieu, but things happily changed as the first season progressed and by the end of it's freshman year I would have to say that CSI:NY was truly one of the best shows on the box, more than giving its sister series a run for their money.
Like CSI's Miami and Las Vegas, the show has a terrific leading man with a penchant for feature films and character acting, in this case Gary Sinise. For anyone who has seen Apollo 13, The Green Mile, Ransom or Mission to Mars, it is great to see this actor headlining his own show and doing it so well. Initially his character is so dark in the earlier episodes, much like the series, it is hard to like him, but like the show he comes out of his shell and we get to see a likable and at times nicely humorous character simply trying to move on with his life after the death of his wife. Like the other two series we have a superb leading lady, in this case Melina Kankaredes, simply one of the most beautiful leading ladies on television, and a damn fine actress to boot, with the two leads centered around a terrific supporting cast. Eddie Cahill and Hill Harper stand out almost straight away, whilst Carmine Giovinazzo really comes into his own as the first season develops culminating with a terrific storyline involving a shootout and a dead undercover police officer towards the end of the season. If there is a weak link it is possibly Vannesa Ferlito's character Aiden. While likable, she is essentially a third wheel and does nothing more than react to the other characters.
Like the other two shows, hell like every thriller/crime series on American television today, the production values are incredible, the aerial shots of New York are some of the best ever done on a television series budget and the show, especially on DVD, looks fantastic. If there is a nit-pick to be had it has to be that at times it is very obvious that the show is filmed on studio lots in Los Angeles, something not as obvious on CSI's Las Vegas and Miami. For anyone who has ever seen Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off Angel, one cannot help but get a kick nearly every episode of seeing the vampire with a soul's old office from season one in the background of many scenes throughout CSI:NY's first season. Aside from this, the show does very well with what it's given, which is fine acting and some of the finest writing currently on the crime genre in television. If you have yet to see this show, buy the first season on DVD, there are many fine episodes to watch, and many to choose from. I wouldn't expect anything else from a series created by Anthony E Zuiker. -
Shopaholic3519 April 2014CSI: NY is not as good as the original version but it is better than the Miami version. The cases are interesting and they keep you guessing as to who is the killer.
My one problem is that the characters feel like they belong in Boston and not New York. Maybe I have been comparing it too much to Law & Order: SVU but it just irks me. It just seems a little too gritty to be New York (Note: I am taking about fake TV New York & Boston).
It's a good show that is well suited to lovers of crime shows but if your not a crime buff then give this one a miss. There are many better alternatives out there. -
XweAponX3 April 2009I think, of all 3 shows, this one has some style: As each CSI show has, over the last 9 years, developed a kind of personality - I like the way the graphics are done in the "discovery" shots (The little "bridge" shots that show the various CSIs working and the evidence being collected) - As Danny always says, "Boom".
Stylistically very contemporary, I love the way the viewer can expect to see various items from "real life" - a Treo 700, a Dell Inspiron 6400/1505e laptop, Blackberries and I-Macs and sometimes even IBM Thinkpads- All the nice goodies that you can buy at the computer store... You can always tell which year each episode was made just by the electronic equipment that is being toted, and so the Dell 6400's were probably episodes from 2006... The Treo 700s probably 2007, these apparently insignificant things are all indications of not only the year, but the month or even specific day the episodes were filmed.
You can do this with any show that uses contemporary electronics as part of the storytelling "device"... And as a semi-spoiler/goof, I can say with pretty much 100% assurance that some of the things you see Danny-Boy doing with his Dell Laptop or his Treo 650 or 700, I know for a fact cannot be done- Because I have the exact versions of these items, I am using them now for instance- And although the Dell Inspiron is a fine machine, it simply has speed and productivity limits that unless the laptop o' Dannys is hiding something a lot more powerful than the Centrino Core Duo T2300 under its Lid, some of the things he does with it are basically impossible. Aside from that, I do know that the functions that are being depicted are possible on a more powerful desktop workstation, so I always let it not bother me.
I like the cast of this CSI better than the others, especially Stella, who on one hand is a pinstripe-posing woman of professional standing, and does she stand... On the other, a voluptuous beauty, when we are lucky enough to see it revealed- Which happens every 5th episode- Like when she decides to date that sculptor. You think that eventually she'll end up with Mac, but then Mac would not be able to date all of the MEs with British accents.
I miss Aiden, and I finally saw her final episode, and it was sad but in the end her goal was made a reality thanks to Mac. I thought her interaction with Danny was better than "Montana"/Lindsay - Who kind of bothers me cos of her cherub face-straight-from-a-Reuben-painting, but the character has a lot of good "character." I don't think it was ever blurted out in any episode, but there are indications that something happened between old Danny boy and Aiden - Who at one point indicated to Danny that she was way out of his class.
Mac always makes me think of either "Apollo 13" or the film "Impostor" - And he is actually playing a character very like both of the roles he played in those films- A very tenacious, methodical, and mysterious person, whose past is revealed in small chunks when appropriate to the flow of episodes. I like Mac.
No CSI is compleat without your resident genius, in this case Hill Harper as Hawkes, who appears to be too smart, honestly, maybe there are guys that are as smart as Hawkes, that would be nice: They all ought to be hired as CSIs.
Eddie Cahill is great especially when they are digging cell phone sim cards out of his chest cavity, you think he was imported straight from Law and Order, I don't know the actors Bio, maybe he did come from there. He's like a younger Lenny from L&O.
I like the rapid-fire delivery of each episode, first the murder, then the CSIs collect evidence, then they process it, then they question suspects, and finally they nail the perp right on the head, and always there is a Perry-Masonish twist, except that there are no Perry Masons and Paul Drakes suddenly entering the courtroom to deliver smoking models of volcanoes as evidence at the last minute (A joke from a Benny Hill skit)- So it is more realistic... Except for, I always ask... Can they REALLY do that, that fast.
I thought I saw on a discovery channel show... DNA can't be processed in 15 seconds, can it? I thought it took weeks to run some of these tests.
And so, even though in this show, they highly fictate these tests, I still like the general Murder Mystery, and each ep, as I stated for my comment of the original CSI... Is a miniature Jerry Bruckheimer/Tony Scott flick run at 78rpm speed.
Everyone who loves murder mysteries can love CSI:NY - Or any CSI. The MacDonald's Happy Meal of Crime Drama, it goes by quick, but sometimes, you get a very substantive meal.
I can honestly say, there is not one CSI:NY ep I have not highly enjoyed, especially the ones detailing sufficiently grisly murders, mummified bodies, organ extraction, and just plain pre-meditated murder.
I wish in real life the CSIs of real police departments could be as successful as these guys... And due to these shows, I think it is just slightly harder to get away with it than it was in Perry Mason and Paul Drake's days, and even those were highly entertaining.
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castielminion11 October 2009I started to watch CSI NY after I found out that one of my favourite actors, Gary Sinise, plays the main character, Mac Taylor. I fell in love with it instantly. The cast is great, made even stronger by the presence of Lindsay Monroe. The story lines are unique to New York (for example, a murder on the Statue Of Liberty!)and there have been some amazing guest stars on the show, my favourite being Myketi Williamson as the Deputy Inspector:it was good seeing "LT Dan" and "Bubba" on screen together again!!! Other notable guest stars include Ashley Simpson, Kid rock, Nelly Furtado (as a professional shoplifter) and Will Dailey.
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jmorrison-219 August 2005I continue to be amazed at shows like this, that seem to be popping up more and more. The original CSI was, for the most part, good and gripping television, with a unique look at law enforcement procedure. Whether it was necessarily realistic was a question that was easily avoided. For the most part, the original CSI stuck to the premise of evidence gathering and processing as a key factor in developing a criminal case. The bits with crime scene technicians questioning suspects while the assigned detective (who actually has investigative authority over the case) sat silently by was a little much, but didn't seem to overwhelm the overall show. That is clearly not the case with CSI:NY, nor it's sister show, CSI: Miami However, with CSI: Miami, and this show, the plots seem ridiculously contrived, and the technicians carry themselves with an overblown, overbearing authority that doesn't really seem to fit their actual role. In CSI:NY, we have a technician whose "New Yawk" accent has seemed to steadily increase with each succeeding episode, and also seems to come and go, with varying degrees of thickness. He has also cultivated the goateed look, probably to enhance his look of business-like toughness. We have a female technician whose prime acting ability seems to be puffing her lips out; another female technician who, in one episode, handles weapons like a deranged Rambo figure, to convince us of...what, exactly? Gary Sinise, normally an excellent actor, as a blank-faced, authority figure (the obligatory former-Marine).
Any white male suspects get talked down to, and treated with humiliation at every opportunity, to convince us of...what, exactly? Any character who hints at white, lower-class criminality is treated with utter contempt, unless the character is a soft-spoken white female, who is a victim of a lower-class, white male petty criminal; thus the violins start, and she then becomes the "victim", regardless of any choices she herself made which put her in this position. It's someone else's fault. Meanwhile, the drug-gang, car-jacking, street-thug world is strangely absent, or treated with kid gloves. Is this supposed to show us how "diverse" and "not racist" we fancy ourselves to be? This show, along with CSI: Miami, are not network dramas made to entertain. These are shows produced and written with someone's political and social agenda in mind. This is not the business of these television dramas. I find myself cringing at some of the ridiculous dialogue; the moral posturing, cheesy one-liners, mock-hip slang and insulting behavior of the characters. You end up having to question the motivations of the characters: did you pursue this line of work to genuinely help people and society, or to take advantage of the power and authority your position gives you over people you clearly see as beneath you? There isn't anything remotely likable about these characters, nor is there anything interesting about the ridiculous coincidences and bent and twisted science which allows these characters to neatly wrap cases up. I don't believe for a second this is even a decent, realistic look at crime scene procedure. There seems to be an underlying attempt to socially "educate" us. -
Mr_Villmark19 June 2006I love the CSI series, but CSI:NY is my definite favorite. There's much more character development than in the other series. You can actually follow the characters one by one, and get to know them. It's in many ways more human. For example, in CSI:Miami, Horatio Caine is presented as an almost clairvoyant person: He walks into a crime scene, and just by looking at some blood traces, he can say: "No, I don't think our victim went over here to call the police - he was going to warn his son who he thought was asleep. But his soon was at a party in town." CSI:NY is much more down to ground. Not to mention, it's much more bright and colorful. Compared to L.V., where even the labs and offices are like dark tunnels, the settings and locations in N.Y. is much brighter. For me, this makes the program easier to watch.
I'm so glad we have a TV channel who broadcast CSI:NY here in Norway, because this series is just brilliant! -
starartmom26 March 2018Watched all 3. Liked NY the best. Gary Sinise was really good. Why aren't they on as reruns like the other 2 snows.
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Tequila_Eclipse25 February 2007CSI rules.
Miami is very different, but good at what it does differently.
New York... they have no identity. boring Unestablished actors, dumb or implausible plot lines no Sarah no Horatio TERRIBLE, and that Brooklyn accent guy! I want to punch him.
They need one actor with character. I'd recommend Michael Richards. Or how about a Black actor to run the CSI? three white men? come on, really?
I think a foreign spin off would have been a better idea. How about CSI: London, with Mr. Bean! That would have to be more entertaining than this. -
MuskratPower147 April 2005When most TV shows have spinoffs, they're usually not worth watching because of thing-they are different than the original. I think that is a major reason that many fans don't like CSI:NY. While the original show is set in glamorous Las Vegas, NY is set in a much darker city, giving the show a darker tone and feel than Miami or Vegas.
As for characters, New York has a great cast, and is still working on character development. They have been seen as not having personalities, but people have to give the show a chance to find it's foothold-it's only the first season. It took the original CSI five years to say that Sara's mom killed her dad, so its logical that it will take a few seasons to totally tell these characters backgrounds. Danny Messer and Mac Taylor's pasts have been partially revealed in the premiere "Blink", with the knowledge that Max Taylor's wife was in 9/11, and in "Tanglewood", with Danny's involvement in the Tanglewood boys street gang.
The acting in CSI:NY is just as good as those in the other shows, but most people aren't giving it a chance. Some will like it, some wont, but the least they could do is watch some of the stronger episodes, like "Blink", or "Tanglewood", and not scrunitze its difference from the originals...just give it a chance. Rome wasn't built in a day- it will take a little longer for people to accept this new show, but i think it's doing perfectly, and i can't wait for next season. -
tml_pohlak_1311 May 2007I've always watched "CSI". I never took a look at CSI: Miami when it came out. When "CSI: NY" came out, I was skeptical. But then I watched a few episodes. It is a great version of CSI! Miami is a little too much action, eh? But NY combines action with the stuff CSI has and presto! A great show is born! It will NEVER beat "CSI", though. However, my timer is set to record "CSI: NY" and "CSI" every Wednesday and Thursday. I absolutely love these shows! If you liked "CSI" and are skeptical about "CSI: NY" I have 2 words for you: Don't be! It is not a cheap copy just to make money, It is very good. If they keep it up, this show will be around for a while.
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walsh-2218 April 2007Don't get me wrong, I do like the New York spin-off. Again, as with the Miami series, I wasn't so sure that it would be any good but when I watched it, I thought it was definitely worthy like the other two series.
I love the characters. They are completely different and unique to the city and none of the characters feel like they had been copied from the other series which is good. The actors are convincing in their roles and interesting as well. I again, like the fact that you are spoon fed little pieces of information about the characters through out the series but I sometimes feel in some instances, they could go into a lot more detail then they do.
The crimes are new and relevant to that city and as I come from the UK, it is nice learning about the cities featured in the series.
The only other problem I have with the programme is the location of New York as the setting for the show. To me, I think that New York has been done to death with all the crime shows that have been done using the city as its base. The producers, to me, picked a predictable location. I would have liked to have seen the show based somewhere that no one would have thought of such as New Orleans, Arizona or Seattle, for example.
I think the cast are just brilliant and I am just as absorbed in them as the other two shows. I would like the show to go on for more seasons and to get to explore more of the characters work and home lives. I think a lot more can be shown of characters such of Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise), Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes), Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo), Dr. Sheldon Hawkes (Hill Harper), Lindsay Monroe (Anna Belknap) and Det. Don Flack (Eddie Cahill). -
TheLittleSongbird21 April 2010I love CSI:NY, and yes I agree that it is better than CSI:Miami. For one thing it is stylishly photographed yes some of the more graphic images may disturb but I don't mind it so much. Secondly, it is brilliantly written, with intelligent dialogue and interesting episode ideas. Thirdly, the music is a real winner for me, the theme tune is very cool, then again it's the Who, what's not to like. Fourthly, the acting is very good, Gary Sinise is a great and I think underrated actor, and he is wonderful as Mac. Melina Kanakaredes looks stunning and acts convincingly which is a major plus in my book, and Carmine Giovinazzo is appealing as Danny. Overall, I love it. 10/10 Bethany Cox
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Rob-12020 September 2006Okay, I think this is a good show...to listen to.
I should explain that I am an essentially squeamish person. So I don't actually *watch* the show. I turn the TV on to "CSI: NY," turn up the volume, and listen to it from the kitchen while I'm doing the dishes, or from my living room.
I don't like to watch bodies being dissected for autopsies. I don't like to watch blood spatterings being examined. And I especially get squeamish when they go inside a person while the murder is being committed, and show their bones breaking from within, their arteries and heart being punctured, their skull being cracked. (I'm getting squeamish just writing this.) So why do I turn on the show at all? One reason: Gary Sinese -- He is one of the best and most underused actors in show business. I enjoy watching (or at least listening to) his work.
I must say, however, the writers of "CSI: NY" seem to go out of their way to create inventive (and ludicrous) murder scenes. Like the guy who is stabbed to death using a Statue of Liberty key chain while nude bungee jumping with his girlfriend off the Brooklyn Bridge? Or the couple who is shot by a crossbow and pinioned together while having sex against a wall? Or the circus contortionist who is found folded up inside a suitcase, who (it turns out) suffocated to death when an elephant stepped on the suitcase lid, trapping him inside while he was practicing his act.
Do these kinds of bizarre murder cases really happen this frequently in real life, even in New York City? Okay, here in Seattle, we had the guy who was killed by an exploding lava lamp, and also the farm hand who was kicked to death by a horse while attempting to have sex with it. (I'm not making either of these cases up.) But these were accidental deaths that occurred two years apart.
I can't wait for the show where the murder victim is found impaled on the needle of the Chrysler Building dressed in a bunny suit, only to have the CSI: NY detectives discover that he was actually killed by a fatal water moccasin bite to his testicles while driving the zamboni at the New York Islanders hockey game at Madison Square Garden. -
mbkgo-127 August 2006In my opinion, NY has emerged, by the end of it's sophomore season, as the best of the franchise. The characters are all likable and believable, with flaws that make them more human (much better than the holier-than-thou Perfect Grissom. Ugh). This show started giving character background and development much earlier than the other 2 shows, so I found it easier to get to know and like them more, right from the start. Sinise of course is terrific as the tough minded but fair Mac, and I'm glad to see him less stoic in season 2, and allowing some dry humor to show through. Kanakaredes, Cahill, Giovinazzo, Harper and Belknap round out the rest of the very good cast. Belknap, in my opinion, is the weakest link, but I don't dislike her, either.
The story lines here are slightly darker and grittier, and once again, I like that too. Sometimes the plot lines on the other 2 shows seem almost cartoonish or lampoonish, but I haven't felt that, with NY. I'd like to see more one-case shows where the entire team is working on the same thing rather than splitting into two crimes/groups, but that's something that we see on all three CSI shows, so it's a rather minor quibble.
This is definitely the main CSI I'll be watching next season. I'll tune in once in awhile for Miami, mainly because the locale and cinematography is stunning - and the writing has become so lame on the "original" CSI that I don't even bother with that stinker, anymore. But NY has me hooked, and hooked for good! -
I slightly disagree with most of the critics who highly praise this show... Yes, this is the more realistic of the three CSI shows, and I also like the fact that it deals mostly with 'normal' people (contrary to the other two), but it is also plagued by the same flaws of all the other CSI's.
The main issue being: CSI's are lab rats, not gun slinging superheroes! Having said that, I personally find Gary Sinise miss- cast and his performance even a little annoying. Melina Kanakaredes on the other hand as Stella Bonasera is excellent, she basically carries the show single handed. Carmine Giovinazzo as Danny Messer also provides a good performance.
To cut a long story short, if you are inclined to take the CSI franchise seriously, CSI NY will probably be your favorite. But do not expect miracles... -
Geoff-6122 November 2006Jeez, I like Gary Sinise, I really liked Melina Kanakaredes in Due South, and I like cop shows and forensic dramas, but this is awful. The most wooden dialogue and acting imaginable, the most absurd crime lab imaginable. No I don't really know what a crime lab looks like, but I doubt it looks like the Starship Enterprise either! I'll be open minded, there must be something to recommend it; I just don't see it. I am a new high school chemistry teacher, and have been told kids like CSI, and it's a good way to show science. How many episodes would I have to endure to say I've given it a chance? The episode featured homing pigeons (erroneously white colored) and murder by hair extension!
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This has more character development and a little more darker. Than the brighter colors of Miami and the humor of the original in Las Vegas.
Plus it comes off with better actors and actress and great writing with Gary Sinese as a better actor. And a better ensemble cast. As they get into the characters that you forget that they are actors for an hour.
It is set in NY. And that they are living in a post 9/11 world. Due to the fact that the lead character, Mac Taylor's wife, that is Sinese's role died in the attacks.
That is one of the reasons for the darker tone due to post 9/11. But nonetheless the cases are more grittier but the dry humor is there for them to ease the pain of living there post 9/11.
If LV is the original, Miami is the soul, then NY is the heart of the show. -
AvionPrince1630 November 2021This tv show have some interesting plot to follow. Each episode make my interest high to know who is the killer and how it will be arrested. The whole scientific policeman is pretty interesting to follow and have some moments pretty funny and some relationship betweeen Mac and the others guys. I enjoyed to watch the seasons and see the evolution of some relationships too. And i love the atmosphere from New York.
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nightwatch0124 June 2010CSI - New York has jumped the shark. Like some other reviewers, I have some LE experience which I have to suspend in order to just relax & enjoy the show -- something I've been able to do for the past several years.
But the plots are becoming more & more insulting to the viewers over the past year or so. I don't know if the original writers are getting burned-out, getting senile, or what, but the programs are really starting to insult the intelligence of the viewers & I'm considering removing the show from my Tivo record list.
This season's finale was part of an ongoing plot in which the sole protagonist is a psychopath in his 20s or 30s seeking revenge on one of the CSIs. The writing team has given this guy 9 lives, thanks to superhuman physical & intellectual powers & dumb NYPD cops falling for old tricks, and of course the brilliant CSI primary actors being hot on his trail.
He fell off a 100+' tall lighthouse onto a rugged, rocky shoreline with waves breaking at night & his body was not recovered. Then in what must have just been a day or two later there he is back in NYC at the apartment of the CSI officer he hates, holding a gun to his head.
Several prior episodes featuring this bad guy had similar activity.
The one other recent episode that blatantly insults everyone's intelligence had the plot lines of a bad-guy living in an apartment directly across from Mac Taylor's examining his poison gas agent right in front of his picture window, no more than 20' away from Taylor's picture window. The bad guy didn't think of closing his blinds/curtains, and Taylor happened to be home, recovering from a fall (one that would have permanently disabled a real human) & observed the activity. To complicate the plot even more, one of Mac's old love interests (the one with the pattering eyes & looks like she's has plastic surgery) just happens to show up at the bad-guy's place.
This show is becoming a cartoon, and I'm tired of it. I don't watch CSI Miami (the hot chicks can't overcome my dislike for David Caruso's acting) & haven't noticed the same level of inane plot-lines with CSI Las Vegas yet.