Product Description
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Join lead criminalist Horatio Caine (David Caruso) and his
state-of-the-art forensics team as they investigate hot and
steamy Miami crimes using cold hard facts. The CSI: Miami Season
4 Complete DVD Collection features 25 episodes of riveting and
shocking mysteries. The evidence leads into seedy nightclubs,
privileged suburbs and explosive family secrets. The stakes are
higher than ever before, because this time it's personal.
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A marriage, a murder, and a mole all play relevant roles in the
fourth season of CSI: Miami. Easily the most stylistic show in
the CSI franchise, the series stars David Caruso (NYPD Blue as
Horatio Caine, the lead investigator with the Miami
Department. With his black clothing, Caine stands out in a sea of
pastel-clad colleagues that include ballistics expert Calleigh
Dusquene (Emily Procter), underwater recovery whiz Eric Delko
(Adam Rodriguez), and medical examiner Alexx Woods (Khandi
Alexander). Speaking in an even-keeled tone, Caine's one-liners
effortlessly roll off his tongue in the same manner as Law &
Order's Lenny Briscoe (Jerry Orbach). When a philandering
husband--whose is being collected--excuses his behavior by
saying, "So I'm human," Caine zings back, "Yeah, too bad there's
not a swab that can confirm that." On the 25 episodes featured in
this 7-disc set, he doesn't scream or shout once. When alarmed,
Caine lets his make his more salient points. Actually, he and
the other CSIs seem more proficient with their weapons than the
FBI that sometimes "backs" them up. Who needs a sniper when
Horatio is there? The generally good-looking cast also spends
more time in the field than in the crime lab, giving them plenty
of rtunity to bask in the sunshine and mingle with the
bikini-clad beauties that seem to populate Miami. Even
semi-regular cast member Joel West, who plays a officer,
is a former Calvin Klein model.
The season, which ran during 2005-2006, includes a crossover
episode with CSI: New York. Unfortunately, only the Miami segment
is included on this set, leaving viewers to wonder what happened
in Part 2 when Caine and Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) team up to
capture a serial killer who locks children in the closet while he
murders their parents. Still, there are some excellent episodes
on this set, including one where a team of scam artists pose as
her and children to steal a slew of money from the local
country club Richie Riches. Another involves a group of college
kids intent on recreating the violence they've played on a Grand
Theft Auto-type of videogame. In many ways, this season is more
about style than substance. Why else would there be avant-garde
subtitles for one sequence where the criminal is speaking
perfectly coherent English? More so than in previous seasons,
there is a soap opera mentality to the show that's entertaining,
but out of place in this series. Horatio is involved in a doomed
romance, there's a romantic triangle between colleagues, and all
too much is made of a possible mole within the lab who is leaking
confidential information. While Caine's whispered threats lend a
certain entertaining cachet to the show, his preening gets old
fast. When he enters a room, Caine s himself into a
theatrical stance that makes him look less like a tough guy than
one of Charlie's Angels. Too bad there's not a swab that can fix
that. --Jae-Ha Kim