CSI Blah Blah’s

Posted by Lui on Oct 14th, 2009 | 0 comments home title

I love CSI. The show I mean. When I was a kid I wanted to be a scientist. I was fascinated with science and this show just gives me the kicks. I think forensics is a very interesting field and I would have wanted a career out of it except that blood and dead bodies grosses me out. What fascinates me more about the show is the human element, what goes on and the behind the scenes of crimes.

When it comes to books I love thrillers, stories with detectives, mysteries, legal whatchamacallits. So it was just so natural for me to get hooked to CSI. But I still play favorites. Of all the three CSI shows, I prefer CSI Las Vegas and CSI New York. I even have my own DVD collection of CSI Las Vegas and NY so I get to watch reruns anytime I want to.

My fave CSI characters?

: CSI’s Gil Grissom

Gil Grissom in CSI Las Vegas. Too bad he’s not on the show anymore. I love William Petersen playing the brilliant yet socially awkward CSI Supervisor. And I can’t seem to get over his love for insects. I mean he races cockroaches during his Entymology seminars and his office is just full of those bugs he collects. Weird but totally lovable character. I also like the way Grissom and Sarah Sidle’s romance was played out. I mean it was subtle, wasn’t overboard so the main focus of the show was not overshadowed. I just wish he didn’t get burned out since his character was really pivotal in the show but then again Petersen has been playing Grissom for 8 years so I guess he was ready to move on..

: CSI’s Catherine Willows

Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger) comes as my second favorite character in CSI Las Vegas. She’s hot, feisty, ambitious yet very loyal to her colleagues and her friends. She’s not your usual beautiful lady and make no mistake about thinking of her as a dumb bimbo since she’s also a very talented CSI. She used to work as an exotic dancer to pay her way to college.She’s also better at dealing with people and politics than Grissom so she balances Grissom’s lack of tact. She’s also one of the reasons I’m still looking forward to the new CSI Las Vegas seasons.

: CSI’s Greg Sanders

I also likes Greg Sanders (Eric Szmanda). The lab DNA technician, a genius turned field CSI, provider of comic relief. His one liners are really something to look forward to and while he is portrayed as a brilliant yet bumbling scientist he also has issues to deal with making his character development something to watch out for.

: CSI NY’s Danny Messer

As for CSI New York, I love Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo)! I mean who wouldn’t? His character is the most complex among all the CSI’s and he is also played excellently by Giovinazzo. He’s also the show’s eye candy together with Flack. Messer grew up in the streets of New York, in a family constantly under police surveillance due to its connections with the mafia. But he got over all that, graduated top of his class at the police academy and later moved on to join Mac Taylor’s CSI New York team. So you’d imagine he probably the toughest among all of them yet oddly enough Danny Messer is the most emotional and emphatic. What I just don’t like is his “romance” with Lindsay Monroe simply because the two of them don’t share much chemistry and looks really forced plus unlike the Grissom-Sidle CSI Las Vegas romance, Messer-Monroe tandem was just so “in your face” and got too overboard to the point that it overshadowed some of the characters real issues. Nonetheless, I’m still rooting for Danny Messer and I look forward to what happens to him in the upcoming season.

: CSI NY’s Stella Bonasera

Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes) is another character in CSI NY that I find myself favoring. Much like Catherine Willows in Vegas, she’s also a strong character, loyal, fair, and has a strong sense of leadership. She also has the tendency to get drawn to abusive men like her ex-boyfriend who she eventually killed for self-defense. She also shares a genuine friendship with her boss Mac Taylor and she is the one person who has the guts to defy Taylor when needed.

: CSI NY’s Det. Don Flack

CSI NY eye candy – Detective Don Flack (Eddie Cahill). I could just like him simply for his looks but then again he has lots of things going for him too. He has the best one-liners and the way he delivers them is just awesome. He has great on screen rapport with Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo) and scenes with these two are never boring to watch. He’s was also romancing Detective Angell and they have fabulous chemistry its just too bad she died on the line of duty. I think they were the best looking CSi couple among the three CSI shows.

: CSI NY’s Adam Ross

Adam Ross (A. J. Buckley), lab technician is another favorite. Almost similar to Greg Sanders’ character in CSI Las Vegas – a comical genius. The diff though is that, while Sanders is a klutz around girls, Adam Buckley though a bit awkward, but still quite popular with girls. He even dated a Suicide Girl and that’s saying a lot. I always look forward to his antics and how the ever strict Mac Taylor reacts to them.

I have fun too with CSI Miami but its not really a favorite. The Miami franchise had episodes just as good as the other two CSI’s but what kills it for me is Horation Caine’s character. He’s simply portrayed as something like a superhero and besides I find his over use of sunglasses really funny to the point that I count how many times he removes his glasses each episode. Enough to make me wish I could fly there, look for cheap hotels miami, and ask David Caruso what’s up with his sunglasses. Except that hubby tells me that of course, they don’t film that in Miami.

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