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Originally Posted by Holadem
I could never get into any of the CSIs, but somehow got suckered into an earlier ep of "Miami" the other day. The father of this blond female detective came to her at work one morning fearing he had run over someone while driving drunk before sun up. In the same ep, some other agent (male) who would become a regular got hired by Horatio. Sorry i don't have much more to go on. I got pretty frustrated when my DVR left me hanging in the middle of the ep.
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That was early season 3, called "Under The Influence".
That was the first episode to introduce that new CSI, a cop named Ryan Wolfe.
If you ever check out the DVDs, you'll notice that David Caruso is quite different in seasons 1 and part of 2, compared to now.
I maintain that the change in his character has nothing to do with the actor himself, but the writers and their quest to make Horatio Caine a larger-than-life type hero, whereas he was a grounded, legitimate detective when the show started. In other words, Horatio Caine began as a character, who is now a caracture.
None of the craziness seen recently was present in those early years, and the stories were also more realistic and anything but flashy.
Season 1 featured stories involving a family mass murder, where a toddler was the only survivor, and a pedophile who attempted to rape a child in a Chuck-E-Cheese type funhouse. It was later discovered that he was a serial child murderer.
Stories with that kind of intense, believable drama are completely gone from season 3 onward, when they decided to go purely for the 'cool' factor instead considering the show is number 1 worldwide.
You could say, CSI: Miami simply sold out to the lowest common denominator.
That's coming from the huge fan that I am. I sincerely miss those old days. At least they're on DVD.
-- He drives my friend BONKERS with how slow he talks. I think it's funny.