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Elisabeth Shue to replace Marg Helgenberger on CSI

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http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=84406


Could be interesting. I think this leaves George Eads (Nick), Robert David Hall(Al) and Jorga Fox (Sara) as the only remaining members of the show's original main cast.They've been planting the seeds of Marg (Catherine's) farewell in the last few eps anyway.

I'm liking the current Ted Danson stuff, he's a bit of a Grissom clone but the show has lightened up a bit after the overly dark and "Dexterlite" Laurence Fishburne/Bill Irwin story arc IMO.
 
I thought Jorga Fox left the show a while back.

I haven't watched the show in years, mostly because I can't stand Sara's character. But, I love Elisabeth Shue, so I might have to start again now.
 
Jorja Fox is back as a regular, but she has barely any screen time. I'm not really familiar with Elizabeth Shue, but I'm gonna miss Marg no matter what.
 
Jorja is definitely back, although, technically, she has not been around from the beginning, as she was not in the very first episode. If I'm remembering right, she was introduced in the second ep--as a replacement for a character who got killed in the pilot.
 
Ahh... close enough. :p

Jim Brass (Paul Guilfoyle) has been there since the beginning.

Greg Sanders (Eric Szmanda) has been around since the pilot and David Phillips (David Berman) has been in over 200 episodes and has been around since the 5th episode, too. Neither were regulars to begin with, though.
 
They're fun. The original CSI has about 265 episodes, CSI: Miami has about 225 and CSI:NY is approaching 200. There's a lot of time to be wasted watching it. There are some really great episodes and then there are some atrocious ones. There's also some good character development and some decent story arcs involving serial killers and other assorted villains. It's not mindless drivel like some on here would lead you to believe.
 
Starbreaker said:
They're fun. The original CSI has about 265 episodes, CSI: Miami has about 225 and CSI:NY is approaching 200. There's a lot of time to be wasted watching it. There are some really great episodes and then there are some atrocious ones. There's also some good character development and some decent story arcs involving serial killers and other assorted villains. It's not mindless drivel like some on here would lead you to believe.
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And then there are the novels . . . .
 
Starbreaker said:
They're fun. The original CSI has about 265 episodes, CSI: Miami has about 225 and CSI:NY is approaching 200. There's a lot of time to be wasted watching it. There are some really great episodes and then there are some atrocious ones.
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Loved the show up to and including the Quentin Tarantino-directed episode. After that, if started to fall off. They got less and less realistic IMO. I'd also say that they over-diluted the brand (not unlike LnO) by having too many spin offs.

Starbreaker said:
And then there are the novels . . . .
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Greg Cox said:
Some Cox fellow might have written a couple.
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I read a number of the ones written by Max Allen Collins ("the road to Perdition"), and enjoyed them immensely, but didn't realize anyone else had put some out. I'll have to look into that.
 
I watched the first few series of CSI but lost interest a while back. I caught an episode recently and saw what appeared to be a burns victim, then I realised that Helgenberger has had some really really terrible work on her face. My flatscreen TV isn't as smooth as that!
 
Greg Cox said:
sojourner said:
Did CSI ever find the killer that was building the scale models of the murder scenes?
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Yes, the Miniature Killer (whose identity I will not divulge here) was caught several seasons ago.
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Horribly anti-climactic, I thought. Rather having the satisfaction of discovering the killer along with the team, we started that last episode with the killer revealed to the audience in the first scene, then watched the team catch up. That bothered me.
 
Criminal Minds has started doing that recently. I much prefer the episodes where we get to try to figure out the perpetrator, too.

I really want to go back and watch some early CSI now. The first five seasons are some of the best TV ever.
 
Starbreaker said:
Criminal Minds has started doing that recently. I much prefer the episodes where we get to try to figure out the perpetrator, too.

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On the other hand, Columbo did that for years. With one exception, they always revealed who the killer was at the beginning of each ep. It wasn't about figuring out whodunnit, but watching Columbo methodically dismantle yet another "perfect" murder--while the cocky guest-star villain slowly realized they were in trouble.
 
^ Some shows know how to pull off the "how-catch-'em" concept, as opposed to the "who-dun-it" concept. Some shows don't. Columbo is a perfect example of a show that knew how to pull it off.

There the magic wasn't "if" he figured it out; it was "how" he figured it out. Most police procedurals have to rely on the "if."
 
Greg Cox said:
Starbreaker said:
Criminal Minds has started doing that recently. I much prefer the episodes where we get to try to figure out the perpetrator, too.

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On the other hand, Columbo did that for years. With one exception, they always revealed who the killer was at the beginning of each ep. It wasn't about figuring out whodunnit, but watching Columbo methodically dismantle yet another "perfect" murder--while the cocky guest-star villain slowly realized they were in trouble.
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I always liked this about Law & Order: Criminal Intent...but then they changed that in the last season. :lol:
 
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