CSI: Miami new season starts 2010.07.13 on Five

And I shall be watching. This program is now a parody of itself. As my late father would say "so bad it's fascinating".

I still like Vegas and NY but Miami has turned into a farce.

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I still like Vegas and NY but Miami has turned into a farce

Or as Horatio Caine would say :
I still (takes off sunglasses) like (cleans glasses) Vegas and NY (turns sideways) but Miami has turned into a farce (sits down and looks earnestly into the eyes of a small child who is wishing very hard he would go away and annoy someone else) And all that takes about 2 minutes screen time ...

Do agree whole heartedly with Dungassin but Horatio Caine what a cool dude

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Do agree whole heartedly with Dungassin but Horatio Caine what a cool dude

Don't know whether he just plays it that way, but I always have this deep feeling that he doesn't really like kids and is actually very uncomfortable in their presence.

Actually, all of the CSIs are good watching but H is one of my fave TV characters.

NCIS and Criminal Minds are good too; that is the original ones not the spin-offs.

steve

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He playes the same guy in every cop show he has ever been in

Just like Sean Connery.

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I am a NCIS man and thought that ended well last week

NCIS is better than the show from which it is a spinoff. That was JAG, for those who don't know, and that was eminently watchable as well - just completely unbelievable.

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Originally posted by Paper Plane:
Actually, all of the CSIs are good watching but H is one of my fave TV characters.

NCIS and Criminal Minds are good too; that is the original ones not the spin-offs.

steve

The NCIS spin off bores my socks off.

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Originally posted by Dungassin:

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I am a NCIS man and thought that ended well last week

NCIS is better than the show from which it is a spinoff. That was JAG, for those who don't know, and that was eminently watchable as well - just completely unbelievable.

JAG was cool.

Cain can see a speck of dust from 100 feet away, with or without shades. Still at least we have had the back story on the shades tonight.

I still watch Miami, although we prefer NY and Vegas versions. Criminal minds is consistently good. NCIS is a bit jokey but enjoyable. Couldn't get on with the LA version , although the crossover episodes were quite good.

What is the spin off of Criminal Minds?

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Originally posted by BigH47:
What is the spin off of Criminal Minds?

Is there one?

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Originally posted by Paper Plane:
Actually, all of the CSIs are good watching but H is one of my fave TV characters.

NCIS and Criminal Minds are good too; that is the original ones not the spin-offs.

steve

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Originally posted by BigH47:
What is the spin off of Criminal Minds?


Is there one?

PP seemed to say there was one, as the spin off was plural.

munch, ah! yes the international Mentalist. Australian? lead and Rigsby is English.

We like Lie To Me, as well another Brit in Hollywood starring.

I enjoyed the episode, and the flashback to the beginnings was good for people like me who are relative newcomers to CSI.

Even though they are a self-parody, and Horatio's acting moves are as predictable as Bill Shatner as Capt Kirk, or Roger Moore's eyebrows, I do like the character of H.

The characters are involving, even if the science is mad and the plots not always unpredicatable. But hey, I liked Starsky and Hutch and the Rockford Files, and USA crime drama has moved on a long way since then.

My own fave is CSI (Las Vegas) and then Miami. Not quite so taken by NY. Still can't help thinking of Gary Sinise as the disappointed astronaut in Apollo 13. As I don't watch a lot of US TV drama, all of the other actors are pretty well new to me, even if they've carved strong roles elsewhere.

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I quite like this lot.

Yes, I thought the first series was very good.

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ah! yes the international Mentalist. Australian? lead and Rigsby is English.

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munch, ah! yes the international Mentalist. Australian? lead and Rigsby is English

"Rigsby" is Welsh, not English (I'm English and proud of it, BTW). Did you notice his wife was playing the villain last week?

What is it with the reply utility on these forums? It's amazing how often my quoted text just seems to disappear just as I'm about to start typing, and then if I requote it, I get the effect as above. Bloody irritating. I would have deleted the double quote, but left it just this once to show what I mean.

And I thought Rigsby was in Rising Damp

Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!!!

Why oh why do TV programs ALWAYS get cardiac arrest and defibrillation wrong? Yet again we see them shocking someone who is in asystole (flat line ECG to you non-medicals out there).

Defibrillation in cardiac arrest treatment is only of value in ventricular fibrillation or rapid tachyarrhythmias (e.g. ventricular tachycardia). A complete waste of time in asystole.

Also, if you believe the TV presentation of this condition, you would get the impression that resuscitation is almost always successful - far from being true, especially in unwitnessed arrest.

So the jump leads don't always work?

steve

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So the jump leads don't always work?

Nope. Success rate, even in hospital, is much lower than Joe Public would think. Time from arrest to defibrillations (if appropriate) is one of the main factors. Asystolic arrest is bad news. I could give you a long lecture on Cardiac Arrest, it's causes, treatment and prognosis, but I would suggest a websearch would probably tell you all you need to know.

It IS worth learning CPR, since its use will increase the patient's chances of recovery.

Incidentally, CSI Miami also perpetrated the sudden wakeup and rapid return to normal mental acuity myth. Long lasting coma doesn't work that way.

Dun - teflon time - they NEVER get the details of my profession right on TV or film

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Dun - teflon time - they NEVER get the details of my profession right on TV or film

Just bugs me, though. It's why I avoid medical type dramas such as ER. I will confess to watching the first 3 series of House, though. Amusing, though House himself often misses the quite obvious diagnosis IMO.

Can't recall what your profession is, but these programs are supposed to have advisers for things like medical details - so why don't they listen to them?

Dungassin Your real name Job?

I'm guessing you were a gas passer? Or have you just stopped talking?

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Dungassin Your real name Job?

I'm guessing you were a gas passer? Or have you just stopped talking?

You could always look at my profile.

You could hardly accuse me of not talking!

I used to go under the name Dr John William Martin (my real name) when I first joined these forums. Didn't realise until later that I could have nom de plume, and Richard Dane kindly changed my username for me (Thanks, Richard)

As you have already guessed, I was a "gas-passer" i.e. Anaesthetist/Intensivist (for the non-medical of you). Retired 5 years ago due to ill-health - and don't miss it at all!

A much simpler "handle", Dr John.
You might get sniped at now of course for hiding behind a nom de plume.

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You could always look at my profile.

As an engineer I always used the motto-"if all else fails ,read the instructions".

Not recommended in your previous employment.