The last episode, about a serial-killing-"7"-wannabe-Neonazi-evil-twin-botanist, pushed me over the edge. The cinematography (and I'm specfically NOT referring to the gross-out zooming-through-corpse scenes) was the only reason worth watching of late and now Intense, Astonishing inanity has overtaken it.
Once upon a time, CSI: had interesting characters. Human characters, even. Relationships in flux. Promotions, demotions, reprimands. People came and left. Now, we have crime scene robots who seem capable of little more than macabre quips and perfect records of Nailing The Bad Guy through AFIS, CODIS, and Instant Diagnostic Tests.
It really was the "evil twin" angle that did it. Of all the cheap cop-outs available to writers of television dramas, this is right up there with A-Team bullets that never, ever land their mark and miracle convenience store cameras that can zoom and zoom to reveal a clear picture of the perpetrator's nose hairs. I consider it CSI's "jumping the shark" moment.
Of course, judging by these comments, I start to feel a little alone. Is there no one else out there who has had their fill?
P.S. Catherine is a snot and I hope she dies painfully while the others make snide remarks.
Posted by eric at February 13, 2006 06:49 PM