CSI

"Pucks, bucks, and . . . chicks" "When did you become interested in beauty Grissom?" "Right after I met you." And, Marge's bulbous, uh, er, breasts. What more could you ask for in a tv show?

Well, we could ask for intriguing characters and plot lines, but that would be superfluous 'coz CSI's already got 'em! It reminds me a little of "Strike Squad" and "CI5: The Professionals". OTOH, the only thing one could ask for with "CSI Miami" is cancellation. Maybe that's a bit too drastic; they could try getting rid of David Caruso first. 50% Grissom + 50% of his character from NYPD Blue = 0% of anything interesting.

For "Strike Squad", read "Strike Force".

The pucks, bucks and . . . chicks comment was the Marge Helgenberg character. I don't know about Strike Force and CI5, what was it about these shows that you liked, blob? Agree about CSI Miami but for a different reason, it's too gruesome. They are trying to outgruesome CSI and they're going way overboard with the spilled guts routine.

Both shows are about teams of cops using their wits and experience to catch crooks. The interactions between the characters and the lengths to which they go are amazing. They are also not very flashy shows, "Strike Force" more surprisingly so being an American series. "Strike Force" is also the only show I've seen in which Richard Romanus plays a good guy, albeit a somewhat sleazy one. Probably the best part of "CI5: The Professionals" is the interaction between Doyle and Bodie; they are partners but not friends.

I like the science in CSI, they go to great lengths to use interesting scientific evidence. The characters in the original CSI are very good and the dialog is pretty good. Los Vegas has turned out to be a good locale for this show.

CSI is at a lost to explain why three masked but unarmed teenagers were brutally gunned down near the Las Vegas Convention Center. Two of the victims are found sprawled on the street, the other dangling high up on a palm tree. None of them have I.D. Grissom notes a large retro "Flavor-Flav" clock necklace on one kid's neck, a bullet hole fixing the T.O.D.s at 3:17 am. A bloody staple gun near teen #3 suggests these kids were "snippers"--rap artist groupies hired to put up promotional posters. Dr. Robbins arrives and quickly discovers that teen #2 (lying at the base of the palm tree) is a female and that a car tire has crushed her legs. A two-foot tapered steel rod is found underneath her body, probably belonging to the getaway car. The scatter pattern of several nine-millimeter shell casings indicates a drive-by shooting.