CSI: Miami - The Complete Second Season [7 Discs]

David Caruso

Overview

A spin-off from 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' follows a South Florida forensics team headed by the brooding Horatio Caine. Against a backdrop of simmering ethnic and cultural tensions, Caine's team probes cases similar to those of their Las Vegas counterparts.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/04/2005
UPC:	0097368862043
Original Release:	2005
Rating:	NR
Source:	Paramount
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	17:23:00
Sales rank:	36,904

Special Features

Closed Caption;Behind-the-scenes featurettes: "CSI: Miami - Visually Effective"; "The Trace Lab Tour"; "The A/V Lab Tour"; "CSI: Miami - Recalling Season 2"; Widescreen version enhanced for 16 x 9 TVs; Seven audio commentaries: Episode 201 - "Blood Brothers"; Episode 204 - "Hard Time"; Episode 206 - "Hurricane Anthony"; Episode 211 - "Complications"; Episode 212 - "Witness to Murder"; Episode 218 - "Wannabe"; Episode 223 - "MIA/NYC - Non-Stop"; Dolby Digital: English 5.1 Surround, Spanish Dolby Surround

Editorial Reviews

The first C.S.I. spin-off continued to establish its own identity and gain ratings momentum in the 2003-4 season, during which a number of truly superb episodes aired. All the principal cast members who had finished out the debut season -- Kim Delaney dropped out after 10 episodes -- return for Season 2: David Caruso remains the show’s anchor, as chief investigator Horatio Caine; West Wing veteran Emily Procter serves as ballistics expert Calleigh Duquesne; Dazed and Confused stoner Rory Cochrane plays street-smart cop Tim Speedle; Celebrity Poker player Adam Rodriguez handles underwater recoveries as Eric Delko; and frequent ER guest Khandi Alexander scrubs up as crisply efficient coroner Alexx Woods. Another familiar figure in Season 2 is guest star Sofia Milos, portraying Detective Yelina Salas. Yelina's relationship with Horatio -- initially professional but gradually becoming more than that -- develops throughout the 24 episodes collected in this 7-disc box set. Among our choices for the best of the season: "Blood Brothers," the season premiere, in which a glamorous model is murdered during Miami's Fashion Week; "Dead Zone," centering on the mysterious slaying of a flamboyant treasure hunter whose missing partner becomes the chief suspect; "Big Brother," which finds Horatio coming to grips with his older sibling's murder as he tries to protect the nephew he's never met; and "Innocent," the season finale, which pulls the team into the seedy milieu of big-time pornography when they investigate the killing of a popular adult-film star. C.S.I. Miami, working off an already perfected template, had a less rocky beginning than many TV dramas, but this season's episodes nonetheless show considerable improvement, primarily in the furtherance of a romantic subplot and the evolving dynamic between secondary characters, all of whom get many opportunities to shine throughout the year.