CSI: Vegas

I Love murder mysteries, police procedurals and British murder Mysteries and the old CSI. So I Was excited to see a reboot of CSI Vegas... one of my favorite shows.

Super disappointed. I only gave it four points instead of 0 for the interest in how they solve the crime each week.

But zero stars for the protagonists. In the last episode, obnoxious Internet influencers were killing each other and I found it hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys. The main characters were as non-dimensional, arrogant, boring and one-sided as the criminals they were investigating.

Starting with the main boss. She is a poor woman's version of Oprah. Talks and looks like her and nags all her employees to death. Next, the two main young women. The largest Native American (Navajo) reservation in the world plus half dozen other Indian tribes are located near Vegas, and the only "diversity actress" they can find is a British Indian woman? So hard to believe! Her and the other hispanic woman seem indistinguishable, and they both have some type of relationship(?) with the eye candy investigator that is never explained.

Next the two men actors. The fact that he is super handsome does not excuse the fact that he has to be the most boring actor. Only The Asian American IT guy is, unbelievably, even more wooden and flat. The coroner? I still can't figure that one out. They seem to have a new one every week. The only positive normal interesting guy is the older man who quit his million dollar job as a scientist for a giant Dow type corporation to work as a common criminologist, a fact he boringly mentions half a dozen times each episode.

Helzgertrer (spelling), the only leftover from previous iteration of CSI, seems to pop up whenever with absolutely no rhyme or reason. She owns a casino, why is she back at work?

Earlier I mentioned that I love British mysterious. If u go into IMDB you will read that all the British actors have tons of education and training and it shows. Take a show like Vera, a middle age, grumpy, slumpy detective. She is100 times more interesting to watch than all the actors in this show combined.

I made it halfway through the episode and gave up. The new supporting cast is as weak as 3.2 beer. This is a pale imitation of the old show.

Jim Brass shoots a man in self-defense at home. He calls Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox) for help. She's now married to Gil Grissom (William Petersen). Maxine Roby (Paula Newsome) is the new team leader. With David Hodges seemingly being framed, all the old cases are in jeopardy and Gil returns to Vegas to clear their names.

The original series is groundbreaking. One could argue that it brought the idea of CSI into popular consciousness and pushed expectations in real world justice. This iteration starts with the return of several characters from the original series. As a limited revival, there is some interest to revisit these old TV friends. The first season seems to work on that level. Other characters show up for the second season, but the show is already losing steam. It is a limited gimmick and cannot be expected to go on forever. It does not. It is canceled after three seasons which is two seasons too late.

I want to love it but come on, the clichés are killing me! Every scene has a handful. Who talks like that? And the supporting cast? Their roles are cliché as well. Sticking to the standard crime drama formula is too safe. Break out of the mold please! You can do better. This stellar cast of well loved veterans deserves better.

The major problem with this is that the actress they have chosen to play the lead is just a lead actress. She was ok in castle when she played a supporting actress but just isn't up to carry a show like CSI. Needs to be recast.