CSI: Miami

In a showcase for Emily Procter, Jonathan Togo, and Adam Rodriguez, the team of Duquesne, Delko, and Wolfe are left to run a case themselves in a mostly Horatio-free episode. A death of a hotel employee leads each CSI to a different conclusion.

Borrowing from the Japanese classic Rashomon, where 4 defendants each have their own version of what happened, 3 hotel guests each have their own story to tell regarding the death of a hotel employee. Departing from the formula, each guest is actually telling the truth, believes themselves to be at least partly responsible, and is supported by evidence. Knowing all three stories can't be true, the CSI team has to let the evidence lead them to the killer.

While both the various interpretations by the guests/suspects and some misinterpretations by the CSIs regarding their co-workers provide the twist, it also serves to reveal some communication problems between the co-workers, something that Horatio's few scenes indicate will likely be addressed in coming episodes. It's also the episode's one flaw, as there being such poor communication at a major metropolitan crime lab is a bit tough to believe, so it being the driver of a storyline feels a bit like cheating.

Still, the CSI franchise tried something a bit new and came away with another interesting hour.

So typical of cleaning, using all the hotel towels. Here is when the trust between the three is challenged. As incidents showed things that what is seen is not what it is. If you judged thing only from the way it is, it might cause. The three of them forgot the main thing that they need to do, to meet with ALex and comfirm what is the COD, cause of death. First rule, never assumed anything. Then the three combined their story together, then found out that their suspect might not be the killer after all. So who killed the pool guy??

This was a very special episode for two reasons: I loved the different perspectives from which the story was told (by Calleigh, Ryan and Eric) and ...it was virtually David Caruso-free :D! I'm sorry, but I can't stand the posing that has to pass as acting with him, it used to not be so bad but it's just becoming more overpronounced and ridiculous with each episode IMO. Half the time you're wondering who on earth he's talking to as he's turned sideways, what's that about?? And the sunglasses on/off thing is very distracting. The one-liners at the start are usually good though, but that's the script ;)

This episode is crucial to the story plot of season four. It is in this episode that we learn that someone is out to get the Crime Lab because of the character flaws of Horatio's team. This episode is one of the better ones this season it breathes fresh air into a already great season. It includes more twists and turns than the team is normally used to and it shows that while the team is very close to being perfect there are things the can do to improve their performance. This episode is well rounded and includes all the elements that makes this show the best of all the CSI series.

I absolutely loved the way this episode was shot. It had three different perspectives from three characters I love and I couldn't side with any of them because of it. The way the director took us through the three perspectives and letting us see what we had missed was genius work. It wasn't that cool to see them drift appart like that during the course of the show, but I guess not everything is pink in the world. I mean, they are humans and are bound to dislike each other at some point. Even though they were having such a bad time working with each other, their chemistry couldn't have been more evident and fantastic. I'm actually glad that I knew before watching this season that Natalia Bos Vista was the inside informant, because in this particular episode you can see her listening to Delko jumping to conclusions about Ryan and Erika Sikes. She even asked him a couple of questions and he kept on giving her information. It's good to know this beforehand because now I can watch closely and see the things I would've missed if I had seen the season without knowing.

A man is found next to a hotel and the hotel suite card is next to him. The lab is falling apart and the chief warned they're going to be under suspecion. Somone knocked him over the head. She claims that he hit her and she hit him 3 times b/c she just lost it, but evidence says different. Rolling paper was found in D's kit. One of the wiving policy caught they found 3 condoms. He was dragged. All the women confessed to the murder. The killer was wearing Prada. He was still alive. His neck was broken there were 4 crime scenes.

The lab is in trouble and Horatio is forced to realise that his officers aren\'t as capable as he would like to believe. He puts them to the test by stepping out of the case and letting them handle it themselves. It turns out that without his supervision and guidance they don\'t handle things properly.



The story begins with the CSIs as a team, but then goes off into three separate investigations. Calleigh, Wolfe and Delko fail to communicate and compare notes which makes them end up with three different primary suspects. Their failure to work together leads to a lot of unnecessary work and to nobody doing anything properly. They fail to collect key evidence and fail to attend the autopsy to learn what the actual cause of death was. Horatio gives them a lecture without actually lecturing them, and makes them start over and work as a team. When they join forces they are able to find the killer.



Lots of interesting dynamics and themes going on in this episode. Wolfe, Delko and Calleigh end up questioning whether they really know each other and care for each other, which I had not expected. Calleigh and Delko haven\'t accepted Wolfe completely; they still seem annoyed with him for not being Speedle. Wolfe turns the tables on Delko, who believes Wolfe is leaking information to the media, when rolling papers are found in Delko\'s kit. It looks like he\'s doing drugs, and Wolfe points out that things might look bad even though they\'re innocent, and they shouldn\'t jump to conclusions. The two of them aren\'t getting along very well at all, and I can understand why Wolfe is fed-up. Delko never gives him a chance but expects Wolfe to do it for him.



I think the most interesting part of the plotline with the three CSIs failing to work together is just how bad they are at teamwork. Without Horatio as the spider in the web the team falls apart. I had expected them to be able to conduct a proper investigation without him. Horatio does not seem pleased that they can\'t do their job without having someone be the person who connects them and hopefully they\'ve learned from now on that they need to work together even when Horatio is not there.



As for the rest of the episode, I thought the storyline went a bit overboard when Armando was nearly killed four times within the space of a few hours. But the way the episode followed one of the CSIs to then go back and follow one of the others worked really well. I wouldn\'t mind more episodes laid out like that.



Oh... and it was great fun seeing Maria from \"Sunset Beach\" as a snorky wife.

This episode had a lot going for it, complicated sequences and character POVs. But it creates an inconsistency with every other episode showing how perfect the team is then in this episode all they do is make mistakes.



I want to address Wolfe first. In real life, this idiot would have been kicked back to patrol before his first six months was up. He leaks stories to the media on multiple occasions (even creating a panic in one episode!), destroys evidence in a murder case (the blood sample, when it looked like Calleigh got shot), can't follow basic procedures and has a massive chip on his shoulder. The idea that Horatio, such a perfectionist, would even let him stay on the team, let alone not discipline him is a joke!



Then, as I said above, this is not the team's best hour. Sloppy procedures, not even collecting all the evidence, not co-ordinating their efforts with each other, they didn't even attend the autopsy! The look on Horatio's face said it all - if a review was done right now, the entire lab would be closed!



While the story was an interesting one, lots of back and forth, new evidence changing the face of the case, the entire episode is let down with my issues above. I liked this episode very much but my irritation with Wolfe unfortunately dilutes the positives.

i know he's not helpng matters by dating the blond bombshell, she upsets me too. who would have guess it was the blond's husband? and to think he was jealous over the pool boy sleeping with his mistress and not his wife/ it so reminds me of greys:-)he got what he deserved so did the pool boy.

When the handsome pool boy is found dead it is

Like a "Desparate Housewives" turn on this show which can

Be very funny but also in the thick of things, after

Bickering almost all season long, H wants Eric, Ryan, and even Calliegh to put aside their differences and work together in which you get from the three of them

Different views on how he died.

I really liked this episode and all the twists and turns it took.

Everyone had their own experience and information and it all came together in the end to find the answer to what really happened.

The team is slipping and not working very well TOGETHER and that is disappointing and making them look bad.

If they had worked together would they have came up with the same result?



What I couldn't understand was why this guy had viagra? He has done this before no doubt and has some issues.



I don't see what the ladies saw in the cabana boy because I don't think he was very good looking at all.

This was an episode the way we are used from CSI: Miami. It was great! The three perspectives of Calleigh, Eric and Ryan where very detailed and very special. I loved it! The revealing part was who did it, I really didn't see that one coming! Great episode! But they shouldn't make these episodes more offten because, the way it is now, they are special. That should remaine.

These guys are the best of the best, creme de la creme, the reason innocent guys walk free and bad guys go to prison. That is the entire premise of the CSI series.



Of course the viewers wouldn\'t know it from watching this idiotic episode.



It had a great premise: the victim is attacked in different locations by different suspects, one heck of a night the poor slob endured before finally giving up the ghost.



But!



Instead of focusing on plasible explanations as to the differents and problems between the team each comes across as completely incompetent. How do these three manage to circuvent the bed covers to arise each morning is a good question after watching this foolish plot. In a critical job that can mean life in misery or death in the electric chair these three can\'t be bothered to communicate or even restock their equipment.



If it were real life the defense attorneys would salivate over the incompetence after all bad CSI behavior is one reason that one of the famous residents of the state of Florida is OJ Simpson.

This was a somehow diferent episode... wiyh three CSI coming to diferent conclusions to who was the killer and having to work to find who was right.... none of them lol :)

Horatio nearly didn't show up at this episode as he needs to leave his team to work alone so they can show what is there value... they are being analysed and are in danger of.... of something.

While I have been curious as to what would happen if you had multiple CSIs work independently on the same case, I really didn't like the way that they handled it here. The distrust between everyone and Wolfe has been well established throughout his time on the series, but the level of antagonism between Calleigh and Delko in this episode shows that Horatio's team is breaking apart.



The one good thing about this episode is that it is thankfully mostly devoid of Horatio and his sanctimonious preening.



I really hope that the team will work out their differences soon, and get back to being a team that works together.



But that being said, I can't help but think that this case would have been a lot better suited to Nick, Warrick, Sara, and Greg.

This episode was very revealing. It is setting up something and I'm very curious as to what it is. I liked the way the three of them all had a different suspect. I like all of them but the pettiness is getting a little old. I wish every episode was this good.

This episode was so much like To Halve and to Hold from the original CSI. It was the second story where Warrick and Sara had to find who killed the male stripper. It was the husband of the bride to be, just like it was the husband in this one. I saw it was the husband from the moment we saw the three women. It was kind of obvious. The episode really wasn't that good and I'm getting sick of Miami's storylines. Maybe it's time that I give up on Miami because I really haven't been enjoying them since the death of Speedle and I have not been too impressed with this season overall.

I liked how they told the story and how all three of the women implicated themselves in what happened to the pool boy. The real culprit was quiet a shock. I think someone needs to put Wolfe in his place. He is arrogant and frankly I dont think he works with the team well. I think someone is after the team. Next weeks episode looks to be good.

The classic 3 view episode. They were all sloppy. I am wondering if they are going to be getting rid of characters.

It looks to me that someone is targeting Horatio's department to discredit them. The preview for next week's episode looks like H is being framed.

The question is: Is this CSI: Miami's last season?

When this show first started it was really good and had some great story lines. But as the seasons go on the story lines get worse and more unoriginal. I am finding that the character development is hindering the stories and cases because they are spending to much time on "them" and not enough on the cases. I hope this is just a phase and they soon get back to the heart of the show, the mysteries!

The episode was the three stories kind with retellings of the investigation. The victim was attractive and the suspects were catty, but the episode didn't have any oomph. I sometimes like these power-three episodes, but there has to be some gimmick that makes the exercise more than an exercise. I think I am so hard on the show because once I begin watching an episode, I can't turn away. Damn them for whatever they do, but it doesn't mean I thought the thing was "good."

It's good to see that CSI: Miami is regaining its high quality again. Last few shows have been pretty good and this one is no exception. This time, Horatio plays a small part and the focus is more on the three team members.



A pool boy is murdered and there are plenty of suspects to have you wondering who the killer is and why he/she did it. The clever part is that each of the team members comes to a different conclusion, which, of course, we all know, won't last long. In the end, the true perpetrator is exposed.



While the case itself is pretty interesting already, the real gimmick of this episode is the parallel story-telling. From the moment the three step out of the elevator, the story is retold from the perspectives of each of our three CSI's. The three storylines then come together when they all reach their respective conclusions.



I think they already used this parallel story telling in a CSI: Las Vegas episode, but for me (and for any Alias fan among us) it is reminiscent of an Alias episode in which a "typical spy day" of both Sydney Bristow and Lauren Reed is portrayed.



Some people dislike this, since it cuts in on the depth of the story. I say, if they don't do it too often, then it's a nice welcome change.

The crew is called to a very posh Miami hotel to look into the murder of a cabana boy, who just happens to have a magnetic key into one of the VIP suites. Horatio is then called in to see the chief, this doesn't sound like good news. Horatio smells through the thin lie that the chief used about one of the criminals he put behind bars is scheduled to be released, the chief finally admits that the brass could be coming in at any time to see how Delko, Wolfe, and Calliegh are doing their jobs considering what has been happening within the past year and a half, and that the case they're working on would be a good trial run. It was great to see how all three of them got there information and how they worked their areas of the crime scenes. Calliegh seems to be the most comfortable of all working collecting evidence, etc. While there is still that unresolved anger between Wolfe and Delko going on. It was also interesting to see that Wolfe has to repay the reporter that he was dating for the camera that got destroyed in the season opener. All in all it was a great episode with a very interesting twist at the end to who actually killed the cabana boy. Next week's episode looks fantastic, I can't wait.

Three way is an unique way to tell a story, something that is becoming a little to more common with these CSI shows. Because with three successful shows are basically centered around the same theme and keeping telling a story the same way to going to get a little boring. This episode also show three different points of view from three different people and how one can jump to conclusions if one dose not have all of the facts when dealing with a crime or how a person acts around another person.

Each one of the three CSIs had their own idea of who did the crime with the evidence that they collected and without waiting for other CSIs to come in with their own evidence that they had found out in their own investigations. It also shows that while they might be their own person and they might be good at their individual job, they don’t solve the bigger picture, which was the crime, but when they joined up as a team they do solve the crime.

Added bonus to this episode is the fact that Horatio Caine only shows up briefly in this episode and that mean that he dose not hogged up the entire episode, which allows the other characters to shine. Plus we don’t have the entire “Horatio Caine is right” motto that this show stereotype has been cursed with. So it allows for additional ideas to be explored. Something that this show lacks and is much needed.