It was a good concept. Don’t get me wrong, it was great to have that scene where he kind of got to spill his guts and talk about what happened to him. Most unexpected scene? Sheds light on a previously closed case? Essentially, they took something that was glitzy and over-the-top to start with and layered it with a storyline about Hollywood, drugs, rehab, and murder. I’m not certain what the knowledge was supposed to be, but an obvious Britney clone was checked into the rehab center, went to her room, snorted some coke, and shaved her head.

I was surprised that there was no mention of Scott O’Shay, but I’m certain that will be resolved before the season is done. Doesn’t get much better than that. What that points to is a bigger issue with the show though. Fortunately, for those that saw next week’s preview, it looks like we might finally be moving away from that.

That was my biggest concern about that installment. Some other things were very well done though. I enjoyed the twist, although it became a little obvious when the character of Eddie was in the first few minutes of the episode and didn’t show up again until the end. I got the impression that was going to play a large role that season and it got dropped very early on. That usually means you’re

guilty of something in the world of CSI. Everything becomes focused on, “So I was shot in the head a few months ago.” We know. When there’s so little character development (the shooting is really the only major thing that happened to Delko that season), anytime there’s an opportunity for someone to build progress, the conversation falls back to the same thing. possibly it comes back in the finale? Additionally, whatever happened to that city sponsored documentary that Wolfe was involved with? Throw in some nods to actual celebrities (similar to Dirt) and we got one of the better CSI: Miami episodes that season.

However, since I love that show, I still have to gripe considering there were plenty of things that could have been a little better.

First up is Delko. That random nod to Britney Spears at the end of the episode. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

 

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Remember that conversation he had with the younger girl in rehab?

Filed under: OpEd, CSI: Miami, Episode Reviews

(S05E20) that was kind of an interesting episode whether you think about it. Good scene, but I was really hoping that we had heard the last of his shooting.

Original post by Jonathan Toomey