Which CSI is the best?

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I am for the original series. After Warrick got murdered and Grissom left the show has sucked. CSI Miami is terrible to me. David Caruse acts like he is reading from a comic book. I guess I enjoy CSI New York once in awhile.

My favorite was always New York. It had my favorite characters, and some pretty interesting storylines.

I wish it could have had another season to wrap up its loose ends.

They all had their merits but I agree that the original was the best.

The original, although I stopped watching after Warrick. For some reason I could never stand New York..

I prefer the original, especially the episodes with Grissom.

I like the original series with Dr Grissom but the two series that had Lawrence Fishburne in the male lead were rather good, especially the serial killer thread. The new series with Ted Danson, forgetaboutit!

CSI Miami as you pointed out has David Carruso, an actor so wooden you can drive nails into him. His only move is to take his sunglasses on and off.

The acting in CSI New York is OK BUT they get lots of the technology so wrong that it almost becomes comedy. One episode we saw a CSI analyze the contents of drinks bottles by shining a red laser at them one by one then looking at the 'results' on a PC screen.

I prefer the original CSI, however, am I the only one who wants Grissom back on the show? Russell is annoying beyond belief, but that's just my opinion.

I've heard rumors that the reason William Petersen left CSI was that he was losing his sight. I hope that these rumors are not true.

William Petersen as Grissom is basically what made the CSI series.

While I was actually positively surprised by Gary Sinise in CSI: New York, he is still nowhere close to the iconic character of Grissom.

Hell, William Petersen even got a star on The Walk of Fame for his role as Grissom.

IMO, Even Warrick outshines most of the cast from the other CSI series (except perhaps Calleigh Duquesne from CSI: Miami).

Oh, and...

I love the older CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes with William Petersen. His character was a good investigator on the show!

The original CSI was fine throughout the Grissom run, and gets points for William Petersen, who is much more animated than the ever-earnest, almost righteous Gary Sinise.

That being said, my favorite single season was CSI NY, season 1. The sets and the atmosphere had a much darker tone than either the Vegas or the subsequent seasons of NY. Although the latter were good, the tone was brightened up, so the look inched closer to Vegas, hence less differentiation between the two locales, except you would find bodies inside Macy's instead of Bellagio. As it wore on, the NY series did seem to be pushing the envelope of obscure facts used to solve crimes, as in "Only two shops in all of New York carry live Sudanese Tsetse flies, but one of them is closed on Wednesdays, so we know it couldn't be that one, since our perp's day off is Wednesday, and that is likely the day he would purchase them".

Miami? That means David Caruso. Forget it. Yeaaaahhhh!

Will always love sunglasses at any time.