CSI: Miami: Season Four - Part 2 (www.the-usher.com)

Silencer
The Mala Noche strikes again and it's up to the CSIs to bring them down once and for all.

Fade Out
When evidence shows that a series of murders is linked to organized crime, Horatio and the team are instead led to a pair of film students who have a screenplay that contains the details of the crimes.

Skeletons
When Horatio's nemesis, Walter Resden targets someone from their past, Horatio tries to stop him. Also Eric Delko's relationship with Natalie is tested when she thinks she may be pregnant.

Deviant
Alexx's DNA is found throughout her neighborhood where she is suspected to be responsible for the death of a convicted child molester. The CSI team soon learns that mindset of the neighborhood could lead to any of community wanting the man gone. The team must find out who the real killer was to clear Alexx.

Collision
What appears to have been a horrible car accident claims the life of a woman. The evidence turns up more information and another body. During this intense murder investigation Natalia must confess a secret in order for the case to be solved.

Double Jeopardy
After a man is found not guilty of his wife's murder the CSI team finds evidence to the contrary.

Driven
After a group of wealthy women are robbed at a luxury day spa, evidence leads the CSIs to believe that this is a part of a much larger car chopping scam and each of these women are being targeted for a home robbery. Matters become worse when Horatio discovers that Marisol was also at the spa during robbery and he must now protect her when her life is threatened. Meanwhile, Ryan must deal with the fallout after he freezes during a shootout.

Free Fall
The CSI team must try to find out who is trying to kill a young couple who are released from prison. The couple was made out to be "media darlings" and soon find that not everyone though of them as darlings. Calleigh must work with her ex-boyfriend to help solve the case.

Dead Air
The CSI team must locate a woman who has been kidnapped and dialled a wrong number on her cell phone. To try and find the woman the team must first figure out whom the kidnapped woman was trying to call in the first place. Marisol has a difficult decision to make and Horatio helps her. Natalia is surprised when Ryan asks for Delko's permission to take her out on a date.

Open Water
A cruise ship that is docked in Miami is the scene for a double murder. The team investigates the long list of potential suspects but soon find that the list is dramatically decreased when the CSI's find a large amount of money is missing from the victim's stateroom. Horatio and Marisol's relationship evolves.

Shock
The team is sent to investigate the death of a local celebrity, who is found murdered in her bathtub. The list of suspects includes her musician boyfriend, her assistant and her rival. The search for a young abducted girl is triggered, and Horatio tells Delko of Marisol and his plans.

Rampage
The Mal Noche gang trial is obstructed when the defendant goes free with the help of the witness who is testifying. When a hit ordered by the Mal Noche gang on Horatio finds the people he loves lives are in danger. Delko finds that an ex-lover is disturbing any woman who he is now close to.

One Of Our Own
The Mal Noche gang trial is obstructed when the defendant goes free with the help of the witness who is testifying. When a hit ordered by the Mal Noche gang on Horatio finds the people he loves lives are in danger. Delko finds that an ex-lover is disturbing any woman who he is now close to.

Solving crimes in the Florida sunshine has made CSI: Miami one of the most popular shows in the world but can the programme keep this up for a fourth season?

The crime scene investigations lead by Horatio Cane and his team have captivated audiences around the world for three seasons. Characters have come and gone and new members have joined the team but the thing that makes the Miami version of CSI different from the ones set in Las Vegas and New York is still there in abundance, the action. The show's action quota has been upped again for this season but something else has been added that has been sadly missing from all of the CSI shows, a continuing storyline.

For the forth season of 'CSI: Miami', Horatio finds love and makes some enemies at the same time and this is going to affect all of the team. When Horatio meets Eric Delco's sister Marisol, there is an instant connection but their newfound relationship is noticed by local crime syndicate, the Mal Noche and they will stop at nothing to stop Horatio's investigations. This builds up through the later half of the fourth season and leads to a dramatic finale that will have repercussions for the upcoming fifth season.

This continuing story arc is backed up with an increased action quota for the season. As well as the confrontations with the Mal Noche, Horatio's nemesis Walter Resden returns to torment the CSI team and the crimes become more ambitious. Also the visual style of the programme has been upped with even more slow motion, quick cuts and fancy transitions, making the show a lot showier than any of the other CSIs.

The fourth season of 'CSI: Miami' keeps up the momentum of previous three and then pushes it into a whole new gear. Making itself standout from the other two shows in the franchise, this is the action show of the trio and one that needs the smallest about of concentration to enjoy, and that is probably its appeal

PICTURE & SOUND

Presented in Anamorphic Widescreen 16x9 with Dolby Digital 5.1, the series looks great.

BONUS FEATURES

Creating Feature Television
Executive producers Ann Donahue, Sunil Nayor, Don Tardino and Elizabeth Devine, writers Ilby Modrovich, Barry O'Brien and John Haynes, director Eagle Egilsson, executive story editors Corey Miller and John Haynes take you through the full production of a show. Covering the episode 'Driven' and split into three parts entitled 'The Concept, Script and Pre-Production of CSI: Miami', 'Production of CSI: Miami' and 'Post-Production of CSI: Miami', the documentary covers all aspects of the show's creation from the original idea through to the completion of the visual effects for the show. This is a fascinating insight into the production of a hit TV show.

OVERALL

With only on extended featurette, the DVD treatment for 'CSI: Miami Season Four: Part 2' is a little disappointing. The lack of any commentaries for the episodes, especially after previous seasons had these will come as a great disappointment to fans of the show. The documentary is very good however, but it doesn't make up for the lack of any other special features.

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