In the US: Monday 9th, Wednesday 11th, Thursday 12th November 2009, CBS In the UK: Five, 2010
So this week has been ratings stunt week over in the US, thanks to it being sweeps time, and CSI, CSI:Miami and CSI: NY have pulled off the biggest sweeps stunt of all the shows: they've had a crossover story involving all three shows. Laurence Fishburne went first to Miami, then to New York before returning to Vegas on the trail of missing women.
This wasn't, of course, the first time there's been a CSI crossover. CSI: Miami was launched in a second season episode of CSI; CSI: NY was launched in an episode of CSI: Miami. There's also been a CSI:Miami/CSI:NYcrossover stunt and a CSI/Without A Tracecrossover.
So after the jump, my thoughts on how this compared with previous crossovers, whether this was merely a stunt or whether there was a decent story, and which show had the most merit. Spoilers ahoy.
Erk. So many finales, so little time. With the upfronts happening at the same time, and with actual work to do, how am I going to review them all?
I know. How about one great big entry that gets rid of a whole load of them in one go, albeit with The Mentalist and CSI: Miami still to come?
So after the jump, brief spoiler-ridden looks at the finales (and preceding seasons) of 24, My Name is Earl, 30 Rock, Eleventh Hour, Gossip Girl and Prison Break.
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