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CSI revival: 3 things that have to be in the new CSI series

By Brittany Frederick

"Leapin' Lizards" -- The CSIs discover that several suspects in a woman's murder are members of a bizarre UFO club who believe that shape-shifting reptile-like aliens have mated with humans for centuries as a means of conquering the human race, on CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Thursday, September 2 (originally broadcast May 3) the CBS Television Network. Meanwhile, Grissom (William Petersen) uses an evening at home to construct a miniature of his office. Photo: Michael Desmond/CBS ©2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.
"Leapin' Lizards" -- The CSIs discover that several suspects in a woman's murder are members of a bizarre UFO club who believe that shape-shifting reptile-like aliens have mated with humans for centuries as a means of conquering the human race, on CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Thursday, September 2 (originally broadcast May 3) the CBS Television Network. Meanwhile, Grissom (William Petersen) uses an evening at home to construct a miniature of his office. Photo: Michael Desmond/CBS ©2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. /
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caption: “Fur and Loathing” — Catherine (Marg Helgenberger) attends “Fur Con” a “furries and plushies” convention in order to solve a murder involving a man found dead wearing a raccoon costume, on CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. copyright: Photos: Robert Voets/CBS. ©2003 CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved copyright: /

3. Something just a little weird

What made CSI: Crime Scene Investigation stand out the first time around was that it wasn’t a typical procedural. It was a bit different in a number of ways, such as focusing on the night shift, and having the setting be Las Vegas when the majority of TV crime dramas were (and to an extent still are) set in either Los Angeles or New York.

But it also struck the perfect balance between finding different cases to investigate, and keeping its realism. It never felt over the top, but weird things happened. And if the show is coming back we don’t want to see just another case of the week like we could see on any other network. We want to see something that’s uniquely CSI.

Las Vegas has changed, even in the five years since the series finale ended; the writers could do something that plays on that, especially since the overall feeling fans will have going in is that sort of nostalgia, wanting to see our old friends and find out who they are now. The show could work in some of the Vegas headliners; Criss Angel once had a guest appearance as a killer, albeit in an episode of CSI: NY, not Las Vegas.

The sky’s the limit with what the writers could come up with. They’ll have multiple episodes; who knows if that will mean several cases of the week with an ongoing subplot, or one case that has to stretch over the full run. Especially if it’s the latter, why not have fun with it? This is a show that sent Catherine to a furry convention and had all kinds of strange serial killers.

There has to be a good idea for coming back, and it has to be more than “we just want to see these characters again.” Any CSI revival can’t just be a puff piece; it needs a great story, and a story that we haven’t seen before.

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What do you think of the idea of a CSI revival? Would you watch it if CBS does do a limited series for the show’s anniversary? Let us know your thoughts on the latest CSI news in the comments.

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