*Buncha dead guys splattered all over this building*
Some Guy: I wonder who did this.
David Caruso: Not Who, What.
The Vaporizer, that's what! (Though I'm not altogether sure they didn't mean the eminent Horatio Caine (David Caruso). Tonight's first run CSI Miami episode, "Guerillas In The Mist" had all the necessary elements and they made it work. Just the opposite of last week with no gunplay, this one had plenty of explosives and gunfire, keeping the action fans happy.
The star is the electronic weapon, with 100,000 rounds per minute capability, 200 cartridges per shot. The only remains from the first three victims were shoe remnants. The weapon falls into the hands of quasi-gun smugglers, part of a Federal operation, involving Customs, Private Security on Contract (with immunity, of course).
There's the usual suspects, including government agents and gunrunners. The next victim is taken down with a Taser, and out with an embolism caused by an air bubble injected into a retinal vein. No visible cause of death and no identifying information on the killer. And The Vaporizer goes missing, loose in Miami to cause even more death and destruction.
Horatio has a couple of intense in-your-face scenes, sans sunglasses, always a good thing. Eric (Adam Rodriguez)begins having flashbacks to his own shooting when a fourth victim, an innocent bystander, is shot, seemingly from out of nowhere.
Ryan (Jonathan Togo, Calleigh (Emily Procter), Tripp (Rex Linn), back in a suit, Alexx (Khandi Alexander), Natalia (Eva LaRue) and Valera (Boti Bliss) all busy in the field and in the lab.
Horatio's escape from the exploding Hummer resembled Terminator material, and Schwarzenegger hysterics on a weekly basis is a bit much for me. Then, in true Arnie style, Horatio walks directly into the face of The Vaporizer and takes out the 3 suspects with his measly department issue weapon.
The defining evolution of Ryan's and Eric's characters has been interesting and believable. I can't say the same for Calleigh. From the outset, her appeal was smart & sweet (beauty was a byproduct, it was so natural). Hard and sexy is forced and unbecoming. Recently, she reminds me of one of Charlie's Angels, and not in a good way. Although the Angels at least talked to their leader by phone; Calleigh NEVER talks to her LT anymore. Yeah, it's that obvious!
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What is this awesome gun?
