Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21779 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-03-15
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Number of discs: 6
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 6

Amazon.co.uk Review
Exclusively available at Amazon.co.uk, this box set contains the complete second series of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

The second series consolidates the show's well-deserved popular appeal, while beginning to explore (gently at first) beneath the slickly professional surface of the investigators themselves. Gradually we learn more about what makes Grissom and his astonishingly gifted forensics team tick, beyond merely that they are workaholics who seem to require no sleep at all. The show's trademark reveals of vital evidence--be it on the autopsy slab or under the microscope--add a fresh spin to what is, at heart, a good old-fashioned whodunit series. And just when CSI starts to seem a little too pat, just when the trail of clues seems too neat, the show always seems able to throw a surprise or two at us: perhaps there has been no crime after all; perhaps the evidence concerns a completely different crime altogether; or perhaps, as in one brave episode concerning brothers implicated in multiple murders, the evidence simply isn't good enough to convict the right man, even when Grissom knows which one really is guilty.

Thanks to its focus on more single-case episodes, the latter episodes provide an even more highly concentrated dose of forensic puzzle-solving. With the whole team working together on one puzzle crime (or series of crime puzzles), the group dynamic is elaborated and the audience drawn deeper into each investigation. "Identity Crisis" sees the return of Grissom's nemesis, serial killer Paul Millander; in "The Finger", Catherine is caught up in an elaborate kidnap plot; in "Burden of Proof", a stray body in a "body farm" leads to a difficult case of child abuse; while "Chasing the Bus" brings the team together to unravel the mystery of a bus crash in the desert. "Stalker" is possibly the show's most terrifying episode to date, with a woman found murdered behind the safely locked doors of her apartment. The season concludes with "Cross Jurisdictions", a rather unsubtle way of introducing the spin-off show CSI: Miami and, finally, "The Hunger Artist", a somewhat strained attempt to comment on our society's obsession with glamour and self-image. --Mark Walker

DVD Description
1. Burked 2. Chaos Theory 3. Overload 4. Bully For You 5. Scuba Doobie Doo 6. Alter Boys 7. Caged 8. The Slaves Of Las Vegas 9. And Then There Were None 10. Ellie 11. Organ Grinder 12. You've Got Mail 13. Identity Crisis 14. The Finger 15. Burden Of Proof 16. Primum Non Nocere 17. Felonius Monk 18. Chasing The Bus 19. Stalker 20. Cats In The Cradle 21. Anatomy Of A Lye 22. Cross-Jurisdictions 23. The Hunger Artist

Special Features
Audio commentaries on selected episodes from the director, executive producer and members of the cast 'Who Are You?' music video from The Who Cast and crew feature (37 mins) Set walk through with on-set forensic advisor and criminologist Liz Devine Behind the scenes at CSI: music/special effects/make up Trailers Featurette : 'The Making Of & History of CSI' Production Notes