Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1068 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-09-22
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 345 minutes

Synopsis
Beneath the neon lights of Las Vegas, the Clark County CSI night shift is hard at work, ridding the city of its criminal elements. With cutting-edge technology at its disposal, the forensic team tackles the often grisly crimes of a glamorous city whose constant influx of visitors has turned it into a criminal playground.

Customer Reviews

Short but still brilliant
Whilst the Writers' Strike left this season feeling a little empty, the quality of the show continues to shine through. The conclusion to the Sara Saga is excellently pulled off and will certainly bring a tear to the eye of the most faithful CSI fan. Some of the episodes are a bit poor - such as the story of the young lad who develops breasts - but these are balanced out by the other episodes.

Shame there's not as many episodes as there normally are but worth the purchase all the same.

Could Be Better
We are huge CSI fans and I found part 1, season 8 really was disappointing after the usual quality. The build up to saving Sara Sidle was little disappointing, it could have been better.

Many of the story lines are weak, with a good story toward the end. The episode where Sara Sidle leaves is good as is the story line which crosses both CSI and Without A Trace is the best on the disk.
It was too short as well, so value for money just isn't there. This isn't reflected in the price (thankfully we picked it up on sale before Christmas for a little over £10, but the price has since jumped back up again) There are some bonus features including a Without A Trace Episode, one episode with commentary, a feature on Sara Sidle's departure and also a special director (which is relevant to season 8 part 2 not part 1).

The final episode on the disk is terrible and it is really disapointing to end with it. It may have been an attempt to do somthing 'light' after Sara leaves but I found it really hard to sit through.

I am hoping part 2 will be a lot better. Wishing I waited for the release of the Season 8 Box Set.

Another great season, however suffered due to the writer's strike!
Season 8 of CSI picks up directly where Season 7 concluded, with Sara Sidle trapped under a car in the Nevada Dessert, making for a thrilling season opener. The second episode features the team coming to grips with Grissom and Sara's relationship, however not such a good episode in my opinion. Ep 3, "From Hell", is another strange yet brilliant episode. Ep 4 follows the story of a boy found hanging off a tree with mutilated breasts. Episode five, even though it lacks Grissom, is fantastic. Ep 6 is a fantastic crossover with "Without a Trace". Episode seven, we bid farewell to Sara. Episode 8 is a funny episode focusing on the lab rats once again. Episode nine sees Warrick framed for murder. Episode 10 sees illegal dog fighting. A man is killed by a bull in ep 11. And the team fight the flu in ep 12.

All in all, twelve fantastic episodes.
However it does have it's bad points:
1. The total disappearance of Louise Lombard's character after episode 1.
2. The amount of episodes that hardly feature Grissom at all.
3. The fact that the season only had 17 episodes, leaving Volume 2 dvd with five episodes.