CSI: Miami: Death Pool 100 (2006)
Season 5, Episode 3
8/10
People Will Bet On Anything!
2 December 2007
Some jewelry business hotshot is hosting a party for the young-and-beautiful when gun- toting thieves interrupt the fun with a robbery. The host says about $30 million of his stuff was being worn by the guests, who wind up killing two of the people, one of them a Paris Hilton-type socialite named "Dakota Hudson" who was in the swimming pool. A big twist is revealed early on as it's discovered that the bullet that killed her was fired from in the water, so there was a third shooter. Was that killing tied in with the robbery or was it separate?

The top two suspects are the ones who had Hudson on their "Death Pool" list, a list of about five people who they are betting on will die within a certain time or before others (sick, eh?). The "pool" is run on a boat three miles offshore which makes it untouchable to the local police.

Once again, this is another stylishly-photographed episode. I've noticed the cameramen have turned up their visual tricks with some added photo gimmicks this season. That's fine with me; it makes it all the more fun to watch and the colors have always been spectacular on this show. CSI: Miami has a lot of glitz but I think that's what makes it distinctive and fun to watch, among other things.

Overall, it isn't a particularly-involving story but it is good enough and I always like to see the human side of David Caruso's character, who seems to have extra compassion for little kids who are victims of their morally-bankrupt parents. When Horatio promises to look after a child, he always delivers.
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