I always laugh when I see reviews about cop shows that complain about the "realism" of the show. Really? What did you expect? Spoiler Alert! Hollywood cop shows aren't realistic! They solve complicated crimes in 45 minutes. CSI's don't do investigations, or carry guns, etc, but we watch it because it's entertaining and provides enough suspense for us to suspend our judgement on the realism. This episode was no different. It's not super unreasonable that a medical helicopter could be hijacked, at least enough of a probability to create an episode that provides us with 45 minutes of suspense and entertainment. If you need a cop show that is a bit more 'realistic' check out Bosch, which is a Prime Original and takes 12+ episodes to solve one crime, giving it a feeling of 'realism,' though you may find that too slow :)
5 Reviews
One of the Best Episodes
claudio_carvalho7 November 2023
Russell, Greg and Morgan go to the desert to investigate the murder of a man. When they arrive at the crime scene, they are informed that the man is still alive and a helicopter is coming to take him to the hospital. Meanwhile, Nick arrives in a dangerous neighborhood, where two gang members were executed. He asks for support to process the scene to Russell, and Morgan takes a ride in the helicopter to join Nick. Soon Russell learns that his victim is the man that killed the two gangsters. On board of the helicopter, the man recovers and attacks the paramedic and Morgan, hijacking the helicopter and asking the pilot to fly to Mexico.
"CSI Down" is one of the best episodes of "CSI". The plot is full of action and twists despite some unbelievable situations. The recovery of Frank Cafferty in the helicopter, subduing Morgan and the paramedic, is hard to believe to a man that was near-death. Morgan and Frank surviving the helicopter crash is also hard to believe, since accidents with helicopters is difficult to survive. But the action associated to the Eckle and Frank dramatic relationships with their daughters compensate the failures. My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): "CSI Down"
"CSI Down" is one of the best episodes of "CSI". The plot is full of action and twists despite some unbelievable situations. The recovery of Frank Cafferty in the helicopter, subduing Morgan and the paramedic, is hard to believe to a man that was near-death. Morgan and Frank surviving the helicopter crash is also hard to believe, since accidents with helicopters is difficult to survive. But the action associated to the Eckle and Frank dramatic relationships with their daughters compensate the failures. My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): "CSI Down"
Exciting Police Drama
Hitchcoc17 March 2021
Not much as far as forensics go. This season seems to be going for the bizarre and a more typical police drama. Morgan is the star here as she ends up on a helicopter with a psychotic guy whom she has just saved. This also slips them into a vengeful daughter and a gang. There's a lot of death before the end.
Boring and Unrealistic
ethdyer11 July 2021
Very unrealistic
fcneutral13 January 2015
Warning: Spoilers
One of the more unrealistic episodes of csi, which seems to be a trend starting with season 12. In the first episode an entire train car is somehow transplanted back to the lab, in the next a guy commits suicide by chocolate, and along the way we see yet more instances of the lab rats carrying firearms and rushing into battle when I'm sure LV has a SWAT team and at the very least a few sheriffs or police officers who aren't made of tissue paper. Nevertheless we have here a hijacking of a member of law enforcement along with two Medvac pilots. Not to mention the CSI taken hostage here is the DAUGHTER OF THE UNDERSHERIFF. So, rather than the national counterterrorism taskforce or some crap flying blackhawks out to locate the chopper, we have old white-haired DB Russell (aka a video game character who possesses a form of Eagle/Batvision or detective mode / survival instincts) and capt. (interrogate/one-liner/jump out of the car looking like a badass when stuff gets serious) Jim Brass trying their hand at negotiation tactics, using the gangbanger daughter of our hijacker who makes Greg get more angry than I have ever seen (maybe he has finally found a replacement for that "it's Burrrrrrlesque" girl in his heart.) Long story slightly shorter we see the csi barbie doll allow her pistol to be stolen (how the hell is that little girl allowed to carry?) by our fugitive and we must watch helplessly as the helicopter is given free reign to fly toward Mexico. Yup.
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