Miami CSIs race to solve grisly murders, blending deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama.
Suspenseful and pulpy. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Hulu and Paramount+.
Heads up on moderate sex and nudity, and graphic gore. That is past what the TV-14 on the box suggests. Beyond that, some strong language and strong violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the gore, and sex and nudity.
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The show follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.
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