This show has been on for a long time. I was not looking forward to this season and began wondering if this show is past its prime. Allow me to confess that I have never been a fan of Ted Danson. Despite all these things, I watched this episode anyway. I will tell you now, I didn't hate it. As far as Ted Danson goes, my opinion of him changed with this episode. I found his character to be both interesting and likable. For a show that I had all but written off, this episode has won me over for one more season. "73 Seconds" was a good episode, it had some good acting and some good writing, and it was a good way to introduce their new character.
6 Reviews
Solid Beginning
Hitchcoc16 March 2021
I thought this was a well thought, interesting episode. We do find out from Brass what happened with Ray. Watch the episode to find out. I'm astonished at how emotional people get over the arrival of Ted Danson. He didn't just do Cheers. He has several serious roles. DB, his character is a bit eccentric, but I thought he did a decent job. Al this hue and cry reminds me of the fanboys whose comic books are different the their superhero movies. Instead of looking at the whole package, they give the show a rating of one because of their inability to look beyond one person. Anyway, that's the soap box comment. The interesting plot involves a tram that moves people around Las Vegas. A man is stabbed and another guy starts firing shots. But there is a much deeper set of factors. Oh, and their is an octopus.
The New Boss
claudio_carvalho5 November 2023
After Ray Langston's case, CSI is affected in Las Vegas and Los Angeles and a new boss, D. B. Russell, is assigned and Catherine Willows is demoted from her position. Morgan Brody has made an application to the CSI Las Vegas. Meanwhile, the team investigate a shootout in a casino tram, where two person dies and they try to understand what might have happened. The orthodox method of D. B. Russell surprises the team. Meanwhile, Greg and Sara are assigned to investigate the death of a man found in the desert with sagging skin, but he was a young man. Greg shows Sara a Norwegian technique to separate skin from the muscle, and they follow this lead.
"73 Seconds" is an episode of "CSI", where a new boss assumes the direction of the department. Ray Langston was not the adequate replacement of Gil Grissom, but I am not sure whether Ted Danson will fulfill this position. With the two cases, both are comedy of errors. The reasons for the shootout in the tram are stupid as well as the death of the deer hunter. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "73 Seconds"
"73 Seconds" is an episode of "CSI", where a new boss assumes the direction of the department. Ray Langston was not the adequate replacement of Gil Grissom, but I am not sure whether Ted Danson will fulfill this position. With the two cases, both are comedy of errors. The reasons for the shootout in the tram are stupid as well as the death of the deer hunter. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "73 Seconds"
Why Ted Danson???
robertsfrmn15 September 2019
Warning: Spoilers
As a long time watcher of this series and watching the characters develop over the years. I hated to see Grissom go.
Then they killed of Warrick but of course Sara is still there being terrible at everything.
Then along comes Ted Danson a fine actor in most shows and movies but not suited for CSI..
Is leadership sucks all around.
He brings nothing to a cast that has perfected the series.
He seems to undermind everyone who has been there way longer.
Later on he brings on one of his former employees that he fired back in Seattle and she sleeps around and break the rules and acts like she owns the place because of her relationship with
DB.
Just about ruined the series but the the writing and the stories are still good and the fan base is strong..
I just try and ignore DB and Fin and enjoy the story and the good actors.
Trade in Laurence Fishburne for Ted Danson? Seems a rip-off to me...
Doctor_Dexter5 December 2011
Being a gear-head, this kinda feels like they took my Harley and gave me a Honda Cub instead. The latter may be have been a dependable best seller, but it hardly feels like an even trade.... Ask any biker.
I mean, Ted Danson? Really? A top crime series like CSI couldn't get anyone better suited or more interesting than that?! The crisis must have hit hard here, because I call this inflation, and a steep one at that...
Gil Grissom was interesting and intriguing, so was Fishburne's Ray Langston. He had big footsteps to to fill, but he did it with style. At the time I wondered if CSI could survive without Grissom, but Ray Langston really convinced from the first episode on. He gave the series the necessary depth, darkness and mystery. Ingredients that make me want to watch a series like CSI. In essence it's not about cool gadgets and clever techniques, those are mere tools. It's the mystery, darkness and suspense that really makes a good crime story interesting. Every good story needs charismatic and interesting characters to carry it, and the right actors to bring it all to life in a compelling and believable manner.
Ted Danson is a comedy guy, he may or may not be good at that, that's another discussion altogether, but he is definitely not suited to fill the void left by his two great predecessors.
If this is the road CSI is going I fear it has seen it's longest time. Sure, I'll give it a chance for a few more episodes, for old times sake, but I certainly will not be following for very long if it stays on this shallow and superficial path.
Alas, as I used to look out for new episodes, but this episode is well below par. And I fear it won't get any better soon, as I just can't take the Danson "DB" character seriously. He's all over the place; goofy mushroom collector, bourgeois married man / farmers-market shopper, quasi eccentric investigator, laid back 'dude', then unnecessarily bossy authoritarian, to end on a buddy buddy note... It all feels very shallow and artificial, and not like a real, crystallized personality. It's as if the creators decided the new guy had to appeal to a very broad audience (in a bid for good ratings), but by doing so they failed to give him any real character. Yeah sure, he's really nice to kids, therefore "DB" must have a good heart. That seemed to be the main message that was put across. What's next? Will he be doing any babysitting any time soon? Easy shot perhaps, but really, where's the mystery, the charisma and the darkness that made enigmatic characters like Grissom and Langston so compelling? I'm really disappointed... Is this really the best they could do?
I'm not getting the feeling the viewer has been taken seriously by the creators this time.
It probably won't happen, but I'd really, really wish for a comeback by Ray Langston. Or, if that's impossible for some reason or another, at least for an actor of Fishburne's caliber to fill in his footsteps as his successor. Because I'd really like for CSI to be about crime an mystery again, with ample suspense and good story lines, and not to devolve into a glorified sitcom with bickering characters and no real content or substance...
I mean, Ted Danson? Really? A top crime series like CSI couldn't get anyone better suited or more interesting than that?! The crisis must have hit hard here, because I call this inflation, and a steep one at that...
Gil Grissom was interesting and intriguing, so was Fishburne's Ray Langston. He had big footsteps to to fill, but he did it with style. At the time I wondered if CSI could survive without Grissom, but Ray Langston really convinced from the first episode on. He gave the series the necessary depth, darkness and mystery. Ingredients that make me want to watch a series like CSI. In essence it's not about cool gadgets and clever techniques, those are mere tools. It's the mystery, darkness and suspense that really makes a good crime story interesting. Every good story needs charismatic and interesting characters to carry it, and the right actors to bring it all to life in a compelling and believable manner.
Ted Danson is a comedy guy, he may or may not be good at that, that's another discussion altogether, but he is definitely not suited to fill the void left by his two great predecessors.
If this is the road CSI is going I fear it has seen it's longest time. Sure, I'll give it a chance for a few more episodes, for old times sake, but I certainly will not be following for very long if it stays on this shallow and superficial path.
Alas, as I used to look out for new episodes, but this episode is well below par. And I fear it won't get any better soon, as I just can't take the Danson "DB" character seriously. He's all over the place; goofy mushroom collector, bourgeois married man / farmers-market shopper, quasi eccentric investigator, laid back 'dude', then unnecessarily bossy authoritarian, to end on a buddy buddy note... It all feels very shallow and artificial, and not like a real, crystallized personality. It's as if the creators decided the new guy had to appeal to a very broad audience (in a bid for good ratings), but by doing so they failed to give him any real character. Yeah sure, he's really nice to kids, therefore "DB" must have a good heart. That seemed to be the main message that was put across. What's next? Will he be doing any babysitting any time soon? Easy shot perhaps, but really, where's the mystery, the charisma and the darkness that made enigmatic characters like Grissom and Langston so compelling? I'm really disappointed... Is this really the best they could do?
I'm not getting the feeling the viewer has been taken seriously by the creators this time.
It probably won't happen, but I'd really, really wish for a comeback by Ray Langston. Or, if that's impossible for some reason or another, at least for an actor of Fishburne's caliber to fill in his footsteps as his successor. Because I'd really like for CSI to be about crime an mystery again, with ample suspense and good story lines, and not to devolve into a glorified sitcom with bickering characters and no real content or substance...
Ted Danson shoots... and misses!
ingistefans22 September 2011
Warning: Spoilers
The long awaited Ted Danson premiere episode is here, and its not as good as it could have been, clearly not as good as Lawrence Fishbourne's first episode for sure.
The episode starts with a promising criminal case, an all out shooting-stabbing-octopus-ant infested chaos in a glamorous hotel tram in Vegas that transpired in only 73 seconds, but what they do with this brilliant idea? Shove it back to the B-story making the new boss of the team Danson clashing-not clashing with the team the A story...
Danson's character is very confusing, first he comes of as a really nice happy-go-lucky guy with a lot of funny quirks up his sleeve, and then moments later he grills Nick on not filing a report on time because Nick wanted to take another look at the crime scene first, in an extremely cliché horrible boss kind of way... Then he goes back to being the nice happy-go-lucky guy even performing actions that he himself criticised the members of the team for doing... This is just plain bad character development and writing! Fishbourne's character was in so many ways superior to Danson's...
This new by the book" policy that is made very clear to the team if they want to stay, is not a good road for the show, its like Survivor: CSI! This who gets voted off next" vibe is just killing the great dynamic that the team on the show has always had. What the show needs is to go back to the old complex cases and great settings and focus less on destroying the team dynamic, it's worked for this many years, don't mess it up! Im gonna give this new season a shot but if this downward spiral continues, Im gonna say goodbye to this old favourite of mine...
The episode starts with a promising criminal case, an all out shooting-stabbing-octopus-ant infested chaos in a glamorous hotel tram in Vegas that transpired in only 73 seconds, but what they do with this brilliant idea? Shove it back to the B-story making the new boss of the team Danson clashing-not clashing with the team the A story...
Danson's character is very confusing, first he comes of as a really nice happy-go-lucky guy with a lot of funny quirks up his sleeve, and then moments later he grills Nick on not filing a report on time because Nick wanted to take another look at the crime scene first, in an extremely cliché horrible boss kind of way... Then he goes back to being the nice happy-go-lucky guy even performing actions that he himself criticised the members of the team for doing... This is just plain bad character development and writing! Fishbourne's character was in so many ways superior to Danson's...
This new by the book" policy that is made very clear to the team if they want to stay, is not a good road for the show, its like Survivor: CSI! This who gets voted off next" vibe is just killing the great dynamic that the team on the show has always had. What the show needs is to go back to the old complex cases and great settings and focus less on destroying the team dynamic, it's worked for this many years, don't mess it up! Im gonna give this new season a shot but if this downward spiral continues, Im gonna say goodbye to this old favourite of mine...
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