CSI there really not that good

I too am a big fan. This is entertainment, not reality. When I was doing Crime Scene Investigation, many years ago, detailed analysis was done by sending evidence to the FBI lab in Washington DC. In later years, the state had a lab that local law enforcement agencies submitted there evidence to for analysis. Of the three CSI programs, I enjoy the "presentation" done with CSI. Chuckle, having an entire "shift" critiquing a case is far fetched. The interpersonal relationships are what keeps the story live "bringing" you back. That's my two cents.

I've learned so much about science and available technology since I started watching CSI and I'm especially glad for the advances that have allowed "cold cases" to be solved from 25 years ago because of it. Reality is that the resources available for example in a NY or LA lab are probably not available in Chemung, Illinois. Recently, a family of a crime victim got the whole community together to raise funds for their local lab. Even though they had the technology, the cutbacks on personnel had forced such a backlog of cases, that the attacker's DNA of several recent victims had not yet been tested. Had they been able to keep up, they would have realized that there was a serial rapist and murderer on the loose and maybe, their daughter might have been spared. With many city and state government funds in crisis, I'm sure that most of the labs don't have the fancy equipment or experts available. As far as technical advisers, crime and medical shows always have experts on staff to try to keep it as accurate as possible. Of course, they do have to solve the crisis or crime in an hour and I'm sure some creative license is taken, but they do rely on these experts to help them. One of my grandma's doctors, in fact, was one of the MASH doctors from that long running show. He was not only a technical adviser, but also wrote several of the episodes. My grandma tried to get him to admit which doctor on the show was based on his life, but he would never reveal it.

I've heard similar comments, think there was a news blurb on it too. When you watch TV you have to take into consideration that it IS just TV and that they conveniently provide the characters whatever they need to finish the story. In reality I'm sure there is no CSI lab that is so well equipped. We all know that budgeting is a huge issue anywhere you go, and I doubt there's any state or city willing to shell out the millions necessary to provide ALL that equipment. As well, they've mentioned that one should not count on the show as a reliable source of medical or technical information. Much of it is based on real stuff, but it's not all completely accurate. I mean, do you really think all the writers are medical experts too?

i am a big fan of CSI aswell, and i was always wondering if it is like that for real or no. If it is so exciting as it looks, so it is a bit dissappoining what has your friend said. but i guess if you want to make program exciting for viewers to use whatever on the screen even if it is not real.