In continuing their newly-acquainted tradition of issuing affordably-priced “intros” to the various genres classic and modern television has to offer, CBS/Paramount has manufactured two new models of TV Sets for consumers. Having previously explored the CBS/Paramount vaults for some of the finest (and not-so-finest) series have to offer with Holiday Treats, Action Packed and Forever Funny, we now dive into the worlds of crime dramas and science fiction (or a close approximation of science fiction, depending on your point of view).
The first set, TV Sets: Crime And Punishment brings us the pilot episodes of four of television’s most popular series from the last forty years, beginning with “Full Fathom Five,” one of the earliest episodes from Hawaii Five-O (excluding the pilot episode). Five-O head Steve McGarrett (the great Jack Lord) is on the trail of a serial killer husband and wife team (Kevin McCarthy and Louise Troy) who prey on rich widowed women. Of course, no serial killer — no matter how clever they think they might be — can ever get the winning hand on McGarrett.
Moving from Hawaii to Miami, we meet a killer so calculating that even McGarret might have a hard time fingering him: Dexter. In what has already become one of Showtime’s greatest series ever, Michael C. Hall (Six Feet Under) plays the serial killer to end all serial killers — literally. Dexter Morgan (Hall) is a blood-spatter analyst for Miami Metro Homicide. What his friends and family don’t know is that Dexter himself is a murderer. He’s been keeping the streets of South Beach safe with his unique form of justice. But his ritual may find itself in jeopardy when a new serial killer starts sending Dexter messages.
From the files of the CSI: NY comes “Blink,” yet another venture into the land of serial killerdom. Well, at least the two murdered bodies of young women may be the work of a serial killer — it’s up to Detective Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) and his crack-crew to find out for sure. This was the first episode of CSI: NY to air after the series’ characters were first introduced on CSI: Miami.
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