Re: ~Horatio's Thread #4 - Everybody Loves Raymond's Brother
Interestingly, Ann Donahue was also the CSIM showrunner for the second half of Season 1, and all of Seasons 2 and 3. The show was fantastic then, and her storylines and writing were generally well received and respected. Season 4 has kinda gone off the rails slightly! It seems she felt Miami needed some kind of revamp, and, many feel it has changed for the worst.
I can only explain things from my own perspective obviously, but there are aspects to the show now that just don't feel like part of the Miami I know and love. One of my online friends (also a Mod here), who was a huge Miami fan, no longer posts in this forum due to what she describes as the 'appalling do-over' that the show has undergone.
H's past has been made far too complicated (it was actually interesting enough as it was), the storylines seem weak, the writing is poor, the team dynamic has all but gone, it seems very much a 'style over substance' production, and the soap bubbles are currently taking over too! Apart from those things, it's still a great show! :lol:
These are only my thoughts and some may disagree, but so few people have warmed to S4 judging by the opinions posted at Talk CSI. I did a poll awhile back, and the first 3 seasons were alarmingly more popular than S4 has been. I plan to do a poll once S4 is over, to get an overall rating from the fans on this Board.
I haven't given up on CSIM though. I still feel that it could get back on track and be great again. S4 will just go down as a blot on the landscape for me, and I sincerely hope S5 is a vast improvement.
Crikey, I didn't mean for that post to be so long. You can all wake up now!