Csi Cyber Season 1 Episode 7
Clide Birkner
The series follows an elite team of FBI Special Agents tasked with investigating cyber crimes in North America. Based out of Washington, D.C., the team is supervised by Deputy Director Avery Ryan, an esteemed Ph.D. Ryan is a behavioral psychologist turned "cyber shrink" who established the FBI Cyber Crime division and heads a "hack-for-good" program, a scheme in which the criminals she catches can work for her in lieu of receiving a prison sentence. Ryan works with D.B. Russell, a left-coast Sherlock Holmes and career Crime Scene Investigator who joins the team after a stint as Director of the Las Vegas Crime Lab. Together, Russell and Ryan head a team including Elijah Mundo, Daniel Krumitz (aka Krummy), Raven Ramirez, and Brody Nelson, who work to solve Internet-related murders, cyber theft, hacking, sexual offenses, blackmail, and any other crime deemed to be cyber-related within the FBI's jurisdiction.
The series is executive produced by creators Carol Mendelsohn, Anthony E. Zuiker, and Ann Donahue, former CSI: NY executive producer Pam Veasey (who acts as showrunner), Jonathan Littman, and Jerry Bruckheimer. Mary Aiken, on whom the show is based, is attached as a series producer. Peter MacNicol departed the main cast at the end of the first season,[6][7][8] whilst CBS announced on May 11, 2015, that CSI: Cyber was renewed for a second season. On June 25, 2015, Moss confirmed in an interview on The Project that season 2 would include 22 episodes.[9] Season 2 was reduced from 22 to 18 episodes, ending with the episode titled "Legacy".
Following the cancellation of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, it was announced that Ted Danson would be joining the Cyber cast as D.B. Russell, the newly appointed Director of Next Generation Cyber Forensics.[6][7][8][16]
CSI: Cyber's primary photography takes place at CBS' Studio Center in the Los Angeles, California neighborhood of Studio City.[17] Numerous outdoor scenes are filmed locally in the Los Angeles area, including Matteo Street,[18] Spring Street, Main Street,[19] the Arroyo Seco, and the Colorado Street Bridge.[20]
The first season of CSI: Cyber received mixed reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a rating of 34%, based on 32 reviews, with an average rating of 5.10/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "While stocked with impressive talent, CSI: Cyber fails to add anything truly new to the franchise, settling for a slightly modernized twist on the same typical crimefighting scenarios."[27] On Metacritic, the season has a score of 45 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[28]
Producers announced intentions to break the Guinness World Record for largest ever TV simulcast drama on March 4, 2015, with the episode "Kitty" airing in 150 countries in addition to digital streaming.[29] They succeeded in breaking the record by airing CSI: Cyber's backdoor pilot in 171 countries.[30] However, that record was broken again just 15 days later by the Game of Thrones episode "The House of Black and White".[31]
The series has been sold to Channel 5 in the United Kingdom,[32] CTV in Canada, Rai 2 in Italy, Network Ten in Australia,[33] Prime in New Zealand, RT2 in Ireland, TF1 in France,[34] AXN in Asia and Latin America,[35][36] RTL 5 in The Netherlands, Nova in Bulgaria, Skai TV in Greece, HOT Zone in Israel, TV3 in Estonia, Kanal 5 in Sweden and Denmark, and MTV3 in Finland.
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In this episode of School Choice Report, guest host Guy Ciarrocchi interviews Don Asplen, CEO of Achievement House Cyber Charter School. They discuss what cyber charter schools are as well as their benefits. Currently, nearly 70,000 Pennsylvania children attend one of the fourteen cyber schools in the Commonwealth. They are at the forefront of the fastest growing sector of education in Pennsylvania.
Episode 2.15- "Python's Revenge"
Synopsis: Python, the elusive hacker who tussled with Avery's team earlier in the season, subjects the Cyber crew to a series of puzzles. The team must complete the black hat's challenges before time runs out to save the life of Avery's surrogate daughter Grace. Ultimately, the episode ends with the team recovering Grace and Avery shooting Python after he breaks into her apartment.
Review: I'm glad they managed to wrap up the Python storyline before season's end, as we may not be treated to a third season based on the show's ratings this year. The case of the week, reminiscent of the Saw movies, was particularly captivating. Watching the episode, you could feel the race-against-the-clock tension the team was experiencing as they worked to save Grace.
Overall Episode Grade: 8.5 Megabytes Out of 10
Episode 2.16- "5 Deadly Sins"
Synopsis: Jamie-Lynn Sigler (The Sopranos) plays an employee of a social media company responsible for managing site content that has been flagged as inappropriate by users. Driven mad by all the horrible content to which she has been exposed in her work, Sigler's character starts hunting down users who post content that is inappropriate. Hoping to make an example out of them, she posts pictures of their crime scenes online. By the episode's end, Sigler's character ends up committing suicide during a final showdown between her and Avery. The episode's B-plot saw Elijah's ill father confronting Nina, his son's stalker. While issuing her a warning to stay away from the Mundo family, Elijah's dad collapses. During a particularly intense scene, Elijah threatens Nina at the hospital. By the end of the hour, though, we come to find that his words carried little weight, as the sultry bartender sneaks into Cal Mundo's hospital room to leave him flowers while he sleeps.
Review: I thought Sigler was particularly well-cast as the batty vigilante. She alternated between sane and crazy with relative ease. Not working in the episode's favor was the fact that it was reminiscent of the Season 13 finale of the CSI mothership, in which the killer posed and photographed victims based on their violation of the 7 Deadly Sins. Had the original show not done such a similar plot, this episode would have been a particularly inspired hour of television.
Overall Episode Grade: 8 Megabytes Out of 10
Episode 2.17- "Flash Squad"
Synopsis: The Cyber team takes down a Bling Ring-esque group from Los Angeles that hacks into a traffic app so that they may reroute victims and rob them. While in the City of Angels, D.B. bonds with Greer Latimore (Kelly Preston), who offers to whisk him away to Paris (he refuses, but we know Ted Danson is leaving the show after the season finale, so we'll see how that works out). Meanwhile, the Director of the FBI decides to shut down Avery's hacker-for-hire program after Nelson decides to sue the Bureau over their mishandling of evidence in his Stock Exchange hack case, which was mentioned a few episodes back. While Nelson is left unscathed by this development (as the FBI director chooses to drop his charges), Raven's fate is left in the balance, as she faces jail time.
Review: We've seen plenty of Bling Ring knock-off shows in the last few years to last a lifetime. Despite the addition of cyber crime to this case, this episode's plot did nothing to help this pastiche stand out from the pack. However, Nelson's plot was interesting, as it set up a great cliffhanger going into the finale. Also in the episode's favor was D.B.'s plot. Danson and Preston are well-suited for each other. Here's hoping the two run off together in the finale!
Overall Episode Grade: 7.5 Megabytes Out of 10
Episode 2.18- "Legacy"
Synopsis: The team must track down a thirteen year old white hat hacker who has gone on the run to elude a black hat who wants highly classified info gathered by the young boy. After an intense chase, the team manages to make an arrest and save the kid. Meanwhile, Avery reconciles with her ex-husband, Raven waits to learn whether or not she will have to go to prison after the cliffhanger in the last episode, and DB decides to move to Paris to be with Greer. The finale comes to a head when, after months of playing cat-and-mouse games with Elijah, Nina the stalker approaches him with a gun in the parking lot of the team's headquarters. In the ensuing struggle, DB gets shot. The episode then flashes forward to 4 months later. Nelson is promoted to full-time agent. Raven, having avoided jail time, is now working on the team as a consultant. DB finally gets his happily ever after. He is shown to have survived the shooting and is now enjoying life with Greer in the City of Love. All's well that ends well!
Review: Although the case of the week didn't manage to hold my interest, I am glad the show took the opportunity to wrap up all loose ends just in case the show doesn't return next season (which seems probable). It was great to see everyone get their happy ending. I am particularly happy with how the writers ended DB's story. Unlike Gil Grissom, DB has always been such a light and happy character. It was good to see him run off and have some fun. My only complaint about the episode is that Elijah's father's cancer storyline wasn't given more focus. In the brief scene in which the elder Mr. Mundo appeared, he seemed resigned to the fact that he wasn't going to live much longer. For something that has been built up all season, it seemed a little rushed. However, I do understand that the writers had a lot to juggle in this finale.
Overall Episode Grade: 9 Megabytes Out of 10
About the Author - Liam DackoLiam Dacko is a student at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts. He is majoring in mediated communication and minoring in journalism. In addition to writing for SpoilerTV, Liam also serves as editor-in-chief of Stonehill's biweekly student-run publication, The Summit. He is a lover of all things related to television. Some of his favorite shows include Arrow, The Flash, Criminal Minds, Scandal, The Middle, Homeland, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. He continues to have many sleepless nights over the cancellation of TNT's Dallas reboot.Recent Reviews (All Reviews)
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