Here: be David Caruso in Jade...

Well, CSI: Miami is now dominating the syndication circuit. Like what David Wolf did to the Perry Mason/Dragnet genres with all of his fifteen Law & Order's, the CSI creators (Bruckheimer & co.) are doing the same to the Quincy, M.E.- style crime genre: milking it for everything it's worth. I'm just waiting for CSI: Birmingham starring Dennis Franz to start production.

So what makes tha 'Miami different from its counterparts, you ask? Well, apparently Miami has a permanent Simpson/Bruckheimer lens filter which makes the city orange all day long, all year 'round. Also, this show is superior right off the bat, as "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who is the show's theme song. But most importantly, Miami has Horatio Caine, played by David Caruso.

Caruso has made this show my new guilty pleasure (move over, Rocky Balboa). It's nothing but pure cheeseball goodness, as Caruso's superior acting constantly delivers great one-liners (usually puns) in his pursuit of the bad guys, each one accompanied by a dramatic removal-slash-donning of his sunglasses.

Caruso's thespianic resources are exhausted in each episode, including his signature pose (standing w/ hands on his hips, with one hip cocked forward and blazer blowing in the wind like a superhero's cape) and his standard "begin-the-line-looking-away-then-finishing-it-as he-moves-his-eyes-toward-you-followed
-by-the-rest-of-his-head" move.

I encourage you to watch it, as the captivating story lines always have Caruso/Caine leading his band of Hardy Boys & Nancy Drew’s, defeating the bad guys with DNA evidence. Turn on your TV now, chances are it's on at least one channel. Here's a sample of all the cheeseball glory that is David Caruso: