The Only Formulas Are Chemical
Once again I am bringing light to the miserable CSI darkness with this useful character chart. Close examination will reveal why CSI: NY has a tendency to suck.
| CSI | CSI: Miami | CSI: NY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Man – the guy that sums up the show in a nutshell | Gil Grissom – focused on evidence, finding out what happened, bugs. | Horatio Caine – focused on justice, righting the wrongs, sunglasses. | Mack Taylor – He used to be a marine donchaknow. |
| Sassy female number two | Catherine Willows – Sassy, experienced, blonde. | Stella Bonasera – Deeply irritating. | |
| The guy that represents the city | Warrick Brown – Vegas native, gambling problem. | Eric Delko – Cuban, diver. | Danny Messer – Really New Yoik, vaguely involved with gangsters. |
| The M.E. | Al Robbins – Crochety, limping | Alexx Woods – Insists on talking to dead bodies | |
| The other one (possible kidnap/ shot threat) | Nick Stokes - A shadow of his mustachioed self (already been kidnapped) / Sara Sidle – boffing the boss, definitely kidnap potential / Greg Sanders – papa olaf would not be pleased if Greg was kidnapped. | ||
| The Detective | Jim Brass – the nation demands more Brass episodes. | Frank Tripp – always entertains when using a computer. This, however, is necessary as HoCaine will not touch one (they resemble work). | Don Flack – Pretty New Yoik, but was better when he had a worse suit and greasier hair (this is approximately true of all the entire show). |
| Labrat | Natalia Boa Vista – Not really a proper lab rat as a) she had a plot line and b) nothing happens in the CSI Miami lab other than internal affairs raiding it. | Adam Ross – anyway. |
You may have caught my sly implication to that fact that no one on this list is the greatest CSI character. The name of that man? Archie Johnson:

Truly this is something that should go in a textbook. The useful and exact measures and comparisons help build a positively enlightening chemical table of choice.
I think this chart is greater than ‘characters’ I think this chart represents viewer choice, I think this chart is DEMOCRACY in it’s purest form.
Sometimes great works come from small people. Only you’re not that small so its metaphorical. DEEP.