CSI: Cyber

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 9, 2013
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
3.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 111 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 111
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 111
  3. Negative: 65 out of 111
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  1. TomsZ
    Mar 7, 2015
    1
    This show has more cheese in it than Switzerland, the one liners were just horrendous, even worse than mr. Caine in his best moments. All in all this is a total letdown this far, hopefully the show gets better with time, otherwise this could be the 1st CSI series that airs for one season.
  2. joef123
    Mar 5, 2015
    0
    Patricia Arquette is going from winning an well deserved Oscar in one of the greatest films of the 21st century, Boyhood, to this piece of dog sh*t. Its just sad
  3. nofilter23
    Mar 14, 2015
    1
    Yes, the show is filled with the usual CSI cliches that everyone is all too familiar with. Most of us can tolerate the CSI archetypes, to an extent. The no-nonsense gun-wielding officer, the level-headed special agent with an eye for persons of ill-intent, are all things I can put up in crime drama. But when the show clearly pulls characters from other tv show formats, the writers haveYes, the show is filled with the usual CSI cliches that everyone is all too familiar with. Most of us can tolerate the CSI archetypes, to an extent. The no-nonsense gun-wielding officer, the level-headed special agent with an eye for persons of ill-intent, are all things I can put up in crime drama. But when the show clearly pulls characters from other tv show formats, the writers have to find a way to make it work without losing the integrity of the show. Bow Wow's character plays the former misfit-hacker struggling to turn over a new leaf and help the FBI(White Collar, Breakout Kings). Hayley Kiyoko plays the quirky fun-dressing assistant on the periphery of each episodes plot development and seems to lack purpose or import on the show. Then of course, the over-weight computer nerd, in all of his quick witted humor and sarcasm. The most glaring problem of all is that the script lacks originality. The show opens with a spoken introduction by the main character, Avery Ryan, that sounds borrowed from a Vigilante Cartoon explaining why he protects his city, which immediately establishes a precedent of low expectations for creativity. There was little thought put into this script. The challenge of any new series is going about revealing pieces of the past(essential to the characters and plot) in a clever and unexpected way. The writers of this show did not step up to the challenge. Important information just seems to be thrown throughout the script without being connected to the plot. The dialogue is not believable and sounds more punch line oriented. The actors aren't being given much to work with and Bow Wow's characters exposed that more than anyone else. The dialogue often times feels unnatural, forced, and out of context. I doubt if this show will be renewed for another season.… Expand
  4. TNBIKETOM
    Mar 25, 2015
    0
    I have worked in IT for 40 years and have a special interest in IT security. Being an avid fan for the NCSI series, I had high hopes for CSI-Cyber, but no matter how hard I try, I can't get into this program. The background music is so loud it becomes painful if I try to understand the shallow and disconnected dialogue. For someone involved in cyber security, the plots in these show makeI have worked in IT for 40 years and have a special interest in IT security. Being an avid fan for the NCSI series, I had high hopes for CSI-Cyber, but no matter how hard I try, I can't get into this program. The background music is so loud it becomes painful if I try to understand the shallow and disconnected dialogue. For someone involved in cyber security, the plots in these show make no sense. The producers in my favorite NCSI have done an exceptional job in character development. I don't expected to be able to tolerate this program long enough to warm up to the wooden characters in CSI-Cyber. I am so disappointed in what I had hoped would have been a very insightful look and a major problem for anyone who works with the Internet.… Expand
  5. Cheflyn717
    Mar 25, 2015
    2
    I like most of the CSI shows and I really was excited for this one too, unfortunately I'm not impressed. Bad acting, terrible dialogue and the casting of this team is off. Not worth watching!
  6. hb1209
    Mar 8, 2015
    0
    they should return the series "stalker" to be honest.
    this is somehow the most unrealistic, preposterous and really the worst of the CSI shows. poor writing, poor editiong, poor acting, this show should be really quick canceled
  7. Qldgamer
    Mar 21, 2015
    2
    This sow is a bland mixture of the same thing we have seen many times before, but done worse. The stereo-types like the overweight computer guy, and the boss with a dark background.

    The cyber seems to be just a weak plot point to have a car chase or a gun fight. No real hacking skills used. Sure they have some cyber ideas but on the whole not well used. This show has been made before    This sow is a bland mixture of the same thing we have seen many times before, but done worse. The stereo-types like the overweight computer guy, and the boss with a dark background.

    The cyber seems to be just a weak plot point to have a car chase or a gun fight. No real hacking skills used. Sure they have some cyber ideas but on the whole not well used.

    This show has been made before and this is a bad version of those shows.    … Expand
  8. GoodTimes
    Mar 26, 2015
    1
    Watched second show and then deleted the first one that was on DVR; then deleted DVR future recordings. Frankly the plot and program are totally BORING! Arquette and cast just don't cut it and instead of team seem like dispirate entities. I would have given it a big ZERO but chose a rating of ONE simply because of the main star. I predict that this show will disappear after initial showsWatched second show and then deleted the first one that was on DVR; then deleted DVR future recordings. Frankly the plot and program are totally BORING! Arquette and cast just don't cut it and instead of team seem like dispirate entities. I would have given it a big ZERO but chose a rating of ONE simply because of the main star. I predict that this show will disappear after initial shows have been run.… Expand
  9. riain
    Apr 8, 2015
    0
    Had high hopes.

    For a show with some pretty good actors it falls pretty much flat on it's face stereotypes everywhere ahoy!, completely illogical to the point you feel dumber for watching, irritating zooming, a show with My name is Avery Ryan and here some stuff that happen which you heard last week and the week before and the week before blah now watch the set up for the episode    Had high hopes.

    For a show with some pretty good actors it falls pretty much flat on it's face stereotypes everywhere ahoy!, completely illogical to the point you feel dumber for watching, irritating zooming, a show with My name is Avery Ryan and here some stuff that happen which you heard last week and the week before and the week before blah now watch the set up for the episode followed by another intro to the CSI show with whole cast (I know their trying to sell Patricia Arquette who is great but it got old after the second time), a main character who can apparently hack a car with an app and then needs the term trojan horse explained (by of course the text book fat computer guy using a sandwich) to her seriously either she is tech savvy or she isn't can't have it both ways, a black hat hacker who is black just so you won't forget it..... I could go on and on really and picking apart what's aired so but it's just not worth and I would easily run out of space which is sad as I was big into CSI.

    I might watch two more if that but probably won't last considering I'm big into computing and this show just makes my head hurt as if the writers just did a quick internet search as research and boom... waffles.    … Expand
  10. aislemaiden
    Apr 18, 2015
    1
    I don't like Patricia Arquette in this role. She's monotone, unemotional and detached. The show needs a few more engaged feature characters and better writers. The scripts are really poor. Makes you wonder why CSI: NY was canceled.
  11. bobcratchett
    Apr 22, 2015
    0
    wooden characters, lame computer knowledge, erratic plot continuity = crappy attempt at a subject they know little about. Patricia Arquette was terrible in The Medium and she doesn't' t disappoint an anticipated terrible characterization again.
  12. bknabe
    Apr 5, 2015
    2
    I've watched every episode so far and intend to watch until it is cancelled - not because it is good, but because it is so bad. The writing takes the worst elements of crime drama and mixes it with bad 'cyber' cliches. The acting is so far below what even the obscure members of the cast are capable of it's sad. Unless they're being directed to act that way, in which case it's disgusting.I've watched every episode so far and intend to watch until it is cancelled - not because it is good, but because it is so bad. The writing takes the worst elements of crime drama and mixes it with bad 'cyber' cliches. The acting is so far below what even the obscure members of the cast are capable of it's sad. Unless they're being directed to act that way, in which case it's disgusting. While some of the characters seem to be getting better, you still have the writing, which is bad. I think Arquette's character is supposed to come off as cool and logical, but she actually comes across as cold and emotionless. Maybe even a little inhuman.

    The shows one virtue is that is so ripe for parody, lampoon, and the MST3K treatment.    … Expand
  13. racecarsue
    Apr 4, 2015
    3
    Not thrilled. I just haven't been able to get into it yet. I love Patricia Arquette, watched Medium all the time. The characters are evolving, the plots aren't for me yet.
  14. jitsuryoku
    Mar 12, 2015
    3
    Terrible. Third-rate writing and a lousy cast with the exception of Ms Arquette. No originality whatsoever. CBS should either completely overhaul it or kill it.
  15. Sor-El
    Mar 21, 2015
    3
    This spin-off of CSI really had potential, but falls short to deliver.
    Mainly because of the cast choice.
    Gonna keep watching it, unless it starts to interfere with my other series. Then I'll drop it.
  16. JCat
    May 13, 2015
    0
    I like Patrica Arquette, but this is beyond bad. It uses all types of stereotype, been there/done that characters and one liners that are meant to explain modern tech to an audience which makes it even more unrealistic. Please! Super bad, cringe inducing scripts. If you know even a bit about technology, you'll throw up in your mouth. Oh, and tonight's episode (May 12th 2015), was aboutI like Patrica Arquette, but this is beyond bad. It uses all types of stereotype, been there/done that characters and one liners that are meant to explain modern tech to an audience which makes it even more unrealistic. Please! Super bad, cringe inducing scripts. If you know even a bit about technology, you'll throw up in your mouth. Oh, and tonight's episode (May 12th 2015), was about gamers, By the end of show, they solved their crime and with a sigh of relief, said something to the effect of video games are best left to the kids. What is this 1982? Talk about writers being clueless d_ouches.… Expand
  17. shavenwookie
    Sep 29, 2015
    1
    This is by far the best worst show on television. It is very rare that a show manages to mess everything up acting, writing directing this is the Trolls 2 of television series.
  18. Desert_Rat
    May 31, 2015
    2
    I liked the original CSI in Vegas and I hope it isn't gone forever. I liked CSI: NY but it's long gone now. I had hopes for this one but I just can't get into it. The characters never seem to gel. They seem like a dysfunctional work group. Arquette's character seems like she's more interested in herself than building her team. She's grouchy but she's no Jethro Gibbs. If I were part ofI liked the original CSI in Vegas and I hope it isn't gone forever. I liked CSI: NY but it's long gone now. I had hopes for this one but I just can't get into it. The characters never seem to gel. They seem like a dysfunctional work group. Arquette's character seems like she's more interested in herself than building her team. She's grouchy but she's no Jethro Gibbs. If I were part of their team I'd be looking for a way to transfer out. Fortunately all I need to do is pick up the remote.… Expand
  19. superdave61
    May 13, 2015
    1
    I can't believe the writers are so lame, to think that public Joe is so stupid, to fall for such drivel.
    Yes it's true a good hacker can cause alot of mayhem, but honestly, the melodrama that follows the story, is right up there with a 70's soap opera.
    I've watched this show from the beginning, waiting for something interesting, something I can sink my teeth into, but each episode leaves    I can't believe the writers are so lame, to think that public Joe is so stupid, to fall for such drivel.
    Yes it's true a good hacker can cause alot of mayhem, but honestly, the melodrama that follows the story, is right up there with a 70's soap opera.
    I've watched this show from the beginning, waiting for something interesting, something I can sink my teeth into, but each episode leaves me more disappointed, then the last.
    Good concept, terrible writing.    … Expand
  20. vjjr
    May 24, 2015
    3
    Probably the runt of the litter. This program has little of the "charms" of a procedural and all of its faults. The dialogue is chock full of meaningless acronyms that are at times confounding. Patricia Arquette does her best to renounce her recent Oscar by seeming to be lost in the wrong "medium"--the acting is banal at best. Oh well, this might save us from CSI Podunk!
  21. LucilleS
    May 27, 2015
    0
    Terrible, Terrible. Hope it is canceled next season. Give us something worth watching. The scripts, acting, and total show is one of the worst. In hopes that the program would get better I have tried to watch it but it has not improved at all. There has to be better programs available to replace this loser.
  22. awaba
    Jul 2, 2015
    0
    Arquette can't act, she never could. The show is misleading in it's display and use of 'technology' at best and pure drivel at worst. Don't believe everything you see on TV people.
  23. meadhbh
    Mar 5, 2015
    1
    The over-acting and ridiculous lines throughout the entire program were just too much. I almost turned it off within the first five minutes. I loved the other CSI programs until the CSI personnel started carrying guns and doing the cops' jobs, and solving the cases and arresting the criminals, instead of giving the cops the evidence so they (the cops) could solve the cases and arrest theThe over-acting and ridiculous lines throughout the entire program were just too much. I almost turned it off within the first five minutes. I loved the other CSI programs until the CSI personnel started carrying guns and doing the cops' jobs, and solving the cases and arresting the criminals, instead of giving the cops the evidence so they (the cops) could solve the cases and arrest the criminals. It just became too preposterous. Then I stopped watching. I didn't see much to redeem this new CSI program. I'm going to watch the next episode to see if it's any better, but my first instinct is that its a poorly done show.… Expand
  24. ThinBlueLine
    Mar 5, 2015
    1
    This is somehow the most unrealistic and preposterous of the CSI shows, which had already held that title compared to the rest of TV. It is not at all what the cyber crime division of the FBI does or how they do it. By that I mean it's even more unrealistic than the idiotic other CSI shows where the lab techs carry guns guns and interview and arrest people. It is some of the worst actingThis is somehow the most unrealistic and preposterous of the CSI shows, which had already held that title compared to the rest of TV. It is not at all what the cyber crime division of the FBI does or how they do it. By that I mean it's even more unrealistic than the idiotic other CSI shows where the lab techs carry guns guns and interview and arrest people. It is some of the worst acting I've seen in a major TV show, and the cinematography is unbelievably stupid. It's like a kindergartener who just figured out how to use slow motion made this show, as that's how half of it is filmed. The special effects are straight up stupid, like the visualizations of computer code. The characters of course have lines so cheesy that if the previous stuff didn't already make it unwatchable the dialogue would, and they have to talk out loud through ever step of their thinking so the lowest common denominator of the world's population that watches this show can understand. The only way I could sit through the whole first episode was to think of it as a parody, and I still want to sue the producers for my 45 minutes back. How anyone could ever watch this show is beyond me. It should be cancelled not to mention prime time on a huge network.… Expand
  25. PointGeorge
    Mar 6, 2015
    0
    Painful to watch. A nanny cam as a basis to start a cyber investigation? Took what could be a great concept and brought it down to the tripe level. From the introductory, totally schizophrenic introduction it was awful. After seeing a terrible introductin I turned it off after 10 minutes, something I have never done with a new series
  26. Stainless304
    Mar 16, 2015
    3
    I loved Patriciia Arquette in Medium and her othe movie roles but she is trying to bring too much Testosterone into her character making her just butch.
  27. Apeks3
    Mar 13, 2015
    1
    Wow, where do you start on how really poor this program is? From the stilted dialogue to the wooden acting; from the predictable storyline to the plot that has holes you can drive a bus through. There is not a single believable character but loads of stereotypes thrown into a melting pot that doesn't melt! You have your over-compensating female boss, your overweight but brilliant hacker,Wow, where do you start on how really poor this program is? From the stilted dialogue to the wooden acting; from the predictable storyline to the plot that has holes you can drive a bus through. There is not a single believable character but loads of stereotypes thrown into a melting pot that doesn't melt! You have your over-compensating female boss, your overweight but brilliant hacker, your proby hacker from the hood on probation (literally), your action man with a gun and your enigmatic oriental female. This program suffers from cliché overload and can't even be bothered to hide the plastic doll stand-ins! I for one won't be wasting my time watching episode 2.… Expand
  28. enwhysee64
    Mar 7, 2015
    1
    i really wanted to like this show but i couldn't get past the pacing , its like they had to much time in the editing room. It seemed like too many chefs in the kitchen. But i'll always remember,

    ITS NOT JUST A CRIME , ................ ITS A CYBER CRIME.
  29. Bgrod
    Mar 4, 2015
    0
    Cheesy and silly tripe that probably seem like cutting edge technology to CBS' core audience which I imagine is still using both Windows 95 and AOL. I keep waiting for CSI:Swansong but no such luck. We will probably be seeing CSI:Cyborg in the distant future. What was Patricia Arquette thinking other than paycheck when she signed on to this turkey. Wretchedly bad but good hate watchingCheesy and silly tripe that probably seem like cutting edge technology to CBS' core audience which I imagine is still using both Windows 95 and AOL. I keep waiting for CSI:Swansong but no such luck. We will probably be seeing CSI:Cyborg in the distant future. What was Patricia Arquette thinking other than paycheck when she signed on to this turkey. Wretchedly bad but good hate watching comedic potential in between playing games of Pong and Ms Pac-man on the Atari. I never thought I would be saying this but CSI:Cyber makes Scorpion look like Shakespeare.… Expand
  30. Nellienagle
    Oct 5, 2015
    0
    What happened to the writers from the other CSI shows??? The plot lines are awful and too drawn out and the dialogue is terrible. I was hopeful that Ted Danson could do something to save this stinker but there are not enough redeeming elements. Won't be watching this again. No more CSI's it seems ... except maybe the reruns.
  31. justmamac
    Oct 11, 2015
    0
    I really enjoyed this show until you put Ted Danson on it, he seems to be the plague to a tv show when he comes on board the shows soon disappear. Dump the BUM!!!
  32. Keydric
    Nov 2, 2015
    1
    This show is maybe fun to watch for people outside the IT world... Maybe
    There are so many things wrong, it's like a writer just started looking up technology terms and randomly tossing them at paper. My only reason for watching the show is to have fun at work in the morning chatting about how bad it was.

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45

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 23
  3. Negative: 6 out of 23
  1. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Vicki Hyman
    Mar 4, 2015
    58
    CSI: Cyber is perfectly serviceable television, with nothing distracting--David Caruso dramatically interrupting his own cheesy ripostes to don his sunglasses, say--to take you out of the story, but not a whole lot to keep you breathless for another.
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  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Margaret Lyons
    Mar 4, 2015
    20
    While CSI: Cyber is functional, it's also a useless chore. I have no idea what you could get out of CSI: Cyber that you couldn't get out of Scorpion.
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  3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Mar 4, 2015
    37
    The dialogue Arquette is forced to deliver is the worst thing.
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