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. Phoenixxl
    Apr 7, 2015
    4
    Problem is , nobody in Hollywood knows which end of a ssh client is the sharp end.
    In 1980's Whiz Kids computers could be portrayed as translating hieroglyphics using a joystick and a curling iron. In the nineties security systems got cracked by the main character typing very fast.
    This is 2015 , we know how **** works, Hollywood, you need to up your game. 8 for wanting to make    Problem is , nobody in Hollywood knows which end of a ssh client is the sharp end.
    In 1980's Whiz Kids computers could be portrayed as translating hieroglyphics using a joystick and a curling iron. In the nineties security systems got cracked by the main character typing very fast.
    This is 2015 , we know how **** works, Hollywood, you need to up your game.

    8 for wanting to make something computercentric 0 for execution makes a 4/10.    … Expand
  2. Darkling
    Apr 8, 2015
    5
    It's like a CSI comedy series the laughable dialogues and half truths make it entertaining to watch.
    The Word Cyber already shows that it is was written and/or greenlighted by people that have no clue about the Web 3.0
  3. Slanegx
    Mar 12, 2015
    4
    This so...frozen.An empty ,hollow show with not much to offer,an over played format ,like ncis or criminal minds which after the first two season each makes you not to care about its characters. In this show i don't care from the start if they get hit by a bus with puppies in it.Nostolgia is the feeling I got from this show,for Grissom and his Scooby gang ,characters which I cared aboutThis so...frozen.An empty ,hollow show with not much to offer,an over played format ,like ncis or criminal minds which after the first two season each makes you not to care about its characters. In this show i don't care from the start if they get hit by a bus with puppies in it.Nostolgia is the feeling I got from this show,for Grissom and his Scooby gang ,characters which I cared about and where intresting. I also expected more from Arquette I thought she would give a depth or a complex character or something that would remind you why she got an Oscar.This show it's like a frozen pizza,if you like pizza you ' ll try it but doesn't mean you ll like it.This show is an other way to squizze a dead franscise.We should call the police cause this body is getting cold.… Expand
  4. jcreimer
    Apr 11, 2015
    4
    My 4 rating for this show is sort of a "benefit of a doubt" sort of thing. I wanted to like this show, since I enjoyed the other CSI shows. However, the two lead characters, Patricia Arquette and James VdB, do nothing for me and there doesn't seem to be any real chemistry between the team members as a group. Other series have made character changes during the formative seasons to refineMy 4 rating for this show is sort of a "benefit of a doubt" sort of thing. I wanted to like this show, since I enjoyed the other CSI shows. However, the two lead characters, Patricia Arquette and James VdB, do nothing for me and there doesn't seem to be any real chemistry between the team members as a group. Other series have made character changes during the formative seasons to refine the team when necessary. Hopefully, this series will do so also if it happens to make it to a second season. I would suggest a new female lead and Eddie Cahill in lieu of James VdB for openers. In the two-entry contest of new action/thrillers of this season, CSI: Cyber finishes a slow third behind NCIS: New Orleans.… Expand
  5. boneshaker34
    May 14, 2015
    5
    How can a crime be committed in another state & CSI Cyber team arrives on the seen at the same time as the local authorities and first responders? Then they discover criminal activity in another state, still have time to get to the home base in DC and they arrive in the next state to make the arrest again before local authorities... Doesn't this well funded agency have lab techs? Why areHow can a crime be committed in another state & CSI Cyber team arrives on the seen at the same time as the local authorities and first responders? Then they discover criminal activity in another state, still have time to get to the home base in DC and they arrive in the next state to make the arrest again before local authorities... Doesn't this well funded agency have lab techs? Why are they always doing their own lab work including fingerprinting. How do all their arch enemies live in DC. Why is it suppose to be so amazing when The CSI leads asks a question, the person wipes both hands across their face and the camera zooms in as if she is seeing some amazing clue that no one else can see. Why does their equipment get hacked or corrupted so easily? When do they sleep, because they work night and day? Why is it that every time one of them needs help from the team, they go off the grid but supposedly leave some minuscule clue that for some reason people that have only known them a short while are able to figure out. This could be a good show, just strip away some of the corny cyber explanations and definitions, more crime less soap opera and less personal attachments to the crimes especially the ones where one of them has a best friend or relative that is wrongly accused.… Expand
  6. EludiumQ36
    Mar 6, 2015
    4
    I want to like this show, I do. I'm in IT Security so this show resonates with me but it looks like they just threw the cast together without much thought. James VdB is tall and fit, but he's teamed with a pudgy Patricia Arquette who's just not right for this part. It's got to be awkward for them. And I can't believe they waste the premiere episode on a baby kidnapping/auction ring!I want to like this show, I do. I'm in IT Security so this show resonates with me but it looks like they just threw the cast together without much thought. James VdB is tall and fit, but he's teamed with a pudgy Patricia Arquette who's just not right for this part. It's got to be awkward for them. And I can't believe they waste the premiere episode on a baby kidnapping/auction ring! Really?! Are they shooting for the young parent demographic with this show? I won't critique the other particulars because I'm more interested in each episode's technical premise, like the hijacking of a wireless baby monitor. So I'll come for the technical topic and will stay for not much else than that. I'll be doing alot of FF'ing.… Expand
  7. JessicaRobyn
    Apr 15, 2017
    5
    After watching years of various CSI interactions CSI: Cyber seemed to be the logical next step for the franchise. Within the format however, it faced obvious limitations. I think it's because the CSI standard treatment has run its course. Although the plots were generally workable, the writing didn't give the actors much to work with. Overall, it was still watchable and at times enjoyable,After watching years of various CSI interactions CSI: Cyber seemed to be the logical next step for the franchise. Within the format however, it faced obvious limitations. I think it's because the CSI standard treatment has run its course. Although the plots were generally workable, the writing didn't give the actors much to work with. Overall, it was still watchable and at times enjoyable, but it never reached the right balance it needed to be good.… Expand

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Metascore
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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