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. Nyxious
    Mar 25, 2015
    10
    Episode 1 kinda sucked, but I swear it is getting better every episode. I wish Metacritic wouldn't let people rate a whole season based on a single episode.
  2. zorski53
    Mar 11, 2015
    10
    I love this show...always high tech ends with happy endings..Patricia Arquette is great..and so is the rest of the cast. Great way to solve crimes with computers.
  3. Dstotler
    May 11, 2015
    10
    This show is the best. Its keeps older people advised to what criminals can do to the world. Most of the complaints seem to be from very uneducated. Even speaking of having female boss and over weight hacker. And you use let these kind of people help make decisions in Hollywood. Our favorites are criminal minds, csi cyber and all other dramas. Just tell the others to change the channel andThis show is the best. Its keeps older people advised to what criminals can do to the world. Most of the complaints seem to be from very uneducated. Even speaking of having female boss and over weight hacker. And you use let these kind of people help make decisions in Hollywood. Our favorites are criminal minds, csi cyber and all other dramas. Just tell the others to change the channel and watch what they
    want to watch and keep your fingers off ours. There are more than kids out there that watch TV.
    The young ones want to just type something to you because someone else did. Older people don't usually respond to this kind of web sites for their opinion to be put out there.    … Expand
  4. DBPirate1129
    May 30, 2015
    9
    The show feels similar to most other shows with CSI or CIS in the title but it also stands out in a way due to its focus on technological crimes. The episodes always keep me engaged. I haven't seen all of the episodes in Cyber's first season but I do like how they all seem like their own adventure so I never feel like I'm missing out. Another highlight is the characters: they all feelThe show feels similar to most other shows with CSI or CIS in the title but it also stands out in a way due to its focus on technological crimes. The episodes always keep me engaged. I haven't seen all of the episodes in Cyber's first season but I do like how they all seem like their own adventure so I never feel like I'm missing out. Another highlight is the characters: they all feel unique and all get their own time to shine. Is CSI Cyber for everyone? No. Is it good to the right people? Yes.… Expand
  5. dbaptiste
    Oct 28, 2015
    9
    I like the show as IT guy it's very fun to watch.
    The subject and the techniques that they use and sow it's for me very interesting.
    They way you can hack things it's keep me thinking of how to secure things in my network
  6. DML
    Mar 18, 2015
    7
    I quite enjoy the combination of CSI mixed with Criminal Minds. I do LOVE both shows as well, so I was excited when these two shows came together to create this show. Although the energy could be better and as well as the stories, I quite enjoy it. I hope it stays on so it can mature as to what it really should be; which is the best of both world for CSI Criminal Minds fans.
  7. olguitapv
    Mar 27, 2015
    7
    I like this show because we can see how technology can be either important and dangerous! Patricia Arquette and some others are working very good. Others are working very bad. Besides, the big problem in this series is the dialogues. They are poor. I wish to see to Patricia's work in other series as "Medium"
  8. mma4ym
    May 22, 2015
    7
    I like this show. It helps people understand what can be done over the web. I believe it can in an entertaining way help people see the dangers of sharing too much information. The problem with the show is the name. It really is not a CSI show. Should probably be called FBI Cyber.
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  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. 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
  22. 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!
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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.
  30. 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
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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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