It’s not as good as the original, but there is a great deal of inadvertant hilarity mixed in with some good story lines. Watch David Caruso pose, hands on hips! Watch the sunglasses go on… off… on…! I’m sure it’s not intentional, but it does lighten up some grim story lines and thus is a little bit different (!) from the straight crime scene stuff in CSI:Vegas. Plus the theme song kicks aspidistra.