CSIC: I Hero

I have only seen a small fraction of the hundreds of episodes of the four American "CSI" television series, so I am neither an expert of how the Americans did the shows, nor a big fan of the shows themselves. Still, when I came across this particular Taiwanese television series on Netflix, I was interested, because the idea of a foreign take on the formula intrigued me. After watching several episodes, I can say that it's an extremely uneven series. It's a slower take on the formula, with a lot of filler that gives very little to nothing to the characters or the stories. Also, there is a significant amount of goofball humor that really seems out of place in an otherwise serious show. And the production values are very uneven; sometimes it is Hollywood slick, but other times the look and feel of the entire enterprise resemble a lower budgeted soap opera.

At the same time, I can't say that the show is particularly terrible. Although there is a lot of filler and a slower pace, I admit that at any moment I wasn't actually bored. The Taiwanese backdrop also gives the whole crime scene investigation genre some freshness an interest as well. So I would say that it's worth watching at least two or three episodes. However, I can't say for sure that afterwards you'll be interested enough to watch all 13 episodes.