Paramount+CSI: Vegas (2021)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.2
Overview
Facing an existential threat that could bring down the Crime Lab, a brilliant team of forensic investigators must welcome back old friends and deploy new techniques to preserve and serve justice in Sin City.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Paramount+
Apple TV
Google PlayBias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Negative
Overview
Facing an existential threat that could bring down the Crime Lab, a brilliant team of forensic investigators must welcome back old friends and deploy new techniques to preserve and serve justice in Sin City.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Paramount+Apple TVGoogle PlayDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
CSI: Vegas is a procedural drama focused on forensic science and crime investigation. Its emphasis on objective evidence, individual accountability, and the functioning of the justice system positions it as neutral, avoiding explicit promotion of either progressive or conservative political ideologies.
The movie features a visibly diverse main cast, including a Black woman in a leadership role, alongside other minority actors. The narrative maintains a traditional crime procedural focus, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering strong DEI themes.
Secondary
CSI: Vegas features multiple LGBTQ+ characters, including bisexual Allie Rajan and gay Bryan Roby. Their identities are portrayed with dignity, complexity, and agency, integrated naturally into the narrative. Relationships and personal journeys are depicted supportively, affirming the worth of LGBTQ+ lives and love without relying on harmful stereotypes or making identity a source of misery.
The series frequently depicts Christian institutions or individuals within Christian communities as being involved in or covering up crimes, exposing hypocrisy, fanaticism, or moral failings. While individual characters may hold genuine faith, the narrative often uses religious contexts to highlight human corruption and the darker aspects of society, without consistently affirming the faith's virtues.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
CSI: Vegas is a direct continuation of the original CSI series, featuring returning legacy characters such as Gil Grissom, Sara Sidle, and Catherine Willows. All these characters maintain their established genders from previous installments. New characters introduced in the series are not considered gender swaps.
CSI: Vegas introduces new characters and brings back original actors for established legacy roles. No previously established character from the CSI franchise is portrayed by an actor of a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.4
7.8
Critic Ratings
N/A
6.4
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