So, on the surface, it appeared that Medical Investigation would be a show cast very much in the CSI mold. You know, male lead played by a charismatic actor who people recognize but isn't big enough to have a career in movies, but is talented enough to disguise the fact that he's playing a character with no personality, a female lead who acts with her hair, and a bunch of plucky younger characters who are completely interchangeable. And, well, that's pretty much what it is. But the male lead is played by Neal McDonough, who can act rings around the CSI leads, and manages to sell the manic intensity of his character in a way, say, David Caruso completely fails to do on CSI: Orange. I'm also encouraged to return because it's a medical drama, not a crime drama. There are actually people's lives at stake, whereas the typical crime investigation show tends to focus more on the protagonist just proving that he's smarter than the criminal, who has already done whatever it is that he's done. The cops can't stop him; they can only prove that he did it. So I'll probably stick with this one for a while.

Tired, and a little depressed. More tomorrow.