CSI is without a doubt the best crime drama to ever be aired. The series is technologically correct. The series shows how things are actually done in crime labs. The events are sped up for TV's sake. An example of this is how they get fingerprint hits in seconds on AFIS. I never saw it happened that fast in real life.
What won me over to this program was a scene that took place in the lab. The tech was looking at a .45 cal. bullet that had been recovered from a murder victim. The tech made the remark that there were no rifling marks on the bullet. He got up and went over to the weapons rack and said "that means that it was a fired by a Glock or an HK." Which is the truth. They are the only two weapons made with polygonal rifling with does not cut into the bullet.
All in all, the most realistic crime series ever.
What won me over to this program was a scene that took place in the lab. The tech was looking at a .45 cal. bullet that had been recovered from a murder victim. The tech made the remark that there were no rifling marks on the bullet. He got up and went over to the weapons rack and said "that means that it was a fired by a Glock or an HK." Which is the truth. They are the only two weapons made with polygonal rifling with does not cut into the bullet.
All in all, the most realistic crime series ever.