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CSI: Cyber - Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes - Review

Oct 19, 2015

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This week’s episode of CSI: Cyber adopted a Law & Order-style ripped-from-the-headlines approach. Based on the events that unfurled in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting of Michael Brown, this episode’s case saw a Pennsylvania town dealing with civil unrest following the supposed shooting of a black man by a white police officer. Things are not quite as they seem, though, as the leaked body cam video that captured the attack turns out to have been doctored by a sociology professor. The professor’s plan is to incite racial violence in the community as part of a study he is conducting on the cleansing of society. Choosing to kill two birds with one stone, he also plans to use the situation to implicate his cop brother in the “death” of the victim. Fortunately, Avery and her team are able to track the professor down, but not before violence threatens to destroy the community. The episode ends on an interesting note, as the victim comes forward to reveal to a rioting crowd that he is alive and that the video was doctored. His words are drowned out, however, by the multitude of voices weighing in on this complicated topic.

Although this episode does not come close to matching the brilliance of Scandal’s ripped-from-Ferguson episode “The Lawn Chair,” it does an adequate job of approaching a very tough and polarizing issue. At times, however, the topic of racism seemed to take a bit of a backseat to the investigative and technological aspects of the episode. Although the episode approached the topic respectfully, it would have been nice to see Nelson’s struggles with race, for example, come to the forefront in this installment. It seemed as though the writers treated this plot as more of a B-story, when, in fact, the investigation plot should have been the narrative to take a backseat this week. Granted, I am aware that this is a procedural and a certain formula has to be followed. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, I guess.

Shad Moss’ performance as Nelson this week was particularly powerful and transcendent. As made clear by the emotion on his face and the tears in his eyes at various points in the episode, Moss takes this subject very seriously. It was wonderful to see a more serious and thoughtful side to this usually playful character.

Although the episode did end rather abruptly, with the victim in the faux-shooting video trying to alert the rioting crowd to the fact that he is still alive, it absolutely worked. The ending reflects the fact that there is no easy solution to this issue. Like this episode, the fight for racial equality is never-ending. This episode presented that idea in a truly unique fashion. For that, the writers of this installment should be applauded.

Overall Episode Grade: 8 Megabytes Out of 10

About the Author - Liam Dacko
Liam Dacko is a student at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts. He is majoring in mediated communication and minoring in journalism. In addition to writing for SpoilerTV, Liam also serves as editor-in-chief of Stonehill's biweekly student-run publication, The Summit. He is a lover of all things related to television. Some of his favorite shows include Arrow, The Flash, Criminal Minds, Scandal, The Middle, Homeland, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. He continues to have many sleepless nights over the cancellation of TNT's Dallas reboot.
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