They come in pieces ... always

I'm a day late and a dollar short, but I just got a chance to watch Monday's episode of the CSI Trilogy. Add that with the mystery of "V" and I had myself one heck of a night.

"CSI: Miami - Trilogy Part I" (CBS, 10:00): There are so many moving parts to this story, I wish that CBS would've just made a little movie or put all the shows on one night. On the other hand, I guess I could've just saved all the episodes and watched them on the same night. Shruggsies.

When the severed arm of one girl and the leg of another turns up in the Everglades, one of the body parts traces back to a missing girl from Las Vegas. Enter Ray Langston from the Vegas Crime Lab. It's obvious from their video phone conference that Miami has some serious equipment in their lab - holograms, tabletop computer screens ... Are you telling me Langston had to fly all the way to Florida to tell them they should be looking for a butcher? When Langston arrives, he's treated like a rock star. Pause it: That must have been a really good book he wrote.

The body parts start piling up when the CSIs find a foot. After realizing they may have closed two cases, there's still another one open. Time to make that trip to the Big Apple. Rewind: This plot reminded me of a real-life story where feet started washing up on the shores of Vancouver, British Columbia. At least they were wearing shoes. And how cool was it that Horatio gave a shout out to fallen CSI Warrick Brown. Very nice touch to remind us that the Vegas lab is still mourning their friend.

"V" (ABC, 8:00): I'm not one who really gets into shows about aliens, and I can't explain why I have allowed this one to get to me. I was actually scared watching the opening of this episode. It's not the fear of aliens, but the fear of not being able to trust anyone. The show was driving up my blood pressure.

It's anyone's guess who's a V and who's not. I totally missed the big reveal last week when my tall drink of hot chocolate, Morris Chestnut as Ryan, turned out to be a V. He's a good V, though, having fallen in love with a human and working to stop his alien brothers. I'm going out on a limb and guessing that the high priest (the older guy) is a V. He's much to sympathetic to their plight, even for a man of the cloth. I also think most of the FBI are Vs, too. See how I'm freaking out? They said don't trust anyone, and I don't. My buddy Michael pointed out that their hidden skin looks like cavier. It looks disgusting.

Tyler is one day into his job as a V ambassador and he's already dismissed for fighting. They come in peace, always ... remember? Pause it: Tyler is to this show what Kim Bauer was to "24": an annoying nuisance. Drop this storyline quickly please! I had better not see Tyler going on the run with a kidnapped child and fighting off mountain lions.

Does this show freak you out as much as it does me? Who else do you think is part of the Vs?