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CSI: NY ('Crime Scene
Investigation: New York) is an American police
procedural television
series, which premiered on September 22, 2004 on CBS. The series was the second spin-off, indirectly, from the popular show
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and directly from CSI:
Miami, during an episode in which several of the CSI:
NY characters made their first appearance. The show currently
airs Wednesdays at 10PM ET/PT on CBS.
The show trails the investigations of a team of New York City Police
Department forensic
scientists as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious
and unusual deaths and other crimes. CSI: NY was produced
in partnership with the Canadian media company Alliance
Atlantis. The company dissolved after the third season in 2007.
All production now is done under the purview of CBS Paramount
Television.
The show's 100th episode aired on November 19, 2008, in the
USA.
Season 6 began on September 23, 2009 at 10:00PM ET in the
USA.[1] Channel 5
in the UK began broadcasting Season 6 on Saturday 9th January 2010
at 9:45pm and RTÉ Two in Ireland will broadcast Season 6 from
January 2010.
Plot
A spin-off from CSI: Miami, the series follows a
Manhattan forensics team headed by tough former Marine Det. Mac Taylor and his
partner, by the book Det. Stella Bonasera. Against a
backdrop of simmering ethnic and cultural tensions, Bonasera and
Taylor's team probes cases similar to those of their Las Vegas and
Miami counterparts.
Cast
Main articles: List of
CSI: NY characters, Minor characters in CSI: NY, and
List of CSI CharactersMain
characters
- CSI Detective First
Grade: Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise): is leader of the CSI team. He
was born in Chicago and even
considered working for the Chicago Police Department. The death of
his wife, Claire Conrad Taylor, in the 9/11
attacks troubles him to this day, causing chronic insomnia. It
was also noted in the first season that he kept a beach ball in his
closet that once belonged to his wife; he stated he was unable to
throw it away because it contained some of her breath. He served as
a Major in the United States Marine Corps, once saying that he had
wanted to serve the country more than anything else in the world.
He served in Beirut in 1983,
from which he still bears a scar over his heart. Mac will protect
three things at any cost: "the honor of his country, the safety of
his city, and the integrity of the lab." Mac has a close friendship
with Stella
Bonasera. Mac plays the bass guitar at jazz clubs during his
off-time. This talent was discovered by Lindsay Monroe when she observed, during
an investigation, that he knew how to hold the instrument ("Stuck
On You"). In season three, he is revealed to have been dating Dr.
Peyton Driscoll, played by Claire Forlani.
He also met the son that his late wife, Claire, had given birth two
years before they met (and gave up for adoption), only after the
boy, now a teenager named Reed Garrett, was
found to be shadowing Stella, thinking that she was Claire. In
Season 4, Mac starts receiving mysterious phone calls at exactly
3:33 am. Later on, he also realizes that the phone calls come from
a number known only as 333. Everything ends up having to do with an
incident when he was a young boy. His friend's brother was beaten
to death in front of him, and as he and his friend come to find out
later, his friend's youngest brother witnessed the murder and holds
Mac responsible for not saving his brother's life when Mac had the
chance, making him the 333 stalker. To make matters worse, later on
in Season 4, Mac receives a letter from Dr. Peyton Driscoll stating that she decides to
stay in London and not come
back to New York. In
Episode 5 ("Down The Rabbit Hole"), he seems to have sleeping
problems and told Det. Don Flack about accepting Peyton's decision
to stay in London.
- CSI
Detective First Grade: Stella Bonasera (Melina
Kanakaredes): is devoted to her job due to her strong
personality, determination, and intelligence. She is a half-Greek, half-Italian orphan, who grew up moving from foster home to
foster home, due to the death of her mother in a traffic accident
when Stella was just 2 years old ("Grounds for Deception"). Since
they co-head the lab, she is very close to Mac, and constantly
worries about his physical and mental well-being. In episode 221
("All Access"), Stella was held captive in her own home by her
unstable boyfriend, Frankie Mala, and was forced to kill him.
Because of her close relationship with Mac, she was mistakenly
thought to be Mac's late wife, Claire, by Reed Garrett, a child
that Claire had given birth to and put up for adoption before she
had met Mac. In season three Stella comes in contact with HIV positive blood. After waiting
several months for the test results, Stella discovers she is HIV-negative using a viral PCR test administered by Adam Ross. The show used
Stella's possible HIV infection as
part of a public service campaign on CBS. In Season 4, Stella bumps
into a man named Drew during a case in Episode 2 ("The Deep"). Drew
seems to take a deep interest in her and keeps sending gifts to her
office. Drew is later revealed to be Mac's 333 caller. In the
season 5 opener ("Veritas") she is seen chasing Joe and Joe later
pushes her over a rail and gets away, but she is apparently strong
enough to pull herself back up.
- CSI Detective
Third Grade: Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo): grew up in a
family under surveillance. Danny formulated his own set of hybrid
ethics, blending the world of lawbreakers with the world of
lawmakers. Danny had a short-lived career in the music business,
and was at one time an excellent baseball player. Danny played all
through school and college, and would have gone on to the majors
had his wrist not been broken during a game. After that, he went to
the police academy and graduated first in his class. Mac personally
selected Danny to join his team, which is an honor and
responsibility that Danny attempts to live up to every day. He does
not trust people easily, as shown in "A Man a Mile," "Rain," and
once again in "Hung Out to Dry." In episode 220 ("Run Silent, Run
Deep"), Danny was implicated in a fifteen-year-old cold murder
case. His brother, Louie, who was involved with the infamous
Tanglewood Boys, was severely beaten and left in a coma after
acquiring evidence exonerating him in the case. By the end of
season three, Danny had embarked on a relationship with his fellow
CSI, Lindsay Monroe. In season four, he felt responsible when
Ruben, the son of one of his neighbors, was killed on his watch
and, out of pain and guilt, slept with Ruben's mother, Rikki.
Though it is never explicitly stated that Lindsay knows about
Danny's infidelity, Danny believes that "I think she knew." Danny's
withdrawal from Lindsay puts a strain on their relationship that
seems to melt away in season five, when Lindsay tells Danny that
she is pregnant. Though scared about becoming a father, Danny
nevertheless looks forward to the birth of his child and proposes
to Lindsay. Danny and Lindsay eventually wed, with Mac and Stella
as their witnesses ("Green Piece"). Danny and Lindsay's daughter,
Lucy, is born at the end of episode 523 ("Greater Good").
- CSI Detective
Third Grade: Lindsay Monroe (Anna Belknap): worked as a CSI in Montana and finally realized
her dream of moving to a big city like New York. Her Northwestern work ethic and
willingness to roll up her sleeves and tackle any job is a welcome
addition to the team where she is quickly put through rookie
training by Mac on their first case. Excited and always willing to
learn, Lindsay offers a fresh perspective to the lab, rarely
hinting at the dark and devastating secret that originally
motivated her to dedicate her life to being a CSI. She often does
little experiments with science and the evidence, which has endeared
her to Mac and Stella. When she first came to New York, she was
typically given all of the dirty jobs like sifting through tiger
dung ("Zoo York") and recovering evidence from a pool of lubricant
("Trapped"). Because of her roots, Danny affectionately calls her
"Montana." For the majority
of season three, Lindsay kept Danny at arm's length while she tried
to deal with memories triggered by the secret from her past, but
after the events of "Sleight Out Of Hand," she allows herself to
get close to Danny, and they consummate their relationship in the
season three finale, "Snow Day." The relationship becomes strained
in season four after Danny withdraws from Lindsay after the tragic
death of his neighbor's son, and Lindsay steels herself to let
Danny go until he makes a heartfelt apology for his actions. In
episode 509 ("The Box"), Lindsay reluctantly admits to Danny that
she is pregnant with his child; her reluctance comes from her
uncertainty about his reaction to the news. Danny, however, soon
accepts and welcomes his impending fatherhood. Lindsay turns down a
marriage proposal from Danny in the following episode, feeling that
the time is not right, but she and Danny eventually do wed (episode
517, "Green Piece"). Lindsay gives birth in 523 ("Greater Good") to
a daughter, who she and Danny name Lucy.
- Medical
Examiner: Doctor Sid Hammerback (Robert Joy) is described as an
"off-the-charts genius" who only recently traded in a career as a
chef to become medical examiner. He has a habit of over-talking and
over-sharing, which former ME Hawkes refers to as "going to that
creepy place." Despite any eccentricities on his part, Sid is
extremely perceptive and sincerely cares for the well-being of his
coworkers. Sid nearly dies from a severe allergic reaction to a
meatball hero he ate in episode 317 ("The Ride In") and is saved by
the timely intervention of Stella Bonasera. Twice divorced, Sid is
currently married with two daughters, one of whom is in college
(episode 302, "Not What It Looks Like"). In episode 502 ("Page
Turner"), he almost dies of radiation poisoning from a victim in
the morgue. In episode 518 ("Point of No Return"), he comes face to
face with the horror of what one of his former employees was doing
- Marty Pino had been harvesting the organs of drug users, using
them to make heroin, which he sold for profit. After getting fired
from the lab, Pino began murdering drug addicts for his raw
materials. Sid manages to convince Pino to turn himself in.
- Laboratory Technician:
Adam Ross (A.J. Buckley): is a lab tech originally
from Phoenix, Arizona. His specialty is trace evidence.
He sometimes accompanies the CSIs to crime scenes to aid in
reconstruction or evidence collection. Adam has a severe dislike of
snow and cold weather (episode 313, "Obsession"); he remarked that
because he is from Phoenix, he consideres temperatures
below 85 degrees Fahrenheit cold. He admits during "Some Buried
Bones" that "his father was a bully" after he recognizes a
suspect's instinctual flinch as shying from an anticipated strike,
which seems to hint that Adam himself had been abused as a child.
He also ran a PCR test on Stella's blood to determine if she had
contracted HIV from a piece of HIV infected glass at a crime scene
that she had accidentally cut herself on. In "Snow Day," he and
fellow CSI Danny are held hostage in a warehouse and he sustains a
few cigarette burns on his hand. In episode 506, Adam gets a letter
of termination, with which he confronts Mac. Mac, who truly did not
know anything about the letter, confronts the chief; the chief
cites budgetary concerns. Mac and Stella then argue over keeping
Adam over the new DNA machines the lab has on order; Mac wants to
keep Adam, but Stella wants the machines. In the end, Adam's
co-workers voluntarily give up vacation time in order to help keep
him at the lab.
- CSI Detective
Third Grade: Doctor Sheldon Hawkes (Hill Harper): formerly a Medical Examiner with the NYC Office of the
Chief Medical Examiner (OCME). He was a child
prodigy who graduated from college at age 18 and was a
board-licensed surgeon by the age of 24. He had several years'
experience in the emergency room (episode 202, "Grand Murder at
Central Station"). After losing two patients, he abandoned surgery
in favor of the medical examiner's office. At the start of season
two, Hawkes has moved from the autopsy room and into the field. (Producers
later explained that the change was made due to Harper's high
popularity in audience surveys.)[2] In
episode 311, "Raising Shane," Hawkes is arrested as the prime
suspect in a robbery and murder, but the rest of the team, despite
being removed from the case, end up proving his innocence through a
seemingly-unrelated case. In 601, it is revealed that he is
suffering from insomnia. During the 2009 season, Hawkes reveals
that he was the victim of a Madoff-style Ponzi scheme, and as a
result has lost all of his savings and personal property, and is
homeless. He moves into a spare room in Mac Taylor's apartment, at
the latter's insistence.
- NYPD
Homicide Detective First Grade: Donald "Don" Flack, Jr. (Eddie Cahill): comes
from a long line of law enforcement officials. He bridges the gap
between old-school NYPD and the new generation of CSI. He is a
witty detective who has very little patience for the "bad guy," and
his techniques are sometimes considered borderline, though
effective. He is good friends with Danny Messer, and is always willing to
lend an ear to Danny's problems. Flack has to arrest his former
police mentor, Gavin Moran, when it comes to light that Moran had
concealed evidence in episode 117 ("The Fall"). Flack was severely
injured in a bomb explosion and ended up in a coma in the cliffhanger of the
season 2 finale, episode 224, "Charge of this Post." As of the
season three premiere, he is fully recovered and back on duty with
the CSI team, chasing down suspects with all of his previous
endurance. Flack is very protective of his "guys," sometimes to a
fault. It is shown in the episode "Consequences" that he was
reluctant to help Mac when evidence seemed to point to one of his
men as the killer in a case Mac was working. Flack was ordered to
hand over his notebook, which contained details of a drug bust in
which some of the drugs disappeared, over to Mac, which caused some
serious tension between them for a brief period of time. By the end
of season three, the tension had dissipated, and Flack steadfastly
supported Mac when the latter was questioned about the death of
serial killer Clay Dobson ("...Comes Around"). In the beginning
episode of season 5 ("Veritas"), his sister Samantha becomes a
suspect when it's discovered that the bank robber holding Mac
hostage was seen in her car at a toll booth. She claimed to have
loaned it to a friend, who is now dead, and later gets cleared. It
is later revealed in the seventh episode of that season ("Dead
Inside") that she is an alcoholic. Also revealed in that episode is
his relationship with fellow detective Jessica Angell, who is
killed in the line of duty in the season finale.
- CSI Detective Third
Grade: Aiden Burn (Vanessa Ferlito): is a Brooklyn native who has the
ability to adapt to new situations very quickly. She is dismissed
from the team in Season 2, Episode 2 ("Grand Murder At Central
Station") after becoming obsessed with a rape case concerning her
friend and considering planting evidence to implicate a suspect,
D.J. Pratt, who had allegedly raped the same victim previously (the
victim did not seek to press charges then). She does not actually
plant the evidence, but breaks the seal on an evidence packet
containing one of Pratt's hairs. Because of this, Mac feels he had
no choice but to fire her to preserve the integrity of the CSI lab.
Aiden agrees with Mac's decision because she does not know if she
would resist the temptation in the future, but before leaving,
manages to extract a promise from Mac that he will get Pratt for
his crime. After her dismissal from the crime lab, Aiden is working
on getting her private investigator's license
while trying to find evidence that will conclusively tie Pratt to
the rape case. In another episode from season two, "Heroes," she is
lured, ambushed, and brutally murdered by Pratt and incinerated
inside a stolen car after having shadowed him for months. In the
heat of the moment, she leaves behind critical evidence that she
knew would help her former colleagues close in on Pratt. Aiden's
murder devastates the entire CSI: NY team.
Character
overview
Guest
stars
CSI: NY has cast a number of celebrity guest stars over
the years including Ed Asner, Brian Hallisay, Matt Barr, Michaela McManus, Kid Rock, Nelly Furtado, Joey Lawrence, Emmanuelle
Vaugier, Michael Clarke Duncan, Marlee Matlin, Sasha Cohen, Maroon 5, Julia Ormond, Criss Angel, Suicide Girls, Chris Daughtry, Rumer Willis, Nelly, Ashlee Simpson, Pete Wentz, John McEnroe, Katherine McPhee,
Craig T.
Nelson, Shailene Woodley, Rachelle Lefèvre, Mykelti
Williamson, Kellan
Lutz, Edward
Furlong, Deanna
Russo, and Paul
Wesley, Pat Monahan and Train, Kim Kardashian, La La Vasquez
In 2009 guest actor Ed Asner got an Emmy nomination for his
role in the season five episode "Yahrzeit."
Episodes
Further information: List of CSI: NY
episodes
Crossovers
The characters of CSI: NY are introduced during the
second season CSI: Miami episode, "MIA/NYC
NonStop." The shows cross over a second time in the CSI:
Miami season four episode, "Felony Flight," in which Mac travels to
Miami to assist Lt.
Horatio Caine of Miami in tracking down a common nemesis. The
story is continued in the second season CSI: NY episode,
"Manhattan Manhunt," when the murderer flees to New York and
Horatio returns to New York with Mac to continue the
investigation.
In addition, episode 3-22, "Cold Reveal," which aired May 9,
2007, features a crossover between the series and
Philadelphia-based police procedural Cold Case in which
Det. Scotty Valens of the Philadelphia Police
Department travels to New York to investigate a cold case involving Stella.
This episode marks the first time that characters from a show
outside the CSI franchise crossed over onto a
CSI episode.
In season 6, CSI: NY crosses over with both
CSI (for the first time) and CSI: Miami (for the
third time), in a three part story. Dr. Ray Langston from
CSI starts off in Miami, travels to New York, and journeys
back home to Vegas.[3]
Reception
Franchise
Main article:
CSI
franchiseLike CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and CSI:
Miami, CSI: NY has spawned a series of comic books and novels based on the show.
Nielsen
ratings
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode)
of CSI: NY on CBS:[4][5][6]
Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in
late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the
completion of May sweeps.
| Season |
Season Premiere |
Season Finale |
TV Season |
Rank |
Viewers
(in millions) |
18–49 Rating/Share
(rank) |
| 1 |
September 22, 2004 |
May 18, 2005 |
2004–2005 |
#21 |
13.6 |
13/13 (#23) |
| 2 |
September 28, 2005 |
May 17, 2006 |
2005–2006 |
#22 |
14.2 |
12/12 (#23) |
| 3 |
September 20, 2006 |
May 16, 2007 |
2006–2007 |
#28 |
13.9 |
11/11 (#25) |
| 4 |
September 26, 2007 |
May 21, 2008 |
2007–2008 |
#23 |
12.6 |
TBA |
| 5 |
September 24, 2008 |
May 14, 2009 |
2008–2009 |
#16 |
13.03[7] |
TBA |
| 6 |
September 23, 2009 |
Spring 2010 |
2009–2010 |
#18 |
13.31(to date) |
(TBA) |
Releases
DVD
releases
| DVD Name |
Ep# |
Release dates |
| Region
1 |
Region 2 (UK Edition) |
| Full season |
Part 1 |
Part 2 |
Full season |
| The Complete First Season |
23 |
October 18, 2005 |
October 24, 2005 |
March 27, 2006 |
March 27, 2006 |
| The Complete Second Season |
24 |
October 17, 2006 |
September 19, 2006 |
December 5, 2006 |
October 23, 2006 |
| The Complete Third Season |
24 |
October 9, 2007 |
April 30, 2007 |
October 15, 2007 |
October 15, 2007 |
| The Fourth Season |
21 |
September 23, 2008 |
July 14, 2008 |
October 27, 2008 |
October 27, 2008 |
| The Fifth Season |
25 |
September 29, 2009[8] |
August 10, 2009 |
September 7, 2009 |
September 7, 2009 |
Region 2 DVD releases have followed a pattern whereby each
season is progressively released in two parts (each of 11 or 12
episodes [with the exception of season 4, in which part 2 had 9
episodes], with special features split up) before finally being
sold as a single box set.
Online
sales
Broadcast
history
United States broadcast
history
- First run: May 17, 2004–present: Wednesdays
10:00pm/9:00pm Central Time
- Repeats: Spike TV acquired the rerun rights
to CSI: NY in November 2004. Both A&E and Spike TV share the rerun
rights to the crossover episodes (with CSI: Miami), Felony Flight
and Manhattan Manhunt. [9] Spike
TV began sharing the rights to air CSI: NY with TNT. Spike TV will
be airing [the show] in the daytime (1-3pm) and early evening
(5-7pm), leaving TNT to air the show in primetime.[10]
United Kingdom broadcast
history
- First run: Broadcast on Five currently at 9pm on Saturday
nights
- Repeats: Repeats are shown on Five and Five USA
- Five
broadcasts the newest season of CSI:NY from January alongside the
newest season CSI, both shows end in May/June. CSI: Miami begins to
run from August and when that finishes in December, CSI: NY and CSI
are ready to run the cycle again. Five doesn't split up the seasons
with breaks for Christmas, etc. They run the season each week until
it reaches the last episode.
See also
References
- ^
Matt Mitovich (24 June 2009). "Fall TV: CBS Announces
Premiere Dates". TV Guide Online. http://www.tvguide.com/News/FallTV-CBS-premieres-1007227.aspx. Retrieved
2009-06-24.
- ^
TV Guide, December 8, 2008, p. 35.
- ^
Batallones, Henrik. "Langston Goes Cross-Country:
The Whole 'CSI' Franchise Does A Crossover". BuddyTV, August 7, 2009. Accessed 27 August
2009.
- ^ "Hollywood Reporter: 2004-05
primetime wrap". May 27, 2007. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000937471.
- ^ "Hollywood Reporter: 2005-06
primetime wrap". May 26, 2007. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002576393.
- ^ "Hollywood Reporter: 2006-07
primetime wrap". May 25, 2007. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/features/e3ifbfdd1bcb53266ad8d9a71cad261604f.
- ^
http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=031009_07
- ^
C.S.I.: NY DVD news: The 5th
Season Formally Announced | TVShowsOnDVD.com
- ^
The Futon Critic: Spike TV
Highlights -- April 2007
- ^
Remembering Ed McMahon; WGN
Pulls Hillbillies; TNT Adds CSI NY -- June 23, 2009
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