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Set in the city that never sleeps, CSI: New York is
the latest spin-off from the hugely popular CSI series.
Following on from Vegas and Miami, this CSI
has a distinct New York City flavour and style. Dealing with
a city with a three hundred year history and eight million
residents is a whole different ball game...
The
second half of Season Three of CSI: New York
contains some great episodes. Highlights include:
The
Lying Game: Stella and Flack investigate the death of
a drag queen found in a hotel bathroom. Meanwhile, Danny and
Mac find a corpse in a salt truck which is later identified
as a high-powered extreme sports executive. Anna leaves the
team for a short break to testify in court for a case involving
the murders she witnessed. While the second crime in this
episode is rather dull, the way it is introduced is rather
novel. While fans of the show have become used to the writers
trying to misdirect us as to who the victim is likely to be,
this took me by surprise. It starts with a couple arguing.
A man is leaning out of an upstairs window throwing clothes
out of the window to his ex-girlfriend. And then he threatens
to throw her dog out of the window too. The conclusion had
me wincing for a second, and then totally threw me for a short
time. Nice pay off.
Some
Buried Bones: When a college student is found dead in
a maze at the Queen's County farm museum, Mac and Flack discover
a cult-like underground fraternity that practices harsh punishments.
Meanwhile, Stella and Danny investigate a case in which a
shoplifter is suspected of murder. This episode also sees
Mac's wife's son make another appearance.
Heart
of Glass: Mac and Danny investigate the death of a woman
found dead in a bathtub filled to the brim with rose petals.
Meanwhile, Stella questions the death of a young man who fell
face first into his fish tank inside his penthouse apartment.
The bathtub death is fairly average, but the fish tank case
is particularly interesting, especially the twist in the tale.
This episode also sees Stella cutting herself on the fish
tank and getting some of the victim's blood into the cut.
It's only later that she learns he had Aids. So begins a few
hairy episodes where Stella is waiting to find out whether
she has also contracted the disease.
The
Ride-In: Mac and Danny investigate a case in which a delusional
ex-con, who is in the middle of building an arc because he
fears the world is about to end, is found dead in his home
lying on top of a bed of cash. Meanwhile, Stella and Flack
find a male corpse dressed in a cigarette costume that appears
to have burned to death. After a severe allergic reaction,
Stella administers CPR to Sid Hammerback and saves his life.
This episode will probably be best remembered for a guy in
a giant cigarette costume falling from a building and stubbing
himself out. The religious nutter story is also entertaining.
The reveal of the arc totally knocked me over, as did the
show's conclusion.
Sleight
Out Of Hand: The team investigates a case in which a string
of magic-trick inspired murders occur, including a woman being
cut in half while in a wooden box and a man being burnt to
death. Mac and Stella try to tie popular magician Luke Blade
to the crimes. Meanwhile, Danny goes to Montana to support
Lindsay when she testifies against her friend's killer. This
episode was by far my favourite. The twist of the copycat
magician killer is incredibly well pulled off.
What
Schemes May Come: A knight in shining armour impaled with
a lance in Central Park and a business man stabbed with an
ice pick in a nearby hotel share a connection. A stolen body
from the M.E. van leads the CSIs into the shadowy world of
genetic experimentation. Both cases are well handled and are
more than a little odd. The conclusion to the mysterious knight
killer is particularly satisfying - if a little sad.
...Comes
Around: The CSIs are puzzled when evidence and witnesses
point to John McEnroe as their murder suspect despite his
airtight alibi, and as Mac's investigation causes a political
firestorm, the team worries he'll be dismissed when they are
asked to testify. It's not difficult to work out that McEnroe
wasn't the killer and who really was. I was rather pleased
to see that McEnroe has got quite a hidden talent - he's a
pretty good actor off the tennis court too.
Snow
Day: Following the largest drug seizure in city history
Mac, Stella and Hawkes are forced to save the lab when, in
an elaborate heist, a drug lord and his crew descend upon
the CSI vault to retrieve their merchandise and two CSIs are
held hostage. Quite a gruesome episode this, but the conclusion
is worth it - even if everything is a little too cheesy.
The
only extra worth mentioning (the other so called extras are
the usual text based plot synopsis for each episode and music
credits for the show's theme tune) is The Body Farm.
A bit gruesome, but certainly the most interesting extra I've
ever seen on a CSI DVD, this 22 minute featurette is
hosted by Hill Harper, who plays Dr. Sheldon Hawkes, as he
gets a tour around the Anthropology Research Facility at the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville. This outdoor facility
has, at the time the film was made, 172 bodies in various
states of decomposition. Basically they are ongoing experiments
to help researchers to discover how the body breaks down when
it is placed in various atmospheres so that they can tell
how long a body has been dead. This is certainly not a feature
for those faint of heart as we do get to see some quite ghoulish
sights. There's no head or face shots (thankfully) but plenty
of examples of how our bodies decompose.
Stargate:
SG-1 fans will be glad to see that Carmen Argenziano (who
played Jacob Carter/Selmak) turns up in a few episodes as
Inspector Stanton Gerrard.
All
in all, this is a rather satisfying collection of episodes.
Amber
Leigh
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