Donald Flack, Jr.
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| CSI: NY character | |
 Eddie Cahill |
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| Don Flack | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Hair color | Brown |
| City | New York City |
| Job | NYPD Homicide Investigator |
| Rank | Detective 1st Grade |
| Current status | Alive |
| Portrayed by | Eddie Cahill |
| First appearance | Blink |
Don Flack is a fictional character on the TV series CSI: NY. He is played by Eddie Cahill.
[edit] History
Flack is a homicide detective with the NYPD, known for both his wry wit and his determination to hunt down suspects (even to the point of chasing them down alleys and over rooftops). He was mentored by another cop, Gavin Moran, who he is later forced to arrest after it comes to light that Moran concealed evidence during the course of an investigation (episode 117, "The Fall"). He is both a colleague and a friend to the members of the New York Crime Lab. After Stella Bonasera is attacked in her apartment by her unstable boyfriend, Flack gently helps her through when he comes to the hospital to take her statement (episode 221, "All Access"). His friendship with Mac Taylor is tested when Taylor uncovers evidence that one of Flack's men is a dirty cop and asks Don to turn over his memo notebook to prove it. Though Flack eventually capitulates, their relationship is a bit tense for a some time after (episode 308, "Consequences," episode 310. "Sweet 16"). Flack defends Taylor to the detective investigating Sheldon Hawkes, who is the prime suspect in a robbery-homicide, after Taylor locks himself in the interrogation room with Sheldon. Flack affirms that said detective would do the same for him (Flack) (episode 311, "Razing Shane"). He is also close to Danny Messer, attempting to offer him some sound advice in episode 121 ("On the Job") when it appears that Danny accidentally kills an undercover officer.
Flack is critically injured when a bomb goes off in a building he and Mac are evacuating. Until their rescue Taylor is able to keep Flack alive using a shoelace and prior experience in the Beirut barracks bombing. Flack remains unconscious for the remainder of the episode, but has since fully recovered, his concerned colleagues (especially Mac) standing vigil at his bedside (episode 224, "Charge of this Post"). When Flack returns to work, his friends tease him about using his scars to impress the ladies (episode 301, "People With Money").
Later, Detective Flack is instrumental in the safe resolution of a crisis when he and another officer successfully rescue the infant daughter of an angry and upset young deaf man holding hostage the baby and his dead girlfriend's mother. While Mac Taylor distracts the man on one side of the car, Flack and the other officer sneak up on the other and take the child out through the window, whereupon Taylor is able to safely disarm the man. Flack then returns the baby to the care of her relieved maternal grandparents (episode 312, "Silent Night").
As a child, Flack would sometimes play in a hedge maze in Queens, where he later investigates the death of a Chelsea University student, though he says that by that time he hadn't been there in years (episode 315, "Some Buried Bones"). He also says that he "was a Monopoly guy," (in response to a comment Stella Bonasera made regarding the board game Clue in episode 211, "Trapped"). Flack appears to have an appreciation for fine wine, instantly realizing the value of the bottles in a murdered chef's private cellar in episode 319, "A Daze of Wine and Roaches."
| CSI: NY | |
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| Episodes | Quotes | Official Website | |
| Characters | Mac Taylor | Stella Bonasera | Danny Messer | Sheldon Hawkes | Donald Flack, Jr. | Lindsay Monroe | Aiden Burn |
| Creator(s) | Anthony E. Zuiker | Carol Mendelsohn | Ann Donahue |
| Related Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | CSI: Miami |
