CSI: NY

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CSI: NY
CSI: NY logo
CSI: NY logo
Genre Crime
Drama
Creator(s) Anthony E. Zuiker
Carol Mendelsohn
Ann Donahue
Starring Gary Sinise
Melina Kanakaredes
Carmine Giovinazzo
Anna Belknap
with
Hill Harper
and
Eddie Cahill
Country of origin Flag of United States United States
Flag of Canada Canada
No. of episodes 66 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time 40 - 42 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel CBS
CTV
Picture format 480i (SDTV),
1080i (HDTV)
Original run May 17, 2004 (on CSI: Miami)
September 22, 2004 – present
Links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series which premiered on September 22, 2004. The series was the second spinoff from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and was introduced during an episode of CSI: Miami when Horatio Caine journeyed to New York City in pursuit of a murder suspect who fled Miami. It is much bloodier than the Miami version, and was filmed in a hard blue light until Season 2, when CBS President Les Moonves wanted to make the show appear "less cold".

Another crossover (between NY and Miami) was featured on November 7, 2005, (CSI: Miami) and November 9, 2005, (CSI: NY) which involved a crashed plane and an escaped serial killer, and included members of both casts.

Like the other two CSI programs, the theme song is by The Who; this time the song is "Baba O'Riley", incorrectly known as "Teenage Wasteland".

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Contents

[edit] Cast

[edit] Main cast

Actor Character Role
Gary Sinise Mac Taylor CSI 1st Grade, Head Investigator, Detective
Melina Kanakaredes Stella Bonasera CSI 1st Grade, Detective
Carmine Giovinazzo Danny Messer CSI 3rd Grade, Detective
Anna Belknap Lindsay Monroe CSI 3rd Grade, Detective
Hill Harper Sheldon Hawkes CSI 3rd Grade, Doctor (former Chief ME)
Eddie Cahill Donald Flack, Jr. Homicide Detective 1st Grade

[edit] Supporting cast

Actor Character Role
Robert Joy Sid Hammerback Doctor, ME
Emmanuelle Vaugier Jennifer Angell Homicide Detective
Claire Forlani Peyton Driscoll Doctor, ME
A.J. Buckley Adam Ross Lab Tech

[edit] Main characters

  • NYPD CSI Head Investigator Detective 1st Grade Mac Taylor, played by Gary Sinise, is the leader of the CSI team. The death of his wife, Claire Conrad Taylor, in the 9/11 attacks troubles him to this day, causing chronic insomnia. He served in the USMC, 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 his lab. This is why he chose to fire Aiden Burn (see below) after she tampered with evidence. Mac has a close friendship with Stella Bonasera and plays 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. In season three, he is revealed to have been dating Dr. Peyton Driscoll, played by Claire Forlani. He also met the son that Claire had given birth to years before they met, only after the boy, now a teenager named Reed Garrett, was found to be shadowing Stella, thinking that she was Claire.
  • NYPD CSI Detective 1st Grade Stella Bonasera, played by Melina Kanakaredes, is absolutely devoted to her job due to her strong personality, determination and intelligence. She is a half-Greek, half-Italian orphan, who grew up moving throughout foster homes. 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.
  • NYPD CSI Detective 3rd Grade Danny Messer, played by Carmine Giovinazzo, is arguably the most complex of the main cast. He grew up in a family under surveillance. Danny formulated his own set of hybrid ethics, blending the world of law-breakers with the world of lawmakers. 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 episodes: "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 15-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. Danny has developed a crush on co-worker Lindsay Monroe, who initially declined his advances, albeit reluctantly ("Love Run Cold"). In "Sleight Of Hand," Danny travels to Montana to support Lindsay as she testifies as a witness in a murder trial. After the verdict, Danny embraces a grateful Lindsay and they leave the courtroom hand in hand.

CSI franchise


Original series

New York Unit
Miami Unit

Franchise cast
Characters of the original series
Characters of the New York Unit
Characters of the Miami Unit

Creators


Anthony E. Zuiker (All three)

Carol Mendelsohn (NY and Miami)
Ann Donahue (NY and Miami)

Computer games


CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Dark Motives

CSI: Miami

CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder

CSI: Hard Evidence

  • NYPD CSI Detective 3rd Grade Dr. Sheldon Hawkes, played by Hill Harper, was formerly a Medical Examiner with the NYC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME). He was a child prodigy who graduated college at eighteen, and by 24 he was a fully board-licensed surgeon. He had several years experience in the ER (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 2, Hawkes has moved from the autopsy room out into the field. 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.
  • NYPD Homicide Detective 1st Grade Donald Flack, Jr., played by 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 homicide detective who has very little patience with the "bad guy", and his techniques are sometimes considered somewhat borderline, though effective. He is good friends with Danny Messer, and is always willing to lend an ear to Danny's problems (as in the episode "On The Job"). 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"). During the season 2 finale, Flack was severely injured in a bomb explosion, and ended season 2 still in a coma. As of the season 3 premiere, he is fully recovered and back on duty with CSI, chasing down suspects with all of his previous endurance. Flack is very protective of his "guys," sometimes to a fault. In "Consequences," 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 is ordered to hand his notebook, in which are details of a drug bust in which some of the drugs disappeared, over to Mac, which causes some serious tension between them. The tension came to a head during the events of "Sweet 16."
  • NYPD CSI Detective 3rd Grade Lindsay Monroe, played by Anna Belknap (season 2 - present), worked as a CSI for three years in Montana and finally realized her dream of moving to a big city like New York. Her Midwestern 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 Stella and Mac. 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." When he pursues a relationship with her, however, Lindsay refuses, haunted by the resurgent memories of witnessing the senseless murder of her friends when she was younger ("Love Run Cold," "Silent Night"), and it is only until after her testimony helps convict the suspect in the multiple murders that she shows signs of allowing herself to get closer to Danny.

[edit] Former characters

  • NYPD CSI Detective 3rd grade Aiden Burn, played by Vanessa Ferlito (seasons 1- episode 202). Aiden was a Brooklyn native who had the ability to adapt to new situations very quickly and had a love and drive for her job similar to that of Sara Sidle on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. She was dismissed from the team in season two, 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 did not actually plant the evidence, but broke the seal on an evidence packet containing one of Pratt's hairs. Because of this, Mac felt he had no choice but to fire her to preserve the integrity of the CSI lab. Aiden agreed with Mac's decision because she didn't know if she would resist the temptation in the future, but before leaving, managed to extract a promise from Mac that he would get Pratt for his crime. After her dismissal from the crime lab, Aiden was apparently working on getting her private investigator's license while she was trying to find evidence that would conclusively tie Pratt to the rape case. In the penultimate season 2 episode "Heroes", she was 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 left behind critical evidence that she knew would help her former colleagues close in on Pratt. Aiden's murder devastated Mac and the rest of the team, particularly Danny, to whom she was especially close (at one time, she joked that she was way out of his league).

[edit] Recurring characters

  • NYPD Homicide Detective 1st Grade Jennifer Angell (Emmanuelle Vaugier, season 3- ), a detective who sometimes briefs the CSIs at their crime scenes. She debuted in season 3's premiere and is affectionately called "Angel" by Hawkes ("People With Money").[1] Though intended to fill in for Don Flack while he was recovering from the injuries he sustained during "Charge Of This Post," she still works with the team now that Flack has returned to active duty.
  • New York Medical Examiner Dr. Sid Hammerback (Robert Joy, season 2- ), a Medical Examiner 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 overtalking and oversharing, which former ME Hawkes refers to as "going to that creepy place." Despite any eccentricities on his part, Hammerback sincerely cares for the well-being of his coworkers, even going so far as to invite Mac Taylor to his family Thanksgiving festivities so the CSI would not have to spend another holiday alone. Hammerback nearly dies from a severe allergic reaction to something he ate in episode 317 ("The Ride In") and is saved by the timely intervention of Stella Bonasera. Hammerback is currently married with two daughters according to the same episode. One daughter is college age (episode 302, "Not What It Looks Like"). Sid has also been divorced at least once (episode 304, "Hung Out to Dry"); however, does have a wife and two daughters (episode 318 "Sleight out of Hand").
  • New York Medical Examiner Dr. Peyton Driscoll (Claire Forlani, season 3- ), a Medical Examiner from London who is also in a relationship with Mac. She used to work with both Sid and Hawkes and proclaims herself to be "a little protective." She debuted in season 3's premiere, "People With Money."[2] Peyton and Mac had initially kept their relationship secret from their co-workers, which caused much friction between the two (she even walked out on him briefly after a tense discussion about the subject). By the beginning of "Heart Of Glass," however, their relationship was known to everyone except, apparently, Danny.
  • Laboratory Technician Zack Shannon (David Julian Hirsh, season 2- ), a tech in the Trace Lab.
  • Laboratory Technician Adam Ross (A.J. Buckley, season 2-), a jack-of-all-trades 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 was from Phoenix, he considered 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 perceived blow, which seems to hint that Adam himself had been abused as a child.
  • Shane Casey (Edward Furlong, season 3- ), a young man embroiled in a case where a serial killer uses the codes and stories found on a series of trendy t-shirts as inspiration for his grisly killings. Shane is believed to be targeting Hawkes and the prosecutors who put his brother, Ian, away for a crime that Shane thought he was innocent of. On the day of the sentencing, Ian hanged himself. Introduced in the fourth episode of season 3, "Hung Out To Dry."[3] In the season 3 episode "Raising Shane," Shane frames Hawkes for a robbery and murder, saying he will give the evidence to clear Hawkes if the team will prove Ian was innocent. He demands to talk to Danny alone, and during this confrontation, Danny brings proof that Ian did indeed commit the crime for which he was arrested. Thoroughly devastated, Shane was then easily arrested for murdering the man he had hired to impersonate Hawkes.
  • Reed Garrett (Kyle Gallner, season 3- ), the now-teenaged son of Claire Conrad Taylor, Mac's late wife. Claire had given birth to Reed when she was very young, and had put him up for adoption long before she met Mac. Reed, wanting to find Claire, saw Stella coming out of Mac's home one day and, thinking that she was Claire, began to follow her. After he learned the truth, Reed was reluctant to connect with Mac, because Mac is not his biological father. Still, Reed knows that Mac is the only link he has to knowing more about his mother. In "Sweet 16," Mac visits Reed at his home for Thanksgiving, and gives him photos of Claire. Reed and Mac bond further during the events of "Some Buried Bones," in which Reed's friend at college is murdered and Reed himself is assaulted. Reed also learns that the body of his mother has, to date, never been recovered from the World Trade Center site.

[edit] Former recurring characters

  • NYPD Homicide Detective 1st Grade Kaile Maka (Kelly Hu, season 1-2), sometimes accompanies the CSIs on investigations.
  • Laboratory Technician Jane Parsons (Sonya Walger, season 1-2), head of the DNA Lab.
  • Laboratory Technician Leonard Giles (J. Grant Albrecht, season 1), head of the tech lab, former runner now paralyzed from the waist down.
  • Laboratory Technician Chad Willingham (Chad Lindberg, season 1), a lab technician.
  • New York Medical Examiner Dr. Evan Zao (Ron Yuan, season 2). He was supposed to replace Dr. Hawkes as Medical Examiner after he took field work, but only appeared in 4 episodes.
  • New York Medical Examiner Dr. Marty Pino (Jonah Lotan, season 2), who appeared in two episodes ("Trapped" and "Super Men") as a night shift coroner. Most known for wearing a New York Giants football jersey under his scrubs.

[edit] Episode list

There are 23 episodes in season one and 24 episodes in season two. Season three is currently airing in the United States. As of March 21, 2007, 19 episodes of season three have aired, bringing the total count of aired episodes to 66.

[edit] U.S. Television Ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of CSI: NY on CBS.

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 Timeslot Season Premiere Season Finale TV Season Ranking Viewers
(in millions)
1st Wednesday 10:00PM September 22, 2004 May 18, 2005 2004-2005 #21 13.5
2nd Wednesday 10:00PM September 28, 2005 May 17, 2006 2005-2006 #22 14.0
3rd Wednesday 10:00PM September 20, 2006 - 2006-2007 - -

[edit] DVD releases

[edit] R1 DVD releases

DVD Name Release Date
CSI: NY Season 1 October 18, 2005
CSI: NY Season 2 October 17, 2006
CSI: NY Season 3 TBA

[edit] R2 DVD releases

Region 2 DVD releases have followed a pattern whereby each season is progressively released in two parts (each of 11 or 12 episodes, with special features split up) before finally being sold as a single box set.

DVD Name Release Date
CSI: NY Season 1 Part 1 October 24, 2005
CSI: NY Season 1 Part 2 March 27, 2006
CSI: NY Complete Season 1 March 27, 2006
CSI: NY Season 2 Part 1 September 19, 2006
CSI: NY Season 2 Part 2 December 5, 2006
CSI: NY Complete Season 2 October 17, 2006
CSI: NY Season 3 Part 1 TBA
CSI: NY Season 3 Part 2 TBA
CSI: NY Complete Season 3 TBA

[edit] Online sales

Country Store Available Season
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Flag of United States USA iTunes Store 2 & 3

[edit] International Broadcasters

Country Alternate title/Translation TV Network(s) Series Premiere Weekly Schedule
Flag of United States United States CBS (first run)
Spike TV (syndication)
September 22, 2004 Wednesday 10:00 p.m. ET
Flag of Canada Canada CTV and CBS (first run)
History Television (syndication; all episodes are in widescreen format and in HD)
TQS (syndication, French version)
September 22, 2004

September 5, 2006
Wednesday 10:00 p.m. ET

Tuesday 9:00 p.m. ET
Flag of Australia Australia Nine Network Monday
Flag of Austria Austria ORF August 29, 2005 Thursday 8:15 p.m.
Flag of Belgium Belgium VT4
RTL-TVi
Thursday
Wednesday
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia Mjesto Zločina - New York
("Place of Crime - New York")
BHT1 Sundays 10:30 p.m.
Flag of Brazil Brazil AXN November 4, 2004 Thursday 8:00 p.m.
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Oт местопрестъплението: Ню Йорк AXN
TV7
Flag of Colombia Colombia AXN
RCN
Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica AXN Thursday
Flag of Croatia Croatia RTL Televizija March 15, 2005 Wednesday
Flag of Czech Republic Czech Republic Kriminálka New York
("Crime department New York")
AXN
TV Nova

February 27, 2007
Thursday 8:05 p.m. CET
Tuesday 9:20 p.m. CET
Flag of Denmark Denmark Kanal 5 Wednesday
Flag of Estonia Estonia TV3 January 2, 2007 Tuesday 8:05 p.m.
Flag of Finland Finland C.S.I. New York MTV3 March 22, 2006 Wednesday
Flag of France France Les Experts: Manhattan
("The Experts: Manhattan")
TF1
Flag of Germany Germany VOX August 29, 2005 Monday 8.15 p.m.
Flag of Greece Greece CSI Νέα Υόρκη Skai TV 2006 Wednesday 11:00 p.m.
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 鑑證紐約
CSI犯罪現場:紐約
CSI: NY
ATV
AXN
November 21, 2005 Monday 10:05 p.m.
Monday 11:00 p.m.
Flag of Hungary Hungary New York-i helyszínelők Viasat3 Thursday
Flag of Iceland Iceland C.S.I. New York Skjár Einn Monday
Flag of India India AXN Sunday
Flag of Republic of Ireland Ireland RTÉ Wednesday 9:55 p.m.
Flag of Italy Italy Italia 1
Fox Crime
Thursday 9:00 p.m.
Flag of Japan Japan CSI:ニューヨーク ("CSI: New York") WOWOW January 7, 2006 Saturday 11:00 p.m. JST
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania CSI Niujorkas ("CSI: New York") TV3 Wednesday 11:00 p.m.
Latin America AXN Wednesday
Flag of Republic of Macedonia Macedonia Истрага на местото на злосторот: Њујорк А1 Thursdays 22:00
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia AXN
ntv7
Tuesday
Monday
Flag of Netherlands Netherlands CSI: New York RTL 5 March 6, 2005 Thursday 8:30 p.m.
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand TV3 Wednesday 8.30 p.m.
Flag of Norway Norway TVNorge Thursday
Flag of Philippines Philippines AXN
RPN 9
Tuesday
Saturday
Flag of Poland Poland Kryminalne zagadki Nowego Jorku
("Criminal Investigations of New York")
AXN March 5, 2005 Thursday 8 p.m.
Sunday 11.45 p.m.
Flag of Portugal Portugal C.S.I.: Nova Iorque ("C.S.I.: New York") SIC
AXN
Tuesday 9:30 p.m.
 
Flag of Romania Romania AXN March 5, 2005 Thursday
Flag of Russia Russia CSI: Место преступления: Нью-Йорк DTV-viasat January 23, 2007 Daily 10:00 p.m. MSK
Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
Arab World
Showtime Arabia
Tv Land
Tv Land +2 (Subtitled)
one tv
Monday 9:00 p.m.
Flag of Serbia Serbia Mesto zločina: Njujork RTS January 22, 2007 Daily 11:05 p.m.
Flag of Singapore Singapore AXN Tuesday
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Na kraju zločina: New York POP TV September 1, 2005 Thursday
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia CSI: Kriminálka New York TV JOJ January 10, 2007 Wednesday 9:25 p.m.
Flag of South Africa South Africa M-Net Thursday
Flag of South Korea South Korea CSI: NY AXN
Orion Cinema Network
MBC
Flag of Spain Spain C.S.I.: Nueva York ("C.S.I.: New York") AXN
Telecinco
September 5, 2005 Monday 11:00 p.m.
Flag of Sweden Sweden CSI: NY Kanal 5 April 11, 2005 Monday 9:00 p.m.
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Les Experts: Manhattan TSR 1 Wednesday 9:20 p.m.
Flag of Republic of China Taiwan AXN Monday
Flag of Thailand Thailand AXN Sunday 10:00 p.m.
Flag of Turkey Turkey CNBC-e Monday 9:00 p.m.
Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom Channel Five (first run) and
Five US (syndication)
Saturday 9:10 p.m. GMT
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay AXN
Flag of Venezuela Venezuela Televen

[edit] U.S. syndication

In November 2004, the Spike TV network purchased the syndication rights to the series for a record price of US$1.9 million per episode. The network already owns the rights to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation for which it paid US$1.6 million per episode. CSI: NY joined the Spike line-up on October 1, 2006.

[edit] Trivia

  • The first two seasons of the show aired in the same time slot as NBC's Law & Order, a much older crime drama also set in New York City. Eventually Law & Order moved to a new timeslot (Fridays at 10 PM) against another well-received CBS procedural drama, Numb3rs.
  • Carmine Giovinazzo and Eddie Cahill are the only cast members who are actually from New York. However, Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes and Anna Belknap have all lived in NY at some point.
  • Andy Garcia was originally offered the lead role, a character who would have been named Detective Rick Calucci. He declined the role, as did Ray Liotta, who later accepted a lead role in another CBS series, Smith, which only lasted 3 episodes.[4]
  • While filming on location in downtown Los Angeles, an actual dead body was found in an apartment building, several floors down from the film crew's location. The body turned out to be the mummified remains of a long-dead tenant. The main cast was not on set at the time.[5] In an ironic twist, one of the cases in episode 302, "Not What It Looks Like," involves a missing woman whose mummified body is found in an abandoned apartment.
  • Gary Sinise's character, Mac Taylor, shares the same last name with the other character for which Sinise is best known for, namely Lieutenant Dan Taylor from Forrest Gump. And in the movie, Lt. Dan and Forrest invest in Mac (Apple Macintosh Products).
  • Anthony E. Zuiker wanted The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes" to be the show's theme song. However, CBS president Leslie Moonves turned it down in favor of "Baba O'Riley" which was also performed by The Who.[6]
  • Stella's name was derived from Stella Kowalski from A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and Salvatore Corsitto's character Amerigo Bonasera from The Godfather (1972).[7]
  • The cell phones that are used in the show are Palm Treo 650's.
  • The show is the only one of the CSI franchise to thus far not win an Emmy.
  • The show is filmed mainly in Los Angeles, although several episodes' worth of location shooting are done in New York City every season. (NYPD Blue also filmed in this manner.)
  • Detective Lindsay Monroe, played by Anna Belknap, is from Bozeman, Montana, the same town where CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's Catherine Willows (played by Marg Helgenberger) hails from.
  • In the season 2 episode "Grand Murder at Central Station," series regular Carmine Giovinazzo does an uncredited part as the public address announcer at the beginning of the episode; the audience hears him before any characters are seen in that episode.
  • In the crossover episode with CSI: Miami ("MIA/NYC Nonstop") in which Mac Taylor and the team from New York are introduced to the viewers, Carmine Giovinazzo's Danny Messer does not wear glasses and appears not to need them. Since the start of CSI: NY, however, Danny wears glasses almost constantly.
  • Recurring character Dr. Sid Hammerback has now had the longest tenure as a coroner of the five shown on the series; second longest was Dr. Sheldon Hawkes' season 1 stint. CSI: NY has also had the most coroners of any show in the franchise (CSI has had one coroner and one coroner's assistant throughout seven seasons; CSI: Miami has had one coroner throughout five seasons).
  • Carmine Giovinazzo (Danny Messer) and Larry Romano (Louie Messer) are related offscreen as well as onscreen; they are cousins in real life.
  • In the Season 2 episode "Fare Game," a man and his daughter are running lines from Of Mice and Men as George Milton and Lennie Smalls, respectively. Mac Taylor, played by Gary Sinise, walks up and says, "She just might beat us both out for the part." Gary Sinise played George Milton in the 1992 movie version of Of Mice and Men.
  • Carmine Giovinazzo is the only only cast member to have appeard in all 3 CSI's

[edit] References

  1. ^ CSI Files - CBS Reveals Premiere Details For CSI Trio
  2. ^ CSI Files - Claire Forlani Plays Doctor
  3. ^ CSI Files - Edward Furlong Joins CSI:NY In A Recurring Role
  4. ^ IMDB's CSI:NY Trivia
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ IMDB's CSI:NY Trivia
  7. ^ IMDB's CSI:NY Trivia

[edit] External links

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CSI: NY
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