CSI:NY 1/17

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Snow brings out all kinds of reactions in people. For some, it's the excuse they need to remain indoors with a cup of hot chocolate and a good book. Others bundle up and run outside to play. When a group of kids break a window with the football they decided to toss around, they discover a dead body. Mistakenly thinking they caused the man's death, they quickly flee the scene. Time to call in the NYPD evidence team, headed by Det. Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise).

Mac, Det. Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes), and Det. Don Flack (Eddie Cahill) examine the crime scene, Most of the furniture in the room is covered up with sheets, suggesting the owners are away and might not return for some time. They decide there was another person in the room, but there aren't any clues to where that person is now.

In Central Park, Det. Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo) and Dr. Sheldon Hawkes (Hill Harper) have a case of their own to work. A man is lying on the snow, clearly underdressed for the weather. He is next to an overturned shopping cart, which doesn't make much sense. It's not long before two groups of people run past pushing carts. What makes the scene even more bizarre is each group is wearing costumes. Danny and Hawkes have work to do, but take note of proceedings for future reference. Adam Ross (A.J. Buckley), one of the CSI technicians, soon arrives to help process the scene. Danny teases Adam since the tech strongly resembles an Eskimo, but Adam retorts he is from Phoenix and so winter weather in New York is COLD. Blood and fingerprint evidence imply at least two others were in contact with the victim prior to his death.

More costumers and carts speed by while processing continues, and this time the cops follow. What they find is the Idiot Run, which is New York's version of the Iditarod race. The goal is to get to the finish line first, preferably before midnight. Danny finds out sabotage is part of the game, but the victim was seriously hurt. Could this have led to the victim's death?

Dr. Sid Hammerback (Robert Joy) tells Danny and Hawkes the murder weapon was a woman's right foot. He's partially right, but the weapon is mannequin instead of human. Danny talks to two witnesses, one of whom he suspects could be the killer. One lost her heel, found at the crime scene. Although neither admits having done the deed, Danny takes moldings of each woman's right foot to double check. It's quickly clear they told the truth.

Further analysis of the cart brings up the name of a market where the rolling receptacle could have come. One wheel is rusty, meaning it might have been used for a long time. As the detectives make small talk while searching the alley, Hawkes mentions he had never partaken of real mozzarella. Danny immediately invites him to his mother's for a Sunday meal. The two find a white dog, whose fur was on the cart basket. It doesn't take long for them to find the dog's owner, a homeless man who tried retrieving his cart at the Idiot Run finish line. The victim was killed after he took the man's cart for the race. The man was incensed that someone would try and take what little he had. He ended up lashing out in anger with the fake foot, causing death from blunt force trauma.

Back at the lab, Det. Lindsay Monroe (Anna Belknap) tells Mac trace evidence analysis brought an interesting piece of news. A hair found at the crime scene shows the other person in the room was female. The problem now lies in the whereabouts of the woman.

The killer turns out to be the woman's former husband. They were going through a divorce, and he found out his ex-wife was involved with another man. On the day in question, he saw them participating in a sex game set up to look like a home invasion. The victim would rescue the woman and accept her thanks as her hero. The husband got upset, and killed the man. He and his wife later concocted a story to make it seem as though she was attacked. Stella interrogates him before placing him under arrest.

This gets back to what CSI:NY is all about. A crime is committed, and it is left to the detectives to solve things. Adam finally opened up about his life somewhat, but the question which remains is whether or not he transferred in from a Phoenix police department. Lindsay was not given a lot of air time for this episode, but the actress who plays her is pregnant. It shouldn't be long before Det. Monroe takes a leave of absence. Whether or not she returns remains to be seen, but I have not heard anything to suggest she won't.
Snow brings out all kinds of reactions in people. For some, it's the excuse they need to remain indoors with a cup of hot chocolate and a good book. Others bundle up and run outside to play. When a group of kids break a window with the football they decided to toss around, they discover a dead body. Mistakenly thinking they caused the man's death, they quickly flee the scene. Time to call in the NYPD evidence team, headed by Det. Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise).

Mac, Det. Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes), and Det. Don Flack (Eddie Cahill) examine the crime scene, Most of the furniture in the room is covered up with sheets, suggesting the owners are away and might not return for some time. They decide there was another person in the room, but there aren't any clues to where that person is now.

In Central Park, Det. Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo) and Dr. Sheldon Hawkes (Hill Harper) have a case of their own to work. A man is lying on the snow, clearly underdressed for the weather. He is next to an overturned shopping cart, which doesn't make much sense. It's not long before two groups of people run past pushing carts. What makes the scene even more bizarre is each group is wearing costumes. Danny and Hawkes have work to do, but take note of proceedings for future reference. Adam Ross (A.J. Buckley), one of the CSI technicians, soon arrives to help process the scene. Danny teases Adam since the tech strongly resembles an Eskimo, but Adam retorts he is from Phoenix and so winter weather in New York is COLD. Blood and fingerprint evidence imply at least two others were in contact with the victim prior to his death.

More costumers and carts speed by while processing continues, and this time the cops follow. What they find is the Idiot Run, which is New York's version of the Iditarod race. The goal is to get to the finish line first, preferably before midnight. Danny finds out sabotage is part of the game, but the victim was seriously hurt. Could this have led to the victim's death?

Dr. Sid Hammerback (Robert Joy) tells Danny and Hawkes the murder weapon was a woman's right foot. He's partially right, but the weapon is mannequin instead of human. Danny talks to two witnesses, one of whom he suspects could be the killer. One lost her heel, found at the crime scene. Although neither admits having done the deed, Danny takes moldings of each woman's right foot to double check. It's quickly clear they told the truth.

Further analysis of the cart brings up the name of a market where the rolling receptacle could have come. One wheel is rusty, meaning it might have been used for a long time. As the detectives make small talk while searching the alley, Hawkes mentions he had never partaken of real mozzarella. Danny immediately invites him to his mother's for a Sunday meal. The two find a white dog, whose fur was on the cart basket. It doesn't take long for them to find the dog's owner, a homeless man who tried retrieving his cart at the Idiot Run finish line. The victim was killed after he took the man's cart for the race. The man was incensed that someone would try and take what little he had. He ended up lashing out in anger with the fake foot, causing death from blunt force trauma.

Back at the lab, Det. Lindsay Monroe (Anna Belknap) tells Mac trace evidence analysis brought an interesting piece of news. A hair found at the crime scene shows the other person in the room was female. The problem now lies in the whereabouts of the woman.

The killer turns out to be the woman's former husband. They were going through a divorce, and he found out his ex-wife was involved with another man. On the day in question, he saw them participating in a sex game set up to look like a home invasion. The victim would rescue the woman and accept her thanks as her hero. The husband got upset, and killed the man. He and his wife later concocted a story to make it seem as though she was attacked. Stella interrogates him before placing him under arrest.

This gets back to what CSI:NY is all about. A crime is committed, and it is left to the detectives to solve things. Adam finally opened up about his life, but the question is whether or not he transferred in from a Phoenix police department. Lindsay was not given a lot of air time for this episode, but the actress who plays her is pregnant. It shouldn't be long before Det. Monroe takes a leave of absence. Whether or not she returns remains to be seen, but I have not heard anything to suggest otherwise.