CSI: NY

Admissions

Season 4, Episode 18, Aired 4/30/08

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When a guidance counselor is murdered at a private school, the Mayor orders Mac and his team to drop everything to find out what happened. Mac is frustrated because he can't devote the hours or the personnel to find the "Taxi Cab Killer".

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Gary Sinise

Detective Mack "Mac" Taylor
Melina Kanakaredes

Detective Stella Bonasera
Carmine Giovinazzo

Danny Messer

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A respected guidance counselor at a very prominent prep school, where the children of New York City's elite attend, is brutally murdered at a dance that he is chaperoning. The investigation soon takes a very dark and unexpected turn.moreless

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By meathead704, Dec 12, 2011 Report Abuse

"Admissions" is definitely one of the best episodes of the season. Very well written and exciting. I was certainly hooked on the story from start to finish. I had a little trouble buying how the villain, aged 32, managed to pass himself off as a 17 year-old (Nor did I buy it when Drew Barrymore tried the same thing in Never Been Kissed.), but that is just a small flaw in a killer of an episode. The whole cast, regulars and guests, are in top form here. I hope the winning streak of CSI: NY continues next season and beyond.moreless

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Wow!!! Great twists!!

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By RockyBoc, Mar 12, 2009 Report Abuse

This was a very dark episode of CSI NY. With the topics of Rape and pedophilia being raised, however in a world where these things are unfortuantly present i think CSI NY dealt with them in a realistic yet sensitive way. The twists in this episode where great, and the fact that the investigation into the murder at the beginnig branched out into a much more disturbing case was interesting and i think a real reason why this episode stood out. Mac, Stella and Lindsey were on top form in this episode when questioning suspects. And as for the shock at the end, WOW! although in my opinion he deserved it!moreless

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One of the best episodes of the season.

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By SweetMissJaye, May 22, 2008 Report Abuse

This episode was well written, well acted and just plain cool. :D I loved when they reconstructed the hall using all of the pictures from students' cell phones. It was so funny when Adam kept getting caught "playing". Ha ha ha

I couldn't believe the two sick perverts that ended up being the suspects. How demented do you have to be to pretend to be a high school student for so long? That was crazy. All for the sake of manipulating and brutalizing teenaged girls...that was just a sick twist that I hadn't expected.

When Lindsay questioned the rape victim, it was so sad. I felt really bad when her dad began crying. I wasn't surprised to see him snap in the end. I'm kind of glad he did; he's been a major pain to the CSIs. I thought this episode was just great.moreless

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An excellent case driven episode!

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By seikhoqueen, May 05, 2008 Report Abuse

This was a great episode that centered on two major cases rather than the ongoing personal drama. I have to admit, I am a Danny and Lindsey fan, but I do need a bit of a break. I missed the twisted and more than slightly sick cases that made me a fan of CSI:NY in the first place. At first, the case of a teacher murdered at an elite prep school's prom was more politically charged than it was sick, but as the evidence was gathered the more twists appeared. At first, it looked as though the victim may have played a criminal part in his own death but then the facts showed that even though he was no demure schoolteacher he was trying to do right by a victimized student - and that's what led to his death. The curveball came when we learned more about the killer/rapist/student/30-year old sexual predator. It was frightening the way that he and his "father" had utilized their criminal talents to prey on unsuspecting female students and were not just unapologetic about their crimes, they were proud of their ingenuity. Just when you thought that was it for the surprises, Mac's boss, whose daughter was victimized by the ruthless pair walks into the interrogation room and shoots the younger one between the eyes. Whoa.
I also liked that they kept the Cabbie Killer thread going. I do like the carryover cases that aren't solved in just one episode and you have to wait to see how it plays out. With a suspect dying in police custody and a Cabbie Serial Killer on the loose, Mac's gonna have his hands full. Can't wait 'til the next one.moreless

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I wasn't a huge fan of this episode...

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By bridgewil03, May 02, 2008 Report Abuse

I liked that they kept their investigation going on the taxi cab killer but this episode was a bit much for me. I know that there are disgusting horrible things that happen in the world but this I didn't need to see. A teenage girl falls for a guy in her prep school and he drugs her and then she remembers feeling two people touching her. Come to find out, the guy is in his thirties and his 'father' is older than that and they raped her while she was drugged. I felt so bad at the end when her Dad killed the guy. Cause now the dad is going to jail probably for life, for killing the guy who raped his daughter. I thought there could've been more to this episode without the details of what happended to that poor girl. I'm looking forard to next weeks taxi cab episode, cause this one totally rubbed me the wrong way!moreless

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- The rosary beads in the killer's taxi seem to be important since they are shown in close up several times. There could be a relationship between them and "L2729" that the taxi killer carves at the back of his victims' neck, which might be a passage in the Bible (Leviticus - 27:29) that says: None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death. It refers to the sacrifice of human life due to amoral behaviour, and it is ironic that the killer murders where amoral acts occurs. Edit
- Despite Gerrard's power and knowledge of the criminal word, he can't provide safety for his family. His status as an officer of the law hasn't helped keep his daughter safe so he takes the law into his hands and shoots Natalie's rapist. At first it looked as he wanted to shoot himself, but he ends up choosing differently, which makes him kill himself as a cop, if not as a man. Edit
- Adam looks more comfortable with the team and so does the team with him; i.e. Mac hits him with a folder to attract his attention. Edit
Notes
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- Spanish episode title Falsas Apariencias, meaning False Appearances. French episode title: Le Dernier Bal, meaning The Last Ball. Edit
- Paul Keeley, who plays Robert Greggs, also appeared in the CSI: Miami episode Chip/Tuck.
  
  Paul Hodge, who plays Jesse/Hank, also appears in the C.S.I. episode Freaks And Geeks.
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- Series castmember Carmen Argenziano & guest star Arye Gross worked together on another Jerry Bruckheimer production, the 2000 racing hit Gone In 60 Seconds. Edit
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- Hawkes: Phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid... he couldn't have kept the keys in the English room? Danny: Which one of those do you think melted this guy's face off? Edit
- Hank Bedford: Smart enough to maintain a 3.45 GPA in the city's best prep school. Hell, I hadn't given a crap when I was actually in high school. I could have gotten on to be the successful lawyer type. Lindsay: Instead you went on to become the successful scumbag rapist type. Hank Bedford: To-MAY-To, To-MA-To... still, you have to admire the ingenuity. Edit
- Lindsay: Nice office for a guidance counsellor. What exactly are we looking for? Mac: Reasons for Mr. Gregs to start drinking. Lindsay: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth... this place is a machine for churning out Ivy-League students. Edit
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- Natalie Gerrard kept the dress she was wearing when she was raped in a plastic bag in the back of her closet. The idea may have come from the Monica Lewinsky / Bill Clinton affair, which involved an infamous semen-stained blue dress kept by Lewinsky that later was used as evidence. Edit
- Flack: It's Microsoft's world kid. I'm just living in it. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation. It dominates the home computer operating system market with its Windows line of operating systems. Edit
- Adam: (imitating the thief with the gun in the pic he's analyzing) I want some Skittles... This scene is reminiscent of the scene in the movie Bad Boys when, with guns drawn, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence's characters demand a pack of Tropical Fruit Bubblicious and some Skittles. Edit