CSI: NY

Down the Rabbit Hole

Season 4, Episode 5, Aired 10/24/07

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The latest murder case takes Detective Taylor to a whole new world and he must figure out why Cheryl Duncan looks so life-like. They also discover something shocking about the murderer while online.

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Anna Belknap

Lindsay Monroe
Carmine Giovinazzo

Danny Messer
Gary Sinise

Detective Mack "Mac" Taylor

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Out of ideas?

2.0

"Terrible"

By iretos, Sep 02, 2011 Report Abuse

The first or probably the only thing that comes to my mind watching this episode that the writers are completely out of ideas and are rambling here and there trying to put new stories together. I think this was one of the silliest episode I've ever seen. I'm sure teen-agers have appreciated or even somebody who's no more exactly a teen-ager, but this is not the kind of stories an adult audience wants to follow. Do they want to go on like this? Okay, next time would they at least be so kind as to let me see Mac and his team hunting Wall-E or ET, please?moreless

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Absolutely loved it!

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By iCarly317, Sep 02, 2011 Report Abuse

There's not one thing I found to be bad about this episode. I loved every little part of it. Its interesting how they made it work with a website and real life, tracking the killer in both places throughout the episode. I have to say, that hall with the pictures of everyone that she killed on the website was creepy, but also so interesting that I didn't want to stop watching. It seems kinda weird how they chose to end it, but it only adds on to the mystery I guess. I give this episode a perfect 10, just like I do for most other CSI: NY episodes.moreless

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I was on the edge of my seat watching this episode, lots of activity, well written

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By Sagitariusbri86, Jan 11, 2011 Report Abuse

Dag I wanted them to catch her so badly, I don't even remember the last criminal that got away from them and I'm wondering if she did get out of there because shouldn't the CSI:NY cops lock down the hotel and lock down each and every entrance so I want to know what happened after Mac realizes she ain't on the floor any more. I guess I will have to wait and see the next episode but this episode was an adventurous episode and I didn't expect them to go all into the cyberworld and be online like they were. The interaction with online and the real world was crazy and cool and this was something I never seen attempted on TV.moreless

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One of the worst episodes ever. Second life is bad, using it in a show is even worse.

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By HerrFLSH, Jan 11, 2011 Report Abuse

All the events in the game where impossible and felt very bad to watch. Like the 'fight', letting them use a wireless keypad while standing in front of a big screen, come on. It doesn't work like this. You can't pick up a card with '2' and then magically get a virus which is able to infect the computer lab. And there isn't someone called 'the white rabbit' who knows where everyone is. That is what a search function is for.. Second life is just a slow and ugly videogame, inhabited by people who dress themselves as animals or huge genitals. This made the episode quite frustrating to watch. I'm not defending videogames here, I just hope using "popular" videogames doesn't continue in shows.moreless

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The CSI team has to explore Second Life technology to find the killer (Everybody must've had the same vacation time this week, a good half of the episode is computer animation with minimal dialog.) WARNING, review has SPOILERS.moreless

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By LLyzabeth, Jan 11, 2011 Report Abuse

Holy cow, what a horrible horrible episode. Writing, awful. Acting, wooden. Concept, just god-awful. Such an obvious "let's target the 15-30-year-old gamers!" ploy. Didn't X-Files try something similar about five years ago? And wasn't it ALSO a dismal failure? Gah, it's like watching your grandfather try to be "cool." "It's second-life! It's hip! It's in!" Nobody CARES. (Not to mention plot holes big enough to drive a truck through (SPOILER ALERT): so she goes through ALL this trouble to get the identity, the costume, the means to be in his apartment, and in the end she's got the gun on him before he can even turn around. Why bother? Hardly secret-service-type security anywhere in the area, just walk up the darn stairs. But noooo, we've gotta get the computer-animation in the episode! Bleck.) The shark, it has been jumped.moreless

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Trivia
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- Mac's avatar, even though obviously younger, is a really realistic one. Mac is very recognizable in it, both in the facial expression, the clothing and the body language. Edit
- This is the second time this season that the lab is vulnerable to an outside attack. The lab's computers have been invaded by virus or outside programs both in this episode and in 4x03 You Only Die Once. Edit
- Adam is a Second Life resident. Edit
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- Lindsay Pulsipher, who plays Cheryl Miller, also appears in the C.S.I. episode Shock Waves and in the CSI: Miami one Wheels Up. Jonno Roberts, who plays Samson Rowe, also appears in the CSI: Miami episode About Face. Edit
- Spanish episode title: Descenso por la Madriguera, meaning Down the Warren. French episode title: Enquête Virtuelle, meaning Virtual Investigation. Edit
- This episode will find its conclusion in 4x15 DOA For A Day. Edit
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- Stella: (To Mac) Still not sleeping, huh? Edit
- Flack: (To Mac after knowing that Peyton broke up with him) Did you know it was coming? Edit
- Adam: Uh, dude, uh, I, I, I, I mean, sorry, boss. Uh, with all due respect? You don't stand a chance. Mac: And you do. Adam: I got skills. I think so. Mac: All right, Adam. You lose, we lose the only solid lead we have. Edit
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- Mirrors, glass and screens are usually regarded as portals to other worlds. Second Life, the episode title and two side mirrors in this episode are allusions to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Edit
- Sid: Cosmo. My dentist subscribes. Cosmopolitan is a women magazine, usually referred to as Cosmo. Edit
- Danny describes the Second Life romance as looking for Mr. Goodbyte. Mr. Goodbye is a 2006 drama tv series. Also, Looking for Mr. Goodbar is a 1977 movie starred by Diane Keaton, in which a young woman cruises bars looking for the perfect man. Edit