CSI: NY

Happily Never After

Season 4, Episode 12, Aired 1/9/08

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Mac and the team feel they’re headed back to Kansas when they find the victim’s body with red shoes on her feet crushed to death under an unusual object. The team learns about pop up parties after finding a body.

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Anna Belknap

Lindsay Monroe
Carmine Giovinazzo

Danny Messer
Gary Sinise

Detective Mack "Mac" Taylor

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ok episode...

7.3

"Good"

By Fwirrel, Jun 05, 2008 Report Abuse

The CSIs investigated two deaths. One was a wealthy woman that everyone hated, and the other was a young woman that was killed by a hook. The whole drug thing with the Peter Pan theme was interesting and I thought it was intersting who the killer was. I thought that the killer knowing the victum's brother was just ironic and added more irony. I didn't really like the story with the lady that everyone hated. She was murdered by a poor vendor. At least her property went to the workers. Overall, this episode was just ok. It had some good stories and some good developments, but nothing special.moreless

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The Wendy Sub-plot saved this

8.3

"Great"

By AvatarBlue, Mar 30, 2008 Report Abuse

Well disappointed a little by this episode. The momentum of good shows definitely takes a dive as the main plot didnt excite me one bit. The ending was lucklustre and flat.

For the Wendy sub-plot pulled this epsidoe from out of the gutter. It had all the elements that makes CSI:NY my send favourite CSI show and third favourite cops show on TV after CSI and NCIS. Maybe if theyd changed focus this would have been a 9+.

More of the Wendy type plots less of the hotel owner plots. At least with regards to the elements of it. The only good part of it was the irony of the sacked assistant, get to share in the other employees good forture, though she should have been looking for another job.moreless

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The Wicked Witch of the West meets Peter Pan in a clever episode

8.6

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By lisagraham, Jan 21, 2008 Report Abuse

I keep threatening to give this show up... everyone is just too damn smart for their own good... especially Hawkes, he just knows too much about too many things to be believable... But I love CSI so I keep going and every now and again they impress me as they did with this episode. Smartly written, a clever plot, lots of potential suspects... I love that the hated hotel owner was found in red shoes under a house made of ice... the young girl, Wendy, in a nightgown killed with a hook... all in all a really good episode in this faultering CSI franchise.moreless

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Another good filler episode

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By SweetMissJaye, Jan 14, 2008 Report Abuse

This episode was good but nothing much happened with the main characters. The two cases were odd, lets say unique, just to be nice. The Wizard of Oz and Peter Pan? Two of my favorite movies but a little strange, even for CSI NY.

The case of the evil hotel magnate was the better of the two, in my opinion. I really thought that her assistant was the one who'd killed her. I was pleasantly surprised when I was wrong. The Peter Pan case was good also. The idea of the guy killing that woman with a hook is just...like something out of a horror movie. It was good though. I'm glad to see that Danny is still focusing well on work even after the death of Ruben. I feel so bad for him. I can't wait to see the next new episode, which will focus a bit on Danny.

This was a good episode, a filler, but good nonetheless.moreless

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Wierd but ok it came off!

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By JPPT1974, Jan 13, 2008 Report Abuse

The show had a fairytale existance as it was a pretty wierd show. With the Wizard Of Oz and the Peter Pan stories tied in. Thought that it would be a wierd one. But then, it turned out all right. Thanks to the acting and characters saving the show. We all find out that this woman was mean and rich just like Leona Helmsley as well as very much dead. As "kindergarden party" for adults? Wow! These people are very much in a fairytale world. As they seem like they never want to grow up. You can see that Danny still hasn't gotten over the death of his friend Reuben. Wanted to hug him over that.moreless

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Trivia
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- Mac looks way more relaxed and noticeably well rested ever since the 333 mystery is over. Edit
- Mac assigns Danny to work the case with him. Sounds like a subtle way for Mac to keep an eye on him and make sure he's holding together just fine after Ruben's dead. Edit
- It is funny how when Hawkes and Lindsay are petting Otto, the dog won't stop kissing both of them. Edit
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- Spanish episode title Infelices para siempre, meaning Unhappy forever. Edit
- Original International Airdates: UK: March 29, 2008 on Ch5. Denmark: April 21, 2008 on Kanal 5. Turkey: May 19, 2008 on CNBC-e. Spain: May 20, 2008 on AXN Spain. Australia: June 2, 2008 on Network 9. Sweden: June 30, 2008 on Kanal 5. New Zealand: July 8, 2008 on TV3. Norway: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 on TVNorge. Greece: December 3, 2008 on SKAI. Finland: June 3, 2009 on MTV3. Edit
- Music Featured: The Black Ghosts by The Repetition Kills You. Silversun Pickups (Jason Bentley Remix) by Lazy Eye. Santogold by Say Aha. Edit
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- Flack: Fiona Chisolm, owner of the Dorothea hotel. Stella: Yeah. The Wicked Witch of the Upper East Side. (grins)Her reputation preceeds her. Edit
- Hawkes: LN2, pressurized air and water. Adam: Instant winter fun! Edit
- Danny: (To Angell) The kid was named Ruben. He was only ten years old. Edit
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- Resembling this episode's plot, some readings of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan see the story as a metaphor for death where Neverland is a land of the dead with its children who never grow up and with its antihero falling out of his carriage and ending up there. Edit
- Fiona dies out of a frozen heart. This is an allusion to the fairy tale The Snow Queen who is killed by her own cold heart. Edit
- Man: The Foxy, man, makes the game real. It turns Manhattan into Neverland. Danny: Except nobody dies in Neverland. Allusion to J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. Peter Pan takes the Darling Kids to Neverland. Edit