CSI: NY

Hostage

Season 4, Episode 21, Aired 5/21/08

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When a man takes hostages during a failed attempt to rob a bank, Mac offers himself in exchange for a hostage. Only condition is that he must prove that the bank robber did not kill the bank manager, whose body is found lying in a pool of blood in the vault. On the outside of the bank, the rest of the team works to process the evidence that Mac finds and stop the SWAT team from making matters worse.moreless

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Anna Belknap

Lindsay Monroe
Hill Harper

Dr. Sheldon Hawkes
Eddie Cahill

Detective Donald "Don" Flack, Jr.

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Mac held hostage to prove a bank robbers innocence.

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By Catherine65, May 17, 2011 Report Abuse

Really great ep, not quite as good as Snow Day but a vast improvement on some of the eps this season, which verged on soap opera. Being a fan of Mac, Flack and Stella I Loved it!

Loved the opening, although I had read the spoilers so I knew what was happening I thought it was nicely done. Could have done without the virtual autopsy, WAY to many gadgets this season, but it was nice to see the Sid and Hawkes interact with each other. Also nice to see Mac getting more and more dishevelled as the episode progressed, nice continuity.moreless

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I have seen better!

4.0

"Poor"

By JoeyDC83, May 17, 2011 Report Abuse

This episode is without a doubt one of the most boring ones of all seasons so far. I expected something more thrilling for a season's finale, but instead I almost fell asleep watching! In my opinion, some scenes were very predicting and you could tell what would happen next. This episode was mainly about Mac who, of course, volunteered to examine a dead body in a bank which was under control of a bank robber. He wanted Mac to prove his innocence that he didn't kill the victim. I wish the whole cast would have been more involved in this episode. In comparison to other cases, this one seemed very slow and plain boring. The open end might have been the only interesting part of the whole episode.moreless

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Proving once innocence

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By kajinka, Sep 14, 2008 Report Abuse

Well not excatly what i wanted for a season finale but it was exiting none the less...this proves that the csi:ny is focusing on long story line this season. The first one was, as csi:ny fans noe, the 333 stalker... the second one was the killer cabbie... this is the lastest edition to it the bank robber... It was ok on my thought...it was nice on how they put it. Making it seem as if the robber was actually innocent and was trying to cover up for someone cos his wife was in custody,. On the whole this was a good episode to watch.moreless

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A slightly disappointing finale, after a brillaint season.

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By vicky24c, Jun 06, 2008 Report Abuse

This episode opens with Mac going into a bank through the back door, where he is met by a gunman. Mac also has his crime kit with him. When Mac enters the bank, he can see that there are hostages on the floor, all of whom seem to be alive. Mac convinces the gunman to let some of the hostages go. Mac then finds the body and the man tells him that he didn't kill him and that Mac has to prove it. Stella arrives at the scene and is shocked that Mac is inside. Mac sends photos of the crime scene and the body to the lab. The victim is Walter, the bank manager. It is discovered that the bank was already robbed once that day. Stella discovers that the gun used to kill Walter is a super gun that is very high tech and not yet realised. When cops go to victim's house they found another body, his wife. Mac attacks the gunman and gets his gun from him. As Mac is about the take him outside, the gunman tells him that they have his family and that they are watching. We learn that his family have also been taken hostage and that he lives across the street from Walter. The robbers from the first robbery left their phone behind and he had to go in and get it. When leaving the building they make it look as though Mac is being taken against his will, in case the kidnapers are watching. They get into the car and Mac and the gunman drive off. Stella and team go to house, where his family are sussed to be held against their will, and find that there is no one there. And that the house is empty. It is then that we learn that the gunman has kept a bullet and makes Mac keep driving. It is there that the episode ends. Overall I think that this episode should have been used as a filler episode. I think that the previous episode would have been much better as the finale. The only part I enjoyed of this episode was the end, when Mac drove off with the gunman & Mac realised what was actually happening, that he himself had been kidnapped and there was no family. Also the beginning of the episode was not the best, I think that it could have started off with a bang, and then the rest of the episode would have been a better storyline.moreless

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This was a good episode, but not really season finale material, in my opinion.

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By DeanW8r, Jun 02, 2008 Report Abuse

I did like this episode, i think it was well written and acted, but i found two major things wrong with it(besides the specifics of the crime and the way they handled the whole thing, which i don't really think is normal protocal).

#1: This was not really season finale material to me.I woiuld have like to see the final Cabbie Killer episode be ther season finale, but instead, they just get done with that, and do and episode totally different than the normal ones! It sounds like CBS ordered all the CSI shows to end on cliffhangers thi year, and NY had to hurry up and find one. I think this would have been a good episode in the middle of the season, but not the season finale.

#2: it was the Mac and Stella show again! (well, mainly just Mac this time) i love them, i think they're great, but i want equal time with all of the team!! It seems that this is the only CSI to do this, and i don't know why. Are we, the fans, sending a message that thats what we want to see? is there a Mac and Stella Show petition somewhere that people are signing??moreless

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Trivia
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- Goof: While Mac is held hostage, he asks for a portable CT (computed tomography) machine to be delivered to him. This machine puts together partial pictures of a body to form a whole image. However, what he gets is an ultrasound. Edit
- As per last episode's ending, Reed is supposed to be at Mac's apartment. It is striking that there's not a mention to him who more than likely has heard of Mac's hostage situation through the news. Edit
- The whole team gives evidence of real concern for Mac. Adam refers to Gunman Joe as son of a b-word, this one being the first time that we see Adam curse for the whole series. Edit
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- French episode title: L'homme de L'Intérieur, meaning Inside man. Edit
- This is the second season finale where the storyline is about hostage. The previous was 3x24 Snow Day where a mob wanted to get the snow back. Edit
- International Airdates: UK: May 31, 2008 on Ch5. Denmark: June 16, 2008 on Kanal 5. Mexico: July 3, 2008 on AXN. Venezuela: July 3, 2008 on AXN. Turkey: July 21, 2008 on cnbc-e. Spain: July 29, 2008 on AXN. Sweden: September 15, 2008 on Kanal 5. New Zealand: October 14, 2008 on TV3. Czech Republic: October 28, 2008 on AXN. Norway: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 on TVNorge. Germany: February 09, 2009 on VOX. Greece: February 24, 2009 on SKAI. Finland: August 5, 2009 on MTV3. Edit
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- Mac: It was all a lie, wasn't it? Edit
- Gunman Joe: (To Mac) They're, they're waiting for me. To get outta here with the, with the phone. Look, it's the only thing that links them to this robbery. They said that if I could just get the phone back to them, I get my family back. I need to, to get outta here. I need for them to see me get outta here. Would you help me? Please? Edit
- Mac: They wanted you to rob this bank. Well the evidence says they already robbed it. And apparently they got away. Why would they want you to rob the same bank an hour later? They left their phone behind. Gunman Joe: Yeah. Edit
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- Flack: ...the response is immediate, trapping the perp inside, which is when he decides to go Dog Day Afternoon. Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 movie by Sidney Lumet. Edit