Murder Sings The Blues

Season 3, Episode 7, Aired
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A young woman dies after she starts bleeding from the eyes, nose, and mouth while at a party aboard a subway train. Mac originally believes she is the victim of a biological attack. Later, it is revealed that Sheldon knew the victim. Across town, a wealthy playboy is found dead in an indoor lap pool in his penthouse suite. The investigation reveals that he was murdered and his last maid was fired two days earlier.moreless
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  • Poor Hawkes.

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    By moggiye16, Nov 18, 2010 Report Abuse
    Party on a train gone wrong and the spoiled bachelor killed off for beingtoo loud. What an interesting episode.

    I'm glad they showed a little more Danny this time. I like how they split the spotlight between all the CSIs, though Hawkes got a tiny bit more 'cause he knew the vic. Poor guy, I can see where I thought it was irrelevent, but he still shoulda said somethingto Mac. I was pretty annoyed at Mac for humiliating Hawkes in front of Lindsay and other lab techs. He seems to have a nack for doing that to his subordinates.

    I laughed when I saw Danny had to go through all the crap that people vacuumed up. That would have definitely taken a lot of patience and time to go through. When they brought that chick in who was in love with the bachelor guy, I <i>almost</i> thought she did it. But when she started bawling her eyes out, I figured, "Naw, she doesn't have enough motive." The artist, man he was fighting a losing battle with the noise complaints. He should have went to a small claims court, or something, instead of wasting his time whining to his land lord, who was obviously deep in that bachelor guy's pockets.moreless

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  • This was an excellent episode. I enjoyed all the bits and pieces of it. And I loved how they seemed the beginning together especially. I appreciated that they once again brought out one of NYs quirks. Spoilers insidemoreless

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    By coolceruleanblu, Oct 16, 2010 Report Abuse
    THE BEGINNING:
    Love it! I mean really can you get better than this? MAYBE. I love how it starts off with Mac and Peyton in the Opera (they are cute together sometimes) and then goes to the party, and as the woman in the opera goes to stab herself, we see a girl dying on the subway in the rave. Wonderfully filmed. And the kid's reaction to the woman as she's singing is great. Anyone else notice him flinch his nose? And seconds before that, I thought, "man I hope she got a breath mint." Definitely loved the bleeding scene how she started bleeding and the blood was flowing from the operatic singer as she was dying.

    THE CASES:
    The girl who was murdered on the train was a great case to begin with. I mean it starts off so ingeniously with the girl who seems the target of a biological attack. Now all we have to wonder is, "why her?" I also loved the concept of the Blue Velvet parties on the train. How great is that? I was not expecting the involvement of a trash artist: a guy who makes art from a subway art. And then also didn't see Hawkes knew her. And I hate Mac for getting all up in his face about it, but Hawkes stood his ground, and I was totally proud of him! YAY! Seeing everyone set up the party had to be one of the coolest things ever. I love how randomly it started!
    I love Mac for heading off the two guys, one going to kill the other. The guy saw her take it, but didn't say anything. He could have, but didn't.

    And then we have the eligible bachelor who was drowned in his swim gym (that was under the bed! How cool!) He hired his roommates (always female needed to wear blonde wigs and blue contacts, and also be his maid and sleep with him in exchange for room and board). How great is that :rollseyes: And apparently they come from an agency.
    Another memorable bit of this episode was the wedding cake topper head. In his throat. HAHAH he's so crazy. Well she. The person who put it there. And you gotta love Danny going through the contents of the vacuum stuff. It's all tightly compressed and everything. Hah. Have fun with that.
    HEEHEHEH his past maid was a psycho who thought the two were going to get married. She was the one who bid on him and claimed he gave her the money to bid on him? Well I guess I can believe that, where would she get that money! I love how Stella made it seem like she wasn't crazy. I love that they make it totally seem like her, I mean she was psychotic. FAVORITE BITS:
    Danny and Flack talking about the central vac. Tee hee.
    Also cake scene with Flack. I love him to itty bitty bits.
    Props to Peyton for also standing up to Mac. Glad to see she's not a little waif.
    I love Hawkes and how upset he was about Jenny. Poor guy
    Then the cupcake scene was very cute. Adorable. I do have to admit I hate the fact Mac didn't apologize once. Yes it's about the integrity of the lab, but he didn't need to fly off the handle like that. He didn't yell that much true, but he made a scene. In front of everyone.

    OVERALL:
    This was an excellent episode. I enjoyed all the bits and pieces of it. And I loved how they seemed the beginning together especially. I appreciated that they once again brought out one of NYs quirks.moreless

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  • Hawkes had a bad day alright.

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    By jasminekpk, Nov 26, 2006 Report Abuse
    It started with Mac and Peyton watching a play. And then there was music blasting in a train. Next thing you know, a woman's face was covered in blood and died.

    The train party thingy was tad interesting. Then again, NYC is always full of surprises :D Mac shouted at Hawkes because he knew the victim but didn't inform Mac. I've never seen Mac shout at anyone before. But Hawkes stood up to him! Way to go, Hawkes! And at the end of the eppy, it was kinda sad to see Hawkes regretting over the woman's death. He thinks if he called her, maybe she wouldnt turned out like that.

    Once again, no Danny and Lindsay moments. Isit me or the TPTB are purposely not letting Danny and Lindsay working on the same case? *sulks*

    Overall, i like the part where Stella and Flack were talking about the wedding cake :Dmoreless

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  • a train party gone wrong, how having a cup of coffee could get you in big big trouble and when you swim in your room, you must abide by the rules!moreless

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    By THEJELLYBEAN66, Nov 13, 2006 Report Abuse
    I feel the need to have to repeat the fact that CSI:NY is my least favorite of the CSI shows....and I'll also admit, I have trouble keeping up with the storylines that run week to week; but I am still watching it because it's NY and Mac is cool. I am so happy he was given a romantic life this season...he looked so blah before; didn't look like a happy camper at all and now, he smiles! And a nice smile he has!
    I was also not crazy about Melina Kanakaredes in the beginning but she has grown on me. I like her as much as I like Calleigh on CSI:Miami and Sara on CSI:LV.
    Each episode I find myself falling deeper for Flack...he is such a cutie pie!

    Ok, now my review...
    The train party story was cool. A girl dies after she drinks from a flask. This was nasty to watch...ew. For a good part of the show, everyone is wondering why this girl was killed. The scene when Mac yelled at Hawkes was good...I am of the school where if you are in charge, you take your employee to your office and chew them out in private and then you send a memo or have a meeting with everyone else to let them know what happened and why you won't put up with something like that. You shouldn't humiliate your worker in front of others first of all and if the worker is to have any position of authority in the future, you can be he may have trouble with some of his underlings because of this...bad move on Mac's part and I was pretty surprised he did this since he's usually a smart dude about things. AND...at the same time, shame on Hawkes who has been there long enough to know that EVERYTHING counts. Doesn't matter if you knew the victim all your life or for a few minutes. The girl had his number on her when she died. Hawkes should have gone straight to Mac as soon as he realized it was his number in that oragami crane. He could have compromised the case and his co-workers. Tsk Tsk on both Mac and Hawkes.
    Well, turns out the girl was not the intended target after all...it was the guy who gave her the flask because he was the one arranging the parties and making money from it. His former partner gave him the flask intending to kill him.

    The playboy found dead in his indoor lap pool story was kind of funny...at first, when I saw the girl cleaning his room, I thought this is probaby a girl waiting for her guy to come home so he would find her in costume ready for a little fun. Then she finds the body...turns out she is his maid/roommate? Does this sort of thing really go on or is this just Sam Humphrey's imagination? I've never heard of this before...I've lived in NY all my life (ok, up to about a year ago...) and I've heard some really good, sick, wild, weird, etc. stories but never this! Anyway, the team figures since the previous maid had had this idea in her head that she and the playboy were going to be married that she killed him because he dumped her. Makes sense but it was really the neighbor who couldn't stand to hear the noise coming from the lap pool who went looking for him and choked the bejesus out of him and left him in the pool...covered. Dope got caught...why? LOL..because all the other times he complained about the noise were at the same time (8:00PM)...a time when there was supposed to be no noise...but the day he killed him, even though the pool was still running (that's the reason the replacement maid opened the pool and discovered the body) dumba$$ didn't call to complain. DUH!

    The cupcake ending with Mac and Peyton was so cute and I loved it...until I read the review that it's quite possible that TPTB may have stolen this idea from a friend of a friend...so TSK TSK for TPTB for stealing the hostess cupcake idea (if this is what happened and not a coincidence) and not giving props to where they got the idea.

    In all, a good episode. I'm starting to enjoy this show a little more every episode.moreless

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  • Woman found on train with blood coming out of her everywhere.

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    By JohnnySoftware, Nov 11, 2006 Report Abuse
    The way the victim in this movie died was pretty grim. Why she died was really twisted.

    The show starts out with a cool party on a train. A woman dies, and everybody splits.

    The party train car was really cool. It was neat to see a sort of spontaneous party come together so quikly. It was not really spontaneous, because people had to buy tickets. But it was cool.

    There were a couple entrepreneurs in this episode. Both were kind of quirky, which made their characters interesting.

    Not sure where the CSI: NY writers come up with the ideas for their shows, but they manage to get a lot of hip culture things into their stories.moreless

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    • Peyton is seen for the second time this season and she has been only mentioned once for 5 episodes. Apparently Claire Forlani has only signed for 4 episodes and according to Anthony E. Zuiker it took a lot of convincing for Gary Sinise to agree to Mac having a romantic relationship, which brings up the question if their storyline would build up to anything. Edit
    • Mac uses Hawkes to set an example to the whole lab. He doesn't even let Lindsay leave as he goes overboard on him. That makes for a very unsettling and discomforting scene. Edit
    • It is kind of weird how after discussing about potentially divisive issues, Mac and Peyton are so quick to brush them off in their vending machine date. Edit

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    • Mark Totty, who plays James McQuinn, also appears in the CSI: Miami episode If I Had a Hammer. Meghan Markle, who plays Veronica Perez, also appears in the CSI: Miami episode Backfire. Edit
    • Spanish episode title: Asesinato en el Tren Azul, meaning Murder in the Blue Train. Edit
    • International Airdates: Turkey: Monday, April 9, 2007 on CNBC-e. Norway: Wednesday, August 8, 2007 on TVNorge. Germany: Monday, October 22, 2007 on Vox (Blau vor Neid). Finland: Sunday, December 9, 2007 on Nelonen. Greece: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 on SKAI. Edit

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    • (Mac about the dead girl on the subway car) Mac: This girl didn't come from a party... the party was here... and murder was the last stop. Edit
    • (Mac and Peyton are at the opera, Mac's cell goes off) Mac: Work, got to go. Peyton: But it's your night off, you're going to miss out on all the fun thing I've prepared for your birthday. Mac: Like what? Peyton: Nice try, Detective. (kisses him) To be continued. Edit
    • (Flack questions a suspect maid) Veronica: Okay, I was with Grant in the swim-gym. Flack: And is that part of the job description? Veronica: Well that depends on if you want to stay employed. Edit

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    • The opera Mac and Peyton are watching is Madame Butterfly by Puccini. Edit
    • Title: Murder Sings the Blues. The title is in reference to a movie starring Diana Ross, called Lady Sings the Blues, about the life and times of blues singer Billie Holiday. Edit

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