Not What It Looks Like

Season 3, Episode 2, Aired
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Three women who are dressed as Holly Golightly rob a jewelry store and injure other shoppers in the process. The CSI's must work through the confusing investigation to hunt them down. Meanwhile Mac has to identify a mummified body discovered in an apartment building that was being torn down.moreless
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  • This episode was about jewelry thieves and how the CSI's found them. Danny & Lindsay's relationship evolved. Stella, Mac, Hawkes and Flack also appear.

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    By smellslikeafart, Nov 19, 2011 Report Abuse
    Oh my god, I'm not even kidding when I say that this is the best episode I have ever seen from season 3. This is the reason I started watching the show. The way Danny and Lindsay interacted throughout the show was the best part. In the final scenes when the flash bomb exploded and Danny ran in to find Lindsay, and then he held her in his arms I almost cried. Those two belong together and their chemistry is the number 1 reason to watch CSI: NY. Aside from that, performances in this episode were just amazing. I was really impressed. Mac, Stella, Hawkes, Flack...all great.moreless

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  • A jewlelry store is robbed by three women disquised as Holly Golightly. During the robbery a store employee is shot and killed. Elsewhere, the mummified body of the wife of a prominent city councilman is found in a building set for demolition.moreless

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    By meathead704, Oct 05, 2011 Report Abuse
    I know this is only the second episode of the season but CSI: NY is hitting all of the right notes. This episode is not just one of the best episodes of this particular show but one of the best of all of the CSI shows. Nail biting suspense, terrific, and believeable storyline which works on every level and a fantastic climax. The opening sequence of the robbery was just fantastic. There really is nothing negative to say about this episode. Bullseye!!moreless

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  • Murder at Tiffany's OR Where's My Mummy!?

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    By pretty_sure, Jun 20, 2011 Report Abuse
    First of all this is my favorite episode of CSI: NY (not including episodes like Snow Day, Hostage or episodes like that)

    Ok to the Holly Golighty robber girls. I don't know what it is, but that is my favorite thing ever! I thought the girls yelling "get down" seemed a little fake, but other then that I thought that the acting was AMAZING! I thought Montana was terrific in this episode, and I was on the edge of my seat when she went for the diamond trade!

    I thought the story about the mummy was good. I loved how Mac handled himself with the kid from the D.A.'s office. I loved to finale see a politian go down without getting a big check every month.

    Again, this is my favorite episode! :)moreless

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  • Great cases and one of the best hugs ever!

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    By Brinchen, Nov 20, 2010 Report Abuse
    Do I have to say more than I love this epi? :lol: I think not. It was great, one of my favourite episodes!

    The cases: Great! I especially loved the one with the jewelleries. First it was just a robbery, but then everything changed when one of the girls was killed and we find out- there are also this blood diamonds.
    The second case was good, too. It was nice to see Mac and Adam working together and I liked the scene with Sid and Peyton.

    My favourites:

    1. Lindsay:
    I really loved her in this episode! Okay, I always love her in every episode, but here she did a really great job. She risked her life because she so wanted to safe Beth's friend. She was so determined, you could see it in her face while standing there, staring at the guy with his gun. She rescued the girl and that shows it again- Lindsay is very brave!

    2. Danny:
    Aw, wasn't that sweet with the dog? And, I have to say, Hawkes was right, the dog was really looking like Danny, at least a little.

    3. The dog:
    Aw, what a cute little dog! I want such a dog, too!

    And the best scene from the whole episode:

    The hug:
    Wow, the end was just so........wonderful! I watched this scene over and over again. I loved how Danny hold her tight, showing her that he was there. And I also loved that Lindsay showed her vulnerable side, and that she needed him now.
    It was a great scene, and I'll watch it over and over again!

    All in all- a great episodes, for me one of the best of season 3!moreless

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  • Undercover, that's a totally new one.

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    By moggiye16, Nov 18, 2010 Report Abuse
    Well, the beginning part was pretty interesting, with those three girls dressed as Holly Golightly as a disguise to rob a jewelry store. Although, personally, I would have kept the wig and and stuff to prevent leaving any evidence behind (but that's just me). ^^ I loved that scene with Danny and that dog. It was too funny. "Whose a good doggy?" lol

    When they came to the scene with the conflict diamonds, I was pleasently surprised. I've only heard of conflict diamonds from a music video Kanye West did. I guess it was cool that CSI: NY was addresing the issue and situation about that.

    And motive to steal the jewels for money to pay for college fees, was inventive, but not 100% surprising. Frankly, I hope (wish) that the government thinks about helping out more with education fees.

    And on to the undercover scene. It was a surprise that they would do that, although I'm glad they addressed that CSIs would normally never do that, since they have a team to do that for them. Even though Lindsay's not a character I'm particularly fond of, it's good to see she can keep a cool face when staring into the barrel of a gun.moreless

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    • Danny finds out the lack of directional fracture marks in one of the bits of broken glass. He's got observation, logic and science skills. He might be too passionate and he might not always keep a cool head, but he doesn't lack an IQ: if he weren't a smart person there's no way Mac would have hired him. It's good to see that side of him as well. Edit
    • Danny: There's a whole world right below us. His comment about the unused tunnels running below the city sounds like a pretty good summary of the episode and the show: there are things that we don't see but they exist and can affect us and could condition us for life. Edit
    • It is weird that Stella didn't get any line about jewellery since we learnt that the loves the blue boxes. Tiffany brand name seems to be avoided all through the episode, while it was used before in 2x07 Manhattan Manhunt. Edit

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    • Gina St. John, who plays Reporter #1, also appears in the CSI: Miami episode All Fall Down. She also plays Reporter #1 in episode 3x24 Snow Day.

      Andrea Bogart, who plays who plays Holly #1 (Beth), also appears in the CSI: Miami episode Mommie Deadest.

      Erik Aude, who plays Jewelry Store Manager, also appears in the C.S.I. episode Brain Doe.

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    • The song being played during the opening scene of this episode is I Love New York by Madonna. The song is taken from her 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor. This is the second time a CSI show has used a song from the album. A fourth season episode of CSI: Miami titled Felony Flight used the song Hung Up. Edit
    • Music Featured: I love New York by Madonna. Sir by Various. Kennedy by Ratatat. Edit

  • Quotes

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    • Adam: (To Mac): It's like you were born to do this job. Edit
    • Stella: They're all dressed as Holly Golightly. Lindsay: Breakfast at Tiffany's. Except I don't get it. I don't remember Holly Golightly ever robbing a jewelry store. Stella: You're right. It was a love story. Lindsay: No love here. Edit
    • (Looking in the air shaft) Stella: (Looks at Lindsay) Size two will get you in. (Lindsay looks at Danny, Don, and Stella, and smiles) Edit

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    • The apartment where the CSI's break in at the end has a In Cold Blood poster hung. It is a 1967 film by Richard Brooks based on Truman Capote's book of the same name. Edit
    • Lindsay: Breakfast at Tiffany's. Except I don't get it. I don't remember Holly Golightly ever robbing a jewelry store. Stella: You're right. It was a love story. Breakfast at Tiffany's, the short story by Truman Capote is not precisely a love story. However the movie of the same title based on it had a different outcome. Edit
    • The iPod that Stella found showed the song title Moon River. Moon River is the signature song from Breakfast at Tiffany's, which Audrey Hepburn starred in 1961. The song was written specially for her vocal range by composer Henry Mancini. The lyrics were by Johnny Mercer. Edit

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