Officer Blue

Season 1, Episode 10, Aired
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After mounted officer Valasquez is shot down in the park, Mac goes looking for the bullet that killed the officer only to learn that it is lodged in the horse's spine and cannot be removed without being fatal to the horse. The investigation leads them to a local street vendor, but stalls when the D.A. asks Mac not to do anything to risk the horse until after the woman who donated it has a chance to say goodbye. Aiden investigates the body of a young man, Lenny Starks, who was found face-down, dead in the street. Aiden traces the young man to a local pizza parlor where she faces intimidation from the bookies who use it as a gambling front.moreless
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  • Okay episode, but some serious inconsistencies

    7.1
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    By clairebear_nz, Sep 20, 2007 Report Abuse
    It was an alright storyline, but the stuff in relation to the horse was so incredibly wrong, it was unbelievable! Firstly, no horse would survive a crash like that. If nothing else, the horse would have broken a leg and would've been put down on the spot. Its legs were hit out from under it, that means broken legs and that means almost certainty that the horse will me put down. On the spot. It would not get up and walk away like the horse on this did. Don't ask how I know this, because you don't want to know. The second point of complaint is the the reaction of the horse to Mac and the vet being in the stable. No horse in that situation would whinny like that. It's insane. I've been around horses for over a decade, and no horse I've come across has ever reacted like that. Horses whinny to communicate with each other, rather than to indicate panic. I know it *sounds* dramatic, but it really doesn't happen!moreless

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  • Excellent Script, Great Plot.

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    By saleblanc, Aug 25, 2007 Report Abuse
    One of the things that stands out for me in this episode was the great plot and as always the excellent script. Trying to find the bullet and well as the person that fired it. I loved the twist of having 2 different guns of the same type. Stella and Mac having a disagreement was a great scene. Co-workers don't always see eye to eye on this and this showed that they are not immune. The officer being killed for simply being a cop is as senseless as most murders. Now for once I actually really, honestly enjoyed Aiden Burns. I loved watching her on her own and even showing some vulnerabilty. But in the end you also saw her passion and strengh. Ultimately one of my favorite episodes.moreless

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  • Mac, Stella, Danny and Flack have to solve a diffucult case and Aiden has to solve a difficult crime, too.

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    By DLRgirl213, Jun 04, 2007 Report Abuse
    "Officer Blue" was my first episode from CSI:NY. I love the whole eppy! I love horses so I love the horse called "Officer Blue" most in this episode. It is a very beautiful one with a great name. I was very worried about Blue and I was so happy as the veterinarian said that he survived the operation!
    I loved the little fight between Stella and Mac, too. The end was wonderful!

    Mac: You're a fine CSI, Stella. I can honestly say, I wouldn't do this job without you.
    Stella: Yes, you would. You just wouldn't be as good.
    Mac: (smiles) Maybe.

    And then they shook hands!

    Aidens case was great! I just can say:

    1) I hate Det. Thacker!
    2) It was so cool as Aiden talked to the owner of this shop (I can't remember his name)!

    That are my thought's about "Officer Blue".moreless

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  • Another great episode of CSI:NY. Death of an NYC cop and a man killed by someone in the Pizza parlor.

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    By xxshawnee, Feb 10, 2007 Report Abuse
    An NYC cop is shot in the back by a sniper hiding out in a nearby building. Mac and Stella investigate and later find the bullet lodged inside the cop's, horse's neck. Mac is willing to put the horse through a fatal surgery in order to recover the bullet. He changes his mind to keep the horse alive a few more hours in order for the horse's owner to say good-bye to it, and Stella is not pleased with his decision. She wants the bullet now and they get into a fight over it. Mac says that getting the bullet now would be no good anyway because they don't have the weapon and that's final. Stella, being fiery and determined like usual, sets out to find the weapon and won't stop until she does. She finds a gun and assembles it with such ease. She comes back and slams and on Mac's desk and says something like, "I've got the gun, now we need the bullet, case closed." It was interesting to see the two fight, but it was a sad scene to watch, when the little girl said good-bye to her horse.

    In the case Aiden is investigating, she goes to the pizza parlor to look for evidence. She is threatened to leave, and with no other option, she does. Mac tells her that this kind of stuff happens, and it won't be her last time that it will. He tells her it's her job to go back there and do her job. She does exactly that, and I loved how she stood up to the mob by coming back with a group of cops.moreless

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  • A sniper on the loose with a sprinkle of some pizza parlor murder.

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    By coolceruleanblu, Dec 11, 2006 Report Abuse
    All I could think throughout this episode was, "Poor horsey!" Childish I know, but I've always had a fondness for horses. I was happy the writers decided to keep the horse alive at the end of the episode :D

    I thought there were a lot of adorable scenes. The first was with Mac and Stella inside the snipers shootout location, where Mac and Stella were running the prints. It was cute to see her get exasperated and say "with out luck it'll come back the window washer," and Mac says, "think positive Stella." It was just very nice to see how close a friendship they have. I could see how some might say we don't need to see things like that all the time, but if they are good friends, they would do things like that all the time. And it was nice to have that sense of reality, that sense that we can relate to them. Then there was the adorable Mac and Jane scene, where Mac acts all flustered and shy around Jane. How he stutters when he asks for the gun pellet back. I thought it was rather adorable.

    I found Mac's relationship with the horse. At first he was all for having to kill the horse to get the bullet out. But then he seemed to have changed his mind, and had a change of heart to leave the horse some time before they got the bullet out. The fight Stella and Mac had was very interesting. I liked how gung ho she was about the whole situation and how cool she looked assembling the rifle and bringing it to him. The little girl with her horse scene broke my heart. I was ready to cry at that moment.
    I felt that Mac's short speech to the boy. A little heavy handed on the cops however but it is a show about criminal justice. So what do you expect?

    The ending with Mac and Stella was touching. How they apologized and said "friends? Friends" it made me smile. It's nice to see the level of camaraderie this group has.

    You may notice I didn't spend much time on Aiden's mission. That's because I felt like it was a bit obscured by the bigger one. However it was nice to see Aiden have a moment to shine. It was reassuring to see she wasn't just about looks on the show, and she did have a sense of guts and brains on it too. I did like how she eventually stood up to the mob style gambling pizza owner.moreless

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    • Goof: When Stella does the GSR test on the window sill, it appears that she uses at least 2 circles of the paper. When she lifts it up to look at it, there is only one, and the blue indicating GSR is most prominent in a pattern of where two of her fingers rubbed the paper along the sill. Then, when she shows Mac the circle, the GSR pattern on the circle is entirely different. Edit
    • Mac is not an animal lover. But, because he believes human life takes precedence over animal life doesn't mean he isn't an animal lover. Edit
    • Goof: In the beginning, when the cop gets shot, it looks like it's on the great lawn of Central Park. Flack says he heard the shot all the way from Sixth Avenue. However Sixth Avenue stops at the bottom of Central Park, and the great lawn is in the center. So either he magically heard it from the bottom of Central Park (20 something blocks away), or the writers got confused. Edit

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    • Jude Ciccolella, who plays Nick Vicenzo, also appears in the C.S.I. episode Shock Waves. Kanin Howell, who plays Lenny Starks, also appears in the episodes 2x13 Risk and 6x17 Pot Of Gold, in the C.S.I. one Sounds of Silence and in the CSI: Miami ones Urban Hellraisers and Blood Sugar. Charles Hutchins, who plays the role of the British tourist, also appears in the C.S.I. episode A Kiss Before Frying. Edit
    • This is the first Black Hawk Down (2001) reunion on the series between star Carmine Giovinazzo & guest star Gabriel Casseus. Also, guest star Allen Payne was showrunner's Anthony E. Zuiker's first option for the role of Warrick in the original C.S.I. Edit
    • German episode title: Der Heckenschütze, meaning The Sniper. Brazilian episode title: Uniformizado, meaning In Uniform. French episode title : Meurtre à Central Park, meaning Murder at Central Park. Edit

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    • Stella: (Talking about the rifle) Gerald Brown left the rifle unmodified. It's ready for fire. All we need now is a bullet to compare it to. In Stella talk it's time to get the bullet out of the horse, Mac. End of conversation. Edit
    • Flack: (to Willie Chancey) Your last call lasted 18 minutes long. What? Was she giving you phone sex? Chancey: Yeah. You want the number? Edit
    • Stella: We haven't had a fight like that in a long time. Reminds me of the old Mac Taylor. Mac: What old Mac Taylor is that? Stella: The one who let his heart out of his chest every once in awhile. Edit

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    • Stella: Let's pimp this ride. This line refers to the MTV show Pimp My Ride. Edit

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