CSI: NY

Personal Foul

Season 4, Episode 19, Aired 5/7/08

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Danny, Lindsay, and Flack investigate the murder of a man who fell to the ground shortly after making a half court shot worth one million dollars in a basketball game that Danny and Flack attended.

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Gary Sinise

Detective Mack "Mac" Taylor
Melina Kanakaredes

Detective Stella Bonasera
Carmine Giovinazzo

Danny Messer

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During halftime at a pro basketball game, a man wins $1 million for making a half court shot....and immediately drops dead. Elsewhere, Mac and Stella continue their search for the Taxicab Killer.moreless

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"Good"

By meathead704, Dec 13, 2011 Report Abuse

There is trouble brewing on the horizon for CSI: NY. That trouble is Mac's stepson. He is just as dislikeable and annoying as the son of the lead character on another CSI show (I think we all know who that is.). It looks as though Mac's stepson is going to be no different. I certainly hope that is not the case because I would hate to see CSI: NYjump the shark. I did like the storylines here and the acting is, as usual, quite good. This is a very flawed episode however. Definitely not one of the show's best.moreless

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In New York it's raining, do you catch a cab and risk your life, or walk and risk our hair?

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By vicky24c, Dec 10, 2011 Report Abuse

Opens with a cab, picking up a victim. She is unconscious and then he place s her on a blue sheet and writes his signature onto the back of her neck. She is in locked into the boot of his cab. Flack and Denny at basketball game. A man tries to make a shoot to win $1million. He does it, it goes in. He then collapses on the court. Flack flashes his badge and goes onto the court. Paramedics pronounce him dead. Lindsay is called in to help with the crime scene. Mac is called in when anther cab victim is found and so is Stella. Park man found the body and reported the body and also emptied the fountain of its money it's his job). Basket ball was killed by poison name was Scott. Denny tries to talk to Lindsay but she blows him off. When Mac is asked directly if he would take a cab he answers no.
Stella & Hawks believe they have found out where the killer gets his wraps for the bodies from. Kisses taken from the victim after running test and taking lip samples from the cheerleaders it is discovered that the lips with the poison match the head cheerleader, who also read out the results. Stella and Hawks tracks down where the magnet down with the latest victim came from. The tem may no have a suspect. DNA from the hole in the wall matches an old case. Lindsay watches back the footage from the game; Lindsey discovers that she announced a different seat o the one which she pulled out. They go to her house and believe that she has a room mate. Reid get s a message asking if he wants to know more about Cab killer to got o a meeting at 10pm.
On the fridge is a photo of a larger girl, perhaps room mate and it is soon discovered to be the head cheerleader. The man made up a nasty chant about her and so she decided on revenge. Chant said eat a salad. Lindsay walks home in the rain and Messer calls her. He invites her over, and she says no. Ricky goes to Messer' apartment and asks if she can come in whilst flirting and Messer tells her no. Perhaps he and Lindsay can make it after all.
They track down the killer through his DNA and medical records but his name John Doe. Which really didn't help. Lindsay goes to the station to go home but it is shut. She hails a cab has she learnt nothing. Then we see Reid getting into a cab. Person didn't turn up. They then drive away. In New York it's raining, do you catch a cab and risk your life, or walk and risk our hair?moreless

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A great episode of CSI NY.

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By SweetMissJaye, May 22, 2008 Report Abuse

I really liked this episode. This is one of my favorite episodes of the season, if not my favorite episode. The taxi killer continues to horrify the city and man manages to become a murder victim in front of an arena full of people. I was intrigued immediately. Flack and Messer witnessed the guy's trip from his seat to the court and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. I was hooked immediately.

I confess that I knew not only that a cheerleader had committed the crime but I knew WHICH cheerleader. I suspected her of foul play before the guy was even dead, when she gave him a kiss on the lips. I suspected her for two reasons. 1-You don't just kiss a stranger on the lips like that. 2-I recognized the actress playing the cheerleader from other character acting that she's done. Even though I thought she was the killer, I had no clue about a possible motive. That part was sad, especially since I've seen overweight/obese people treated cruelly at times. (Hasn't happened recently, thank goodness). I loved Mac in this episode. It was so sad to see him have doubts about catching the taxi killer. I don't care much for Stella but it was bittersweet to see her console Mac, to give him her vote of confidence. I loved that scene between them.

I'm not happy with Danny and I no longer want him for Lindsay (once a cheater, always a cheater in my opinion). But I no I am the minority in my thinking. I guess their relationship is on the mend and he's damn lucky for it. I didn't like the scene at the end where Lindsay is walking in the rain. That was too cliche for me. It did serve a purpose, however, making us wonder if Lindsay was the one getting into the taxi. We learn that it's not her and that it's Reed and I can't even find it in my heart to worry for the brat. This was a very good episode, extremely well acted and well written. Good ep!!moreless

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The taxi cab killers next victim is someone close to Mac.

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By Dakotagirl823, May 13, 2008 Report Abuse

The taxi cab killer sub plot was far more intersting than the death of Scott Dugan, the obnoxious basketball fan who dies in mid court. While I did empathize with Paula, the cheerleader who was humiliated by Scot at a basketball game to years earlier, I didn't agree with her method of revenge. A more fitting punishment would have been to tell him that she was the fat girl he humilatd two years ago in front of the fans. Murder is never a solution to one's problems.

Stell and Sheldon learn more information about the taxi cab killer but fail to come up with his name. The case is testing Macs patience, but it was great to see him open up the Stella about the widow of one of the victims. Mac appeared more animated and less wooden emotionally. The only dark spot in the episode was Reed's attitude. While I can understand his need to be the first one to get an original scoop on the taxi cab killer, his attitude is causing him to lose his most important contact-Mac. I applaud Mac for putting him in his place and sticking to his prinicples.

The biggest hightlight of the episode was the bittersweet conversation between Danny and Linday. While the romance as faded from their relationship the friendship is still there. The writers ended the episode in the most suspensful way. Now that someone close to Mac could become the next victim, the team will need to use all of thier resouces to find the killer before it's too late.moreless

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An ok episode I wasn't too impressed with it.

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By Sagitariusbri86, May 12, 2008 Report Abuse

The whiole set up just looked fake, from the basketball game and how things progress during the episode. It felt like a filler episode and I think they could of come up with something other then a basketball game to set up that crime seen. To think that something like that can happen to a person in a game was crazy. They tried to be creative but a little over board. As for the cab driver on the loose I knew the lady wasn't going to get caught in that cab but this just helps everyone know, that it is better when you have your own car so you don't have to rely on stangers.moreless

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Trivia
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- The calendar Sheldon moves at the cab company to view the hole in the wall made by an angry cabby has a photo of the cheerleaders from the episode's other subplot. Edit
- Goof: Danny's apartment (especially the entrance hall) is noticeably different than the one in 3x18 Sleight Out of Hand. Also, the pool table is nowhere to be seen. Edit
- There are more than a million pigeons in New York. Also, the city's population of Argentinian parrots escaped from a box that was manipulated by an airport worker. Edit
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- Music Featured: Clear Cut (Sonar By Day) by Bomb the Bass and Lali Puna. Kiss Kiss by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Lights & Music by Cut Copy. Edit
- Original International Airdates: UK: May 17, 2008 on CH5. Denmark: June 9, 2008 on Kanal 5. Turkey: July 7, 2008 on cnbc-e. Spain: July 15, 2008 on AXN. Australia: October 15, 2008 on Network 9. Sweden: August 25, 2008 on Kanal 5. New Zealand: August 26, 2008 on TV3. Czech Republic: October 14, 2008 on AXN. Norway: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 on TVNorge. Germany: January 26, 2009 on VOX. Finland: July 22, 2009 on MTV3. Edit
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- Lindsay: Need help picking the right shade? Danny: Ha, ha, ha, that's just it. Unless the make-up counter at Bloomie's is selling mood lipstick, this partial print we got from the vic's mouth seems to have changed color. It started out pink. Lindsay: And now it's amber. Danny: Means the efflorescent crystalline residue we're looking at is atropine trace. Lindsay: Well, that explains the color shift. So which cheerleader wore it? Danny: And if she had poison on her lips, why isn't she dead too? Edit
- Lindsay: Any stomach contents? Sid: Like you wouldn't believe. At least two hotdogs, popcorn, nachos, peanuts, an ice-cream sandwich and almost a full liter of beer. Danny: I'm surprised he could get out of his seat! Sid: What's even more surprising is the traces of phentermine I also found in his bloodstream. Lindsay: Wait, time-out, Scott was taking an appetite suppressant? Sid: Clearly a failure in this case, but someone still found him lovable! Danny: Lip prints. Sid: Twelve to be exact. I lifted them from both cheeks, the neck and the forehead. In various shades, from Candy Kitten to Sangria Sunset. Lindsay: Twelve girls on the cheerleading squad. Edit
- Danny: I'm surprised he didn't kick the bucket from altitude sickness with these seats! Lindsay: That or the nachos... Edit
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- Danny: Peanuts, Popcorn, Poison! This is a variation of the common call of food hawkers at sporting events (Peanuts, Popcorn, Cracker Jacks!). Edit