CSI: NY

Point of No Return

Season 5, Episode 18, Aired 3/18/09

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After the wife of a former member of the ME's team is found dead in a motel room, the team has to find the source of the heroin she was covered in.

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Gary Sinise

Detective Mac Taylor
Melina Kanakaredes

Detective Stella Bonasera
Carmine Giovinazzo

Danny Messer

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Awesome, and very intense. Stellar performances by the entire cast.

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By FoxPhile, Aug 07, 2010 Report Abuse

A truly terrific episode, indeed. And I find the title very appropriate. It seems many characters reached their "Point of No Return". Sid discovered there was a line he could not cross in separating the personal from the professional when he was unable to autopsy Pino's wife. The whole case, of course, affected him deeply. I have to wonder how it will affect his future relationships with the people who work with and under him. Stella has crossed a line as well. She is premeditatively defying Mac and lying to him, and she's bringing Angell in on it with her. Danny has gotten a taste of how much his life truly has changed. His big issues in "The Box" and "Triangle" were dealing with the life-changing experience of becoming a father. Up until now, it seems it's been an abstract concept. This case brought it home to him, and not just because of his recklessness in storming into the shootout, and his realization that he could have lost his life, his wife and his child. I think he also came face-to-face with the pain of losing a spouse. Of course, he's seen that hundreds of times before, but it's got to hit closer to home when it's someone you know. We're used to seeing Robert Joy (Sid) as the goofy, slightly off-base, socially inept comic relief (in the morgue, of all places!). This ep proved that Robert Joy brings serious talent to a very intense, dramatic role as well. Bravo!

And Carmine can tell an entire story with his facial expressions alone. He truly seems to put his entire self into his role - body language, expressions, even tiny hand gestures. Truly stellar.moreless

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Nice!

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By lioncore, Nov 22, 2009 Report Abuse

It was a really good episode. The storyline was interesting, the acting was very good (as always) and I enjoyed the flashbacks of the team with the previous member of their team, concerning their relationship in the past.
I would like to point out something. They really should stop making Stella speak Greek. To anyone who actually speaks the language, often what comes out of her mouth jibberish. Most Greeks have to listen twice to find out what she's saying. Since the character is supposed to be Greek the way she speaks should be believable. And, trust me, it isn't!moreless

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Pino!

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By casandra34, Oct 13, 2009 Report Abuse

I just saw the ep today (stupid i know!) and i was intense!
I was soo shocked Pino would do such a horrible thing!
Because he seemed like such a nice guy, i really loved him.
I really felt sorry for Sid, he was really having trouble dealing with it!

And now DL: I loved it when Danny was talking to Mac about lindsay wanting to investigate the death of a beaver xD
And I als loved how Danny was trying soo hard to clean his ring..it shows he really cares and i also liked how he answered the phone with 'Hey Babe'moreless

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The team is called in to investigate a dead woman in a hotel. Soon they realize that several of the team knew her and her husband. Dr. Marty Pino, a former M E with the crime lab....And the team is off.moreless

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By nitafay2212, Mar 19, 2009 Report Abuse

Great twist and turns. It kept me on the front of my seat. The guest stars were just that guest as they did not take up a whole lot of time and screen space. So we were missing two team members as Linds is home in Montana and Adam??? No sign of Adam.

Sid: Great emotion. I felt for him when he tried to do the autosopy and then again when he ran into the warehouse, even though he knew he should not be there.

Hawks: Always sticking up for his friends. Even though this time, his gut instinct was wrong.

Danny: W H A T W A S H E T H I N K I N G. Oh, yeah, he was thinking like Danny. But it was great that he saw what could have happened if things did not go his way.

Stella/Angel: Ok, so it looks like I could actually be right about the person who will die. My guess is that this Greek Case will lead to Angels death, therefor, pissing Flack off cause Stella got his girl killed. Mac will be pissed becuase not only did Stella disobey him, but she outright lied to him. Third, as emotional as she gets she will feel guilty (as she should) for a very long, long time.

But I loved the shipping container scene. It is one paperless way to extradict someone. Maybe we should use that more often.

Mac: The backbone of the show. He felt for Marty, but still did his job. And of course he knows something is up with Stella. And it was nice to see him kind of protect Danny when Danny left his vest. The way he asked about Linds was in a fatherly manner. Wonder if he will be the Goddaddy to baby Messer. Can't wait to have Linds back. And they need to include Adam more and more. He brings the Comic relief. Hope we get to see more Flack and Angel before she dies.moreless

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Pino is back but not for good....

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By jordinajamaica, Mar 19, 2009 Report Abuse

*I used to love Marty Pino. A lot! I wanted him back as a ME not as a drug maker out of humnan organs... But he was awesome. He did a great job specially in the last scene with Sid.
*Robert Joy was amazing! *Danny was stupid but what he was suposed to do let the guy run?? I don't think anyone in the CSI team would have let the guy leave...
*Hawkes siding with Pino was great, their where friends afterall, and I liked that FLack was playing devil's lawyer, acusing Pino since moment one.
*DL: Yes, Lindsay is in Montana but we got 2 DL moments in this chapter!!! The first one is just so cute! Danny saying that she says she looks like a whale, she is bored and tried to investigate the death of an animal... And the second one is just in the perfect timing. Danny cleaning the blood of his hands and specially of his ring and she calls. I loved how he tries to calm down himself before answereing the phone with a 'Hey Babe'...
* Now Stella and Angell: I have to agree that they did a fine job, but I can't stop thinking that they were really lucky. I was all the time thinking 'If you get Angell killed, Stella, Flack is gonna kick your butt and hate you for life...' Seems that even with Diakos dead that doesn't meant this is over.
How can she lie to MAc that way? Mac knows somehting is going on, she is getting into big trouble and dragging Angell with her.

All in all, really good chapter, I was about to cry at the last confrontation with Sid and Marty. I really liked the flashbacks to let us remember how happy and funny Marty was and what had he become.

Ashlee Simpson and his husband didn't have a lot of text which I think was good...

What the hell is a waxing bikini party????moreless

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Trivia
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- Goof: When Danny is washing his hands, there are two close-up shots in which he has blood all over his hands. Between those shots, there's another one in which he has (almost) no blood on them. Edit
- Goof: Stella is not wearing gloves when she is into Diakos' apartment, and she is seen opening a door. It is highly unlikely that there was no evidence whatsoever of Stella's and Angell's presence in the room when the police showed up later and processed the scene. Edit
- Goof: How does Sid get to the warehouse and how come is he allowed in without a vest? Edit
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- Jonah Lotan (Marty Pino) last appeared in the episode Run Silent, Run Deep. Edit
- Original International Air Dates: Turkey: May 18, 2009 on CNBC-e. Spain: May 19, 2009 on AXN. Czech Republic: July 1, 2009 on AXN. Sweden: September 21, 2009 on Kanal 5. The Netherlands: October 12, 2009 on RTL4. Norway: October 14, 2009 on TVNorge. New Zealand: December 22, 2009 on TV3. Germany: January 18, 2010 on Vox. Slovakia: February 6, 2010 on JOJ. Finland: June 9, 2010 on MTV3. Edit
- Although they are in the credits, A.J. Buckley and Anna Belknap do not appear in this episode. Edit
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- Mac: Bikini wax party. Flack: Apparently not all their customers are women. Hawkes: Ouch. Edit
- Danny: Put the gun down, Marty. Marty Pino: Come on, Danny. I don't wanna hurt anybody. I just wanna get out of here. Hawkes: You know that can't happen, man. Come on. Mac: It's over, Marty! Edit
- (As she puts him in the cargo container to be shipped away) George Kolovos: We had a deal! Stella: I lied. Edit
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- Episode Title: The Point of No Return is a song from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Phantom of the Opera. Edit
- Stella: The ancient Greeks would put coins on the eyes of their deceased to pay the passage from the land of the living to the land of the dead. According to Greek mythology, the deceased had to cross the Estigya river in their passage from the land of the living to the land of the dead. Caronte, the boat man who crossed the souls, would take a coin to be paid for the passage. The coins on the eyes were used so the eyes would stay closed (rigor mortis would keep them open otherwise) because they believed that if the deceased kept them open, a relative will soon pass away as well. So another coin was usually placed under the tongue to pay to Caronte, because otherwise he would use the ones on the eyes. Edit
- Prof. Papakota: I heard that several tombs had been discovered in Cyprus believed to have dated back to King Philip II. Philip II of Macedon (382–336 BC) was the father of Alexander the Great, Philip III and possibly Ptolemy I, the founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt. Edit