Snow Day

Season 3, Episode 24, Aired
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After Flack makes an enormous drug bust, and locks it up at the CSI headquarters, the drug lords infiltrate the building at gunpoint to get it back. Now the team must resolve the hostage situations, all the while with Mac, Stella, and Hawkes trapped inside.
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  • The drug dealers storm the CSI HQ, after Flack and NYPD make the largest drug bust of New York City.

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    By Matt16020-FIN, Feb 01, 2012 Report Abuse
    This is the best episode of CSI NY so far. This is the best way to end this season. It hooked me from the first minute 'til the end. It is also a remarkable episode. Danny's and Lindsay's love story goes on and Mac goes to London with Peyton in the final minutes. Anyway, I could not think a better way to spend 40 minutes. Seen this episode 7 times and every time it keeps me on the edge of my seat! Do not miss this wonderful episode of CSI NY!moreless

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  • The third season ends with Detective Flack and the NYPD making a historic drug bust. However the glory of this triumph is short lived as the drug runners make a cunning attempt to break into the crime lab and take the drugs back.moreless

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    By meathead704, Oct 22, 2011 Report Abuse
    This is definitely an exciting way to end the third season of CSI: NY. I was hooked all the way through and the suspense never let up. The cast is once again at top form here. The subplots of the personal lives of the characters help add to the enjoyment of this episode. The relationships between Mac and Peyton and Lindsay and Danny are a good part of the show and hopefully will continue. Great season finale. I certainly hope CSI: NY can keep up the good work into the fourth season and beyond.moreless

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  • What a season's finale!

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    By JoeyDC83, Sep 01, 2011 Report Abuse
    This is definitely the best season's finale so far. It all starts with Don Flack who followed the largest drug seizure in city history. The beginning involves a lot of action already. I really didn't expect that it could get any better than that. But when a gas leak is simulated, you kinda suspect something bigger is going to happen. It is very exciting to see Mac, Stella and Hawkes go against that very scary Irish crew that isn't afraid to use their big guns. And of course not to forget two other CSI members that are held hostage meanwhile. Anything could happen and it is a really catching episode because you just need to know what happens next!moreless

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  • Best. Episode. Ever.

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    By Sami5118, Sep 01, 2011 Report Abuse
    I think that this is the best episode ever for CSI:NY. Hands down the best. What an awesome way to end season 3. I loved every minute of it. In this episode, after Flack makes a huge drug bust, the drug lords break into the building to try to get their drugs back. Mac,Stella, and Hawkes are trapped inside, while the rest of the team tries to get them out safely. I thought that this was definately the best season finale ever, because of the fact that there were so many things that could go wrong, but didn't. I hope that they have more episodes like this to come. 10/10moreless

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  • Intense. That's all I can say for the perfect episode.

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    By pinavinada, Aug 16, 2011 Report Abuse
    I really like this episode. It's kind of intermezzo from the usual forensic theme. They add action in it, makes it even more great. I love how they put Mac and Stella together as always, to protect the lab.
    However, I kind of dislike the ending. Maybe it's because I don't really like Peyton. But overall, it was a great episode.

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    • It is very unrealistic that Stella lifted a unique fingerprint from an elevator button. Edit
    • Despite extolling the virtues of 'safeguarding your prisoner' in the previous episode - and indeed using someone else's mistake in this regard to his own advantage - Mac fails to heed his own advice when strapping one of the gang members to a homemade bomb. Given that this bomb was tripped at the end of the episode, presumably this unarmed prisoner was also killed in the blast. This is true, but in this case we can assume he was more concerned about his own safety than the prisoner's one. When they take care of the prisoner's safety in jail, they already ensure the others' by locking up the prisoner. Here it is very extreme but maybe it seemed to him the only way (even if probably not the right one) to ensure that this prisoner would no longer be dangerous for them (without the need to permanently keep an eye on him), so that they could chase the others guys. Edit
    • Goof: When Flack and Hawkes go into the CSI building and tell the criminals to "put the bags down", Hawkes mouth is not moving correctly to match the dialogue. 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 3x02 Not What It Looks Like. Edit
    • International Airdates: Turkey: Monday, August 6, 2007 on CNBC-e. Spain: Tuesday August 21, 2007 on AXN Spain. The Netherlands: October 24, 2007 on RTL4. Greece: November 28, 2007 on SKAI. Norway: Wednesday, December 5, 2007 on TVNorge. New Zealand: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 on TV3. France: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 on TF1. Australia: Monday, February 18, 2008 on Nine. Hungary: Monday, April 29, 2008 on Viasat3. Finland: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 on MTV3. Edit
    • Featured Music: Jenny Don't Be Hasty by Paolo Nutini, (heard during the flashback of Danny and Lindsay playing pool). Banger by G. Love feat. Blackalicious & Lateef the Truth Speaker, (heard when Hawkes is processing the gun and its ammo). All Access by La Kinky Beat. Give It To Me by Justin Timberlake & Nelly Furtado. I Go Hard, I Go Home by The Presets. Walk Away by Ben Harper. Edit

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    • Lindsay: I'm sorry. Danny: What? What are you sorry about? Lindsay: You were not supposed to be here. You took my shift. Edit
    • Peyton: Have you seen Mac? Sid: No, have you checked the other side of the building? Peyton: Yeah, I have. Twice. Sid: Well, I imagine he's looking for you, you're looking for him, and you're both circling the building... stay put and he'll find you. Edit
    • Flack: Let's do this. (holding gun in his hand) Edit

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    • Danny: (to hostage takers) You two humps from Clinton just hijacked a crime scene cleanup. Makes me believe that when they went to gentrify Hell's Kitchen they got rid of all the smart guys. Although, some may confuse the reference w/ the tv show Hell's Kitchen, a show on FOX, both Danny's statement and the FOX show reference a neighborhood in Manhattan known as Hell's Kitchen - near Midtown. It used to be a crime-ridden area. Over recent years, it has become gentrified the neighborhood and the rich folks have moved in - meaning the "smart guys" or criminal element is no longer there. Edit
    • The entire episode appears to be an homage to the classic Bruce Willis 1988 action film, Die Hard. It features such set pieces as unlikely people thrust into unexpected heroic roles; the use of a diversion to cover the real crime; the takeover of an office building; the major crime being the breaking into a vault; and even the sending of a dead criminal back in an elevator with a written message scrawled on the body. Edit
    • Episode title: Snow Day. Cocaine is often referred to as "snow". Since the mob is after the cocaine the title could be referring to their siege on the lab. The title could also allude to Lindsay's unexpected day off. In states where snow is common in the winter, schools sometimes have a snow day. When there is too much snow for students to safely go to school, school is canceled and children get a day off. Edit

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