CSI: NY

The Thing About Heroes

Season 4, Episode 10, Aired 11/28/07

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While in Chicago Mac uncovers more clues about his stalker and reveals his troubled past. Meanwhile, in New York the rest of the team is in danger. The hunt is on to figure out the identity of the 333 stalker before time runs out.

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Anna Belknap

Lindsay Monroe
Carmine Giovinazzo

Danny Messer
Gary Sinise

Detective Mack "Mac" Taylor

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The 333-Stalker storyline concludes.

9.5

"Superb"

By Matt16020-FIN, 6 minutes ago Report Abuse

Whoa! I don't know where to start! So the 333 storyline concludes in this episode. We are revealed that it is someone from Mac's past who wants a revenge. So it continues from the end of previous episode. A chilling voice welcomes Mac home, as he steps out of a cab in Chicago. Mac follows the hints of the stalker to New York City. Again, CSI NY continues its golden season. The flashback at the beginning is creepy, brings me the chills. Gary Sinise does an impressive performance when the stalker talks to him. The ending was a fitting one to end this all.moreless

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The story of the 333 stalker concludes with Mac finally getting the answers he has been searching for since the start of the season. A tragic incident which happened during Mac's childhood in his native Chicago comes back to haunt him.moreless

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By meathead704, Dec 01, 2011 Report Abuse

I had a little trouble buying how the 333 stalker managed to remote pilot a subway train and also how he managed to smuggle a dead body into the Chicago Tribune building. Despite this big flaw I think this episode was very well done. The story certainly keeps you guessing from the beginning as to how it will resolve itself. The whole story of 333 is told in a way easy for the viewer to follow and is very plausible. I also think the change of scenery was a high point of this episode. Three cheers for Chicago!moreless

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One of my top five favorite episodes.

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By Sami5118, Nov 22, 2010 Report Abuse

In this episode, Mac goes back to Chicago to track down the 333 stalker. He finds a body in the Tribune Building which eventually leads him back to New York City. Stella figures out that the 333 stalker is Drew Bedford. When they go to find him at his office, he is nowhere to be seen, so the team spreads out to look for him. While Mac is looking around the wine racks, Drew comes out of nowhere and hits Mac in the back of the head with a gun and knocks him out with some drug. When he wakes up, he is in a chair surrounded by lasers. The rest of the team works frantically to find him, and when they do, Drew ends up getting shot, but he doesn't die. The family has lost enough, Mac told Flack.moreless

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We learn who is the 333 stalker and the significance of the numbers 333.

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By totodile292, Jun 12, 2009 Report Abuse

First of all, I liked how the episode starts and ends. Very exciting.

It was a surprise to learn Drew Bedford - Stella's love interest this season - was the 333 stalker. I wasn't expecting him to be the stalker, but I did like Kerr Smith's portrayal of Drew because he showed how angry Drew was at the time.

My sympathies are with both Drew and Mac. Like Drew, I would have felt angry if my sibling was killed and my friend didn't do anything to prevent it because they were scared. Also, I would have felt scared to shoot someone, even if it is for self-defense.

In the end, I think it was wise for Mac to wound Drew and not kill him. A true hero wouldn't take another person's life. Also, Mac did make a point when he said at the end of the episode, "Not today. The family has already lost enough." It is true because Drew's family did lose enough already because his brother was already killed.

I think Drew went to far with his clues.moreless

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awesome episode

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By Fwirrel, Oct 03, 2008 Report Abuse

Everything from the previous episodes finally ties together and we find out who Mac's stalker is and why the numbers 333 are important. When Mac was young, he witnessed his friend get beaten to death and he couldn't pull the trigger of the gun to stop it. The younger brother of the one that died wanted revenge and set up an elaborate stalking plan to get Mac. He kidnapped Mac, but it turned out bad when his older brother turned up and got shot. This episode was great because it developed all of the character, especially Mac when we learned about his past. I also liked the guest characters in this episode - you couldn't help but feel bad for them. Overall, great episode with a great culmination of little clues in previous episodes.moreless

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- Goof: Hawkes says that the DNA from the prints in the train and the vic (Drew's) are a match to the blood in the puzzle (Drew's) and Mac says that the blood in the puzzle (Drew's) has common alleles with the blood in the shirt (Will's). Makes sense since Will and Drew are brothers. However, it is said that the DNA on the cigarette (Jimmy's) is not a match to the blood in the puzzle (Drew's) but a filial match to the shirt (Will's). However, Jimmy's DNA should also be a filial match to the blood in the puzzle since all 3 Drew, Will and Jimmy are brothers. Edit
- Mac tells Det. Brennan that he grew up in Chicago. He seems to be emotionally and physically detaching from the city not phrasing it something like: I'm from here or this is my hometown. He doesn't mention if he has family in the city either. Edit
- Drew's plan was for the subway to crash and only leave Danny to save Mac and hence be shot and dead in the attempt. If it would have worked, it would have destroyed Mac's entire team, his family somehow. It is pretty sure that Drew wanted to destroy all of Mac's "family", but there was no way for him to positively know they would all get on the subway except for one. Edit
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- Erin Daniels, who plays Det. Brennan, also appears in the C.S.I. episode The Descent of Man. Eddie Driscoll, who plays Hal Weylon, also appears in the CSI: Miami episode In Plane sight. Edit
- Spanish title: Lo Malo de Ser un Héroe, meaning The Downside of being a Hero. Edit
- Music Featured: Troubled Son by Working for a Nuclear Free City. Train to Nowhere by Savoy Brown. Edit
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- Jimmy: (To Mac after being accused of making the 333 calls) You don't know a damn thing. Edit
- Jimmy: (To Mac, about Bobby Toole's death) We swore we were never gonna talk about this. Edit
- Sinclair: (To Mac) There's a fine line between foolishness and loyalty. Edit
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