Uncertainty Rules

Season 6, Episode 16, Aired
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The team investigates the particularly gruesome outcome of a 21st birthday where the party plans became all but anything worth celebrating. With just a few and not easy answers as their only lead in the case, the CSIs are challenged to stretch their abilities to the limit.moreless
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  • Up to this episode, possibly the best this lackluster season 6 has had to offer.

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    By skostur082591, May 09, 2011 Report Abuse
    "Uncertainty Rules" takes on "The Hangover" formula with deadlier results. This 6th season of CSI: NY is turning out to be one of the weakest, but an episode like this is a refreshing breath of air. Acting wise, the team seems to be at the top of their game with a special nod going to Eddie Cahill who was especially good. Our innocent victim, who, for most of the episode is high on LSD, is also very convincing. The murder is grisly and even more disturbing is the man who committed it; a slimy just plain evil guy. The only issue I have with the episode is the way our killer is confronted. The shootout seemed slightly forced and more along the lines of CSI: Miami, but because the rest of the episode was so good, I'll half forgive it.moreless

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  • Mac and the team investigate the gruesome murder of four people at a 21st birthday party gone horribly wrong. Mac works with the sole survivor of the massacre, the birthday boy, to find out what exactly happened and bring the killer to justice.moreless

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    By meathead704, Oct 16, 2010 Report Abuse
    Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time! The episode is season's best so far for a number of reasons. The unforgettable opening sequence, the frighteningly realistic crime scene, and the very compelling and well written script. The top notch performances by Gary Sinise and the rest of the cast almost goes without saying. Another high point is Adam's computer simulation of how the massacre at the hotel room occurred. That will have viewers cringing and looking away for sure. Gary Sinise is once again at the top of his game in this episode. A great episode.moreless

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    By thefanof, Oct 16, 2010 Report Abuse
    See, this is why I do not drink or do drugs. Because when you do you wake up in the streets without a shirt and holding a bloody axe.

    In all seriousness though, a solid episode of CSI: NY, a show that I was sort of souring on earlier this year, but have been enjoying the past few weeks with the racing, vampire and now this episode. The plot was intriguing, as is usually the case with this show, but I thought the ending was particularly noteworthy. Anytime the show ends with gunfire, I am more often than not a satisfied man.moreless

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  • Lots of blood and a guy killing with an axe...great!!

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    By jordinajamaica, Jun 29, 2010 Report Abuse
    Really great chapter!! Although I missed Lindsay and Sid in it... There were tons of evidence to process, I bet they could have used another CSI *cough* Lindsay*cough* to help them. Sid was mentioned a couple of times at least....

    The case was really good. A guy covered in blood with an axe acting crazy in the middle of the street and then finding the 4 bodies on his hotel room. All things pointed to him but our lovely CSI proved that he was just tripping in the bathtub... The resolution of the case was great too, all because of the timing, and the poor friends of James were just colateral damage... Danny and Flack scenes were all hilarious!! these 2 crack me up everytime they are in the same rooom together. I loved the grandma saying 'I beg to differ' (I said 'me too' outloud in that moment! ) and calling Danny, 'sonny' too... Very little Adam but we got him talking/singing alone again...
    Stella and Hawkes being the smartest and Mac bonding with the poor James.
    I dunno who the actor that played James is but he did an amazing job, kudos for him.moreless

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    • Goof: Mac and James Roberts can be seen coming out and walking past the entrance door of the 13th precinct; however, later on they are back in and the sign on the inside doors reads 12th precinct. Edit

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    • Despite featured in the opening credits, Anna Belknap and Robert Joy do not appear in this episode. Edit
    • Joe Reegan, who plays James Roberts, also appears in the C.S.I. episodes Built to Kill, Part 1 and Built to Kill, Part 2. Nadine Heimann, who plays Lacey Deshane, also appears in the C.S.I. episode Empty Eyes. Martin Klebba, who plays Calvin Moore, also appears in the C.S.I. episode The Chick Chop Flick Shop. Cullen Douglas, who plays Gerald Gordon, also appears in the C.S.I. episode Killer. Natascha Hopkins, who plays Carolina, also appears in the CSI: Miami episode Witness to Murder. Edit
    • Original International Air Dates: Canada: March 3, 2010 on CTV. United Kingdom: April 24, 2010 on Five. Czech Republic: June 12, 2010 on AXN. Spain: June 29, 2010 on AXN Turkey: July 18, 2010 on CNBC-e. Sweden: August 23, 2010 on Kanal 5. Norway: September 22, 2010 on TVNorge. Germany: January 10, 2011 on Vox. Slovakia: May 3, 2011 on JOJ. Finland: June 8, 2011 on MTV3. Edit

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    • Flack: Clowns? That's what you're going with? Clowns? That's your official story? James Roberts: They were trying to kill me. Flack: Oh, so they're the 'homicidal on the inside' kind of clowns. Well, hang on a second while I put out an apb for two guys with frizzy pink hair and big red noses! Edit
    • Mac: Depending on the dose, the effects could last anywhere between six and twelve hours. Stella: He has moments of lucidity, but he could go in and out of hallucinations during that time. Let's see. He's a Physics major at Chelsea university and a member of the Manhattan Physics Club. Kid's no dummy. Mac: Strange. A kid like this, no record, clean as a whistle. Edit
    • Mac: James is a science buff, huh? Sara Carr: Yeah. Mac: I can relate. Sara Carr: I was gonna throw a party for him. He made me promise not to. Mark and Daniel said they weren't taking no for an answer. James... he isn't a party guy. He... he's kind of a wallflower, you know? He just sits back and watches everyone else have fun. I don't care, though. I... I love that he's not one of those fraternity-type guys, you know? Edit

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    • Rufus Knox: Check this out, Sipowicz. Andy Sipowicz, played by Dennis Franz, is one of the characters in the ABC police drama series NYPD Blue. Edit
    • Rufus Knox: Some crazy bastard went all Paul Bunyan on them girls. Flack: So that makes you Babe the blue ox. Paul Bunyan is a mythological lumberjack and frontier folk hero commonly believed to be a giant of unusual skills to overcome all obstacles. His companion is a blue ox called Babe. Edit
    • Mac: Worlds colliding. Worlds in Collision, published in 1950, is the last book Einstein was known to be reading when he died. The book was written by Immanuel Vikovsky (1895-1979) a well known and controversial author of Catastrophism themed books that reinvent the events of ancient history. Edit

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