Veritas

Season 5, Episode 1, Aired

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Mac is finally found but is unclear on a few things because of a concussion. Also we meet Detective Flack's sister Samantha who has an unexpected connection to the case.
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  • Mac is found but a few things are un-clear. The hunt for Mac's kidnapper is on.

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    By joshta101, Feb 08, 2009
    Veritas is the perfect answer to begin a season. Leave the main charcter kidnapped and the rest of the team on a frantic search for him. Now, though, they've found Mac - in New Jersey. As Mac struggles to regain his memory, Stella starts a chase on his kidnapper. The episode is well-written, and all the charcters are real - Gary Sinse does an aftermath of a concussion brilliantly. Veritas is one of my CSI: NY top episodes along with Snow Day and Can You Hear Me Now. But the best bit of Veritas? The end when they finally capture Mac's kidnapper and Mac does his kidnapper's list of crimes. So that's Veritas in about 120 words. Thanks for reading!moreless

  • Better than the season finale/first part!

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    By super_friend21, Jan 12, 2009
    Good conclusion to a slightly boring finale. Mac is finally found but is unclear on a few things because of a concussion. I just liked the way the whole thing played out even introducing us to Detective Flack's sister Samantha who has an unexpected connection to the case was great. "Joe" really is wicked, I mean I thought after he pushed Stella off the railing he was going to save her - the one shread of decency I thought he had but he just eanted the bag of money! Stella was very brave though and Adam was funny as usual...moreless

  • A great start to the season!

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    By vicky24c, Jan 02, 2009
    We open with the team searching for Mac. We then see Mac in the water and the car sinking next to him. We see Mac swimming to shore and flagging down a car. He soon informs the team of where he is and they turn up. We then see the car being pulled out of the water and a body is in it, but it's to the kidnapper, but another wanted man who was also involved in the robbery. The team believe that Joe is still in Manhattan searching for his half of the money from the robbery. We learn that the car the team are looking for is registered to Flack's sister. They find the car with a dead girl in the boot of the car. We learn that she was involved in the bank robbery. The team find Joe's secret hiding place with all of his fake ID's and passports. The team learn that Joe's real name is Ethan Scott. They believe that the money never left the bank and that Ethan is going back to get it. They catch him in the act and Stella chases after him. As Stella nearly dies, she manages to save herself and still keeps on chasing after Ethan. They get his wife to help them capture him and so they capture him at the train station.moreless

  • Mac is back!

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    By JPPT1974, Sep 28, 2008
    One thing that you shouldn't do is get on the bad side of Mac. As he is one bad you know what. And I mean it in a good kind of way. When we see him, trying to stay alive. Like one reviewer said that it was neat to seeing Stella kick some you know what. Because it is rare that she does that. Alos we see Flack's sister. She seems to be likable and that hopefully she will do more episodes of the show. Wonder what their relationship will be like and how it will be develop. Only time can and will tell. The conman playing games really played the team up.moreless

  • The conclusion to last year's season finale, overall it was good, and cleverly written!! I think season 5 of CSI: NY will be a great season, since season 4 they really upped their game.moreless

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    By KkMc7080, Sep 27, 2008
    What a great way to conclude this 2 part episode, it left the mystery there, and kept you guessing on what's going to happen next. To me this episode didn't disappoint at all. So far all the CBS crime series have had great season premieres and this one was no different. It obviously wasn't one that rushed through the episode to fill us in, we learned Joe/Ethan Scott was a con artist and was playing the CSI team all along, good thing they realized that this guy was playing games. I wasn't really expecting the angle they used for the season premiere, but it was great!! The writers knew what they were doing and mad props to them all!!moreless
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    • Goof: When Mac is first shown climbing out of the water, the tail-end of the SUV is sticking up out of the water. However, in his flashbacks the SUV is completely submerged before he ever exits it.

    • At the beginning of the episode, police units are unsuccessfully searching the city for Mac. The SUV Mac was driving was a GMC. The police could have requested a vehicle location from OnStar (or the TV equivalent).

    • Goof:: Flack says the Jersey PD has jurisdiction of the car. However, the car was involved with the kidnapping of a detective, who was transported across state lines. That would make it a federal case, with the FBI having jurisdiction.

    • Gary Sinise makes a great job acting Mac's concussion; he's noticeably dizzy and it is noticeable even his voice that becomes slurred and slow, struggling to link words together.

    • Mac has a concussion that makes him partially lose his memory. Then are his perceptions fully trust worthy? Despite his crime scene training and scientific knowledge help him reconstruct what probably happened, there's no way for him to know if what we see him perceiving in the flashbacks is right or wrong.

    • Goof: When Ross is showing Flack the video surveillance footage from the tollbooth, only a fuzzy picture can be shown of Joe. Yet somehow they are able to zoom in well enough to get the VIN number from the door of the car.

    • Goof: Mac says Joe is arrested for assault and battery. In New York, there is no assault and battery. Only an assault charge.

    • Samantha Flack (Kathleen Munroe) is introduced in this episode.

    • Veritas is the Latin word for truth.

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    • French episode title: La Femme de L'Extérieur, meaning Outside Woman. It is an allusion to the previous episode entitled L'Homme de L'Intérieur (Inside man).

    • Original International Air Dates: Norway: December 3, 2008 on TVNorge. Sweden: January 5, 2009 on Kanal 5. Turkey: January 19, 2009 on CNBC-e. Spain: January 20, 2009 on AXN. Ireland: February 4, 2009 on RTÉ 2. Portugal: February 9, 2009 on AXN. Greece: March 3, 2009 on SKAI. Czech Republic: March 4, 2009 on AXN. Croatia: March 11, 2009 on RTL. New Zealand: September 1, 2009 on TV3. Germany: September 7, 2009 on Vox. Slovakia: September 13, 2009 on JOJ. Finland: February 3, 2010 on MTV3. Austria: May 31, 2010 on ORF1.

    • Melina Kanakaredes tripped and fell to the ground while filming the scene where she runs up a fire escape with gun in hand. As a result, she has a scar on her left leg.

    • The scene where Stella falls over the railing on the edge of the roof was shot by Melina Kanakaredes herself and no stunt double was used.

    • In Eastern and Central USA, this episode was delayed 15 minutes due to a Presidential Address during the previous time slot on its first air date.

    • Music Featured: The Geeks Were Right by The Faint. Wanna Be A Star by Walter Meego.

    • Robert Joy (Sid Hammerback) and A.J. Buckley (Adam Ross) have been added to the opening credits.

    • This episode was shot in May 2008 in case the actors went on strike.

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