With references to 9/11 and the Iraq wars, the New York edition of “CSI” is notably darker than the Miami and Las Vegas dramas. Gary Sinise (“Forrest Gump”) is the obsessive leader. Stella Bonasera (Maria Kanakaredes) and Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo) are part of the forensic team charged with investigating dealing with mysterious deaths and assaults.
When a heist goes bad and a bank manager is shot dead, a frantic gunman takes the entire bank hostage and demands a CSI come in to prove his innocence
A drowning victim falls out of a self-cleaning restroom and what first looks like a freak accident turns into foul play and the CSIs must investigate the hows and whys of the case
A body found in the New York harbor leads Mac and the CSIs to a hidden treasure and an assassination plot on a diplomatic convoy headed to the U.N.
Blood found on the Statue of Liberty lead Mac and the team to find a vigilante killer