"CSI: NY" Trapped (2005)

Director:

James Whitmore Jr.

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator) &
Ann Donahue (creator) ...

TV Series:

"CSI: NY" (2004)

Original Air Date:

14 December 2005 (Season 2, Episode 11)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Danny and Stella are investigating a murder of a billionaire in a crime scene what seems to be a bedroom but while Stella is interrogating suspects...

Plot Keywords:

Reference To Houdini | New York | New York City | Crime Scene | Investigation

Cast

Gary Sinise	...	Detective Mac Taylor
Melina Kanakaredes	...	Detective Stella Bonasera
Carmine Giovinazzo	...	Detective Danny Messer
Anna Belknap	...	Detective Lindsay Monroe
Hill Harper	...	Dr. Sheldon Hawkes
Eddie Cahill	...	Detective Don Flack
Jonah Lotan	...	Dr. Marty Pino
Wayne Duvall	...	John Grimes
Alexandra Barreto	...	Linda Cortez
Val Lauren	...	Jerry Gordon
Vince Grant	...	Dr. Lyle Penn
John Eric Bentley	...	Roger Hagler
Ryan Alosio	...	Andy Kula
Dylan Tays	...	Angie Charles
John Dove	...	Det. John Scagnetti

Runtime:

Netherlands:55 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:12

Company:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The female murder victim in this episode, Joanna "Kandy" Kelton, is not a stripper but a mud wrestler; Mac's reference to Joanna's being a stripper was probably left over from an earlier draft of the script.

Quotes:

Danny Messer: Oh Miss MacGyver... grab your camera! I've got a foreign print!

Movie Connections:

References "The Flintstones" (1960)

Soundtrack:

High

'Second' Story Outshines First

A stripper named Kandy, yes-with a 'K," is found dead sprawled out on a big (and scorching) searchlight in an alley next to the club. An unknown customer who got a little rough with her is the prime suspect but no one knows who he is. The victim also was socially involved with the owner and the previously another woman, etc. (This is a bit kinky.) Mac, Lyndsay and Sheldon investigate.

The second story has a billionaire recluse found dead in his penthouse. Somebody sliced his neck, but few people had access to this highly-guarded Howard Hughes-type edifice. Danny, Stella and Flack are on the case. Making it more complicated is that the room in which the victim was killed and is lying there in a pool of blood is a "panic room," and Danny accidentally closes the door. He can't get out for 13 hours when the security owner can cut the door away. He has to improvise to examine the body before decay starts setting in. How he performs some tests is very interesting.

This secondary story turns out to be better - and gets more air time - than the first one, which is unusual. There's actually shootout at the end, which also is unusual for a CSI show.

It's another strong episode.