"CSI: NY" And Here's to You, Mrs. Azrael (2006)

Director:

David Von Ancken

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"CSI: NY" (2004)

Original Air Date:

15 November 2006 (Season 3, Episode 9)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

The murder of a young woman in a hospital goes undetected by the hospital staff. The victim was the driver in a drunk driving accident which killed her best friend, and she had just come out of a coma. |

Plot Keywords:

New York | New York City | Crime Scene | Investigation | Detective

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
Sam Anderson	...	Dr. Richards
A.J. Buckley	...	Adam Ross
Mel Harris	...	Julie Rollins
Sheryl Lee	...	Ellen Garner
Richard Tyson	...	Frank Russo
Mark Colson	...	Kevin Green
Michael Terry	...	Matt Huxley (as Michael Grant Terry)
Robert Joy	...	Dr. Sid Hammerback
Stefanie Butler	...	Heather Rollins

Color:

Color

Company:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Trivia:

The word "Azrael" in the title is known as one of the names of the angel of death.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In Hawkes flashback to his dying patient at the hospital he tells the nurses "adrenaline". In hospitals they don't use natural adrenaline, they use synthetic adrenaline, more commonly known as epinephrine. As a MD, Hawkes would know better.

Quotes:

Dr. Sid Hammerback: Mac, been meaning to ask. I'd like you to consider coming to our house for Thanksgiving this year. My daughter's coming in, cousins from Philly. We do a really nice job. I use a Collins scalpel to carve the bird, it gets the meat paper thin.
Detective Mac Taylor: I appreciate the offer, Sid.
Dr. Sid Hammerback: Now you can't spend the holidays alone again. I'll drag you if I have to.
Detective Mac Taylor: You're gonna have to add some meat to that skinny frame of yours if you're gonna be making threats, and I was about to say I do have plans this year, thank you.
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Movie Connections:

References The Graduate (1967)

Soundtrack:

Walk Away

Lots Of Twists, But Do They Add Up?

This is one of those shocking endings that at first, you say, "wow, that's pretty cool." However, when you think about it for a minutes, questions start popping up and pretty soon you think, "there's no way that could have happened." That's my interpretation of this episode, anyway.

I could see the who killer was much earlier in the show but the twists and turns to get there are a bit far-fetched. Nevertheless, it was a good story and I like these shows better when they focus on just one crime instead of dividing the 45 minutes into two or three crimes stories.

Hill Harper as "Sheldon Hawkes" is the featured CSI worker on this case, with a personal story or two that makes him relate to this case more than the others. We find out a little background on him, such as why he decided to be a medical examiner.