CSI: NY 8x12: Brooklyn Til I Die

Original Air Date: 3 February 2012

Storyline: A fun game gets all too real when one of the players gets murdered and another player is held for ransom. Meanwhile, Mac reconnects to an old friend.Trivia: Despite working the same case, Hawkes' tablet shows the case as #2011/54735 whereas Danny's computer screen shows it as #2011/71042. 

Ben Bledsoe, who plays Preston Seville Jr, also appears in the CSI episode "Young Man With A Horn". 
Gene Farber, who plays Jake Williams, also appears in the CSI episode "Sin City Blue". 
Patrick St. Esprit, who plays Gerald Branson, also appears in the CSI: Miami episode "Prey".

Review: This week, CSI:NY gave us a glimpse of what this show was like in the first seasons. It was an episode full of adrenaline, with a smart plot that kept me interested all along. I still feel that the actual lab work has been neglected in the last couple of seasons and that was most interested me and made this show different from all the other crime procedurals out there, but I'm satisfied with the action and the outcome. The only thing that could have made it better would have been Adam's presence.

The case featured the kidnapping of a young man, son of a financial mogul who cared more about his hard-earned money than about his own flesh and blood. During the kidnapping, Preston Seville, JR.'s girlfriend, a young schoolteacher who was participating in a scavenger hunt game with him, was murdered, just as they both thought the attackers were part of the game.
First of all, I liked the idea of the GoGame. It sounds extremely fun and a great way to escape from reality and assume a different character. I'd definitely like to try something like that.
The way the events unfolded was also very exciting. I haven't seen this much imagination in putting together a case for this show for a very long time. It had every ingredient to keep the CSIs and us, for that matter, hooked and anxious to see what happens next. Not to mention that the creepy mother with the riffle was right out of a classic horror movie.
But my favorite moment of the hour was probably Lindsay calling Danny and Hawkes Cagney and Lacey. And Hawkes borrowing Danny's "boom". Flack's interrogation techniques were also pretty fun to watch and I even cared about Mac's small arc regarding meeting a friend from the past - a lady friend, even; I never really cared about his romantic interactions before.
All in all, a very good episode, reminding me why I started to watch this show in the first place.CSI: NY 8x11: Who's There? Back to Season 8