So here it is then the final ever episode of our well loved show, seems hard to believe but CSI:NY is no more! The scene opens with two police officers in pursuit of two robbers who have just held up a jewellery store. The chase is continued on foot and ends up with the officers separating to pursue the suspects. One of the robbers escapes by placing his jacket over the barbed wire fence and the second one is shot by the officer. When the second officer arrives at the scene he hears a gunshot and the alleged robber is shot. The officer believes he had a gun as he put his hand inside his jacket, he was going to reach for a gun.
Officer Kevin Hopkins (Patrick Mulvey) retells his story to Mac (Gary Sinise) and Flack (Eddie Cahill). A crowd has gathered outside the twelfth precinct as has news crews. The Vic was Timothy Brown (Koby Kumi-Diaka). Kevin is surprised his story is being rejected and knows he doesn't have to talk with them and has 24 hours before having to report to IA. (Which we all know from Danny's officer shooting ep in season 1 On the Job.) He trusts Mac and respects him but thinks the radios didn't work as he did call in the shooting. No gun was found. His partner, Trey (Paul James) got separated in the alley and Timothy fired at him. The mob become restless and violent and a brick is lobbed through the window which misses Flack.
Soon the mob overrun the precinct and Mac and Flack help out the officers, Flack is even pushed to the ground and almost knocked out as Mac comes to his rescue! Ahh poor Flack! Trey also tells them that they were separated and he followed the suspect who fled over the fence. He got to the alley and heard a shot but didn't see any gun, but he believes Kevin. Flack doesn't know if Trey is lying since he could have saved Kevin by telling them he heard two gunshots. But he wouldn't cos they're not dirty cops but were only doing their jobs. Timothy's girlfriend, Tori (Hope Olaide Wilson) tells them he wasn't violent and would never rob a jewellry store.
The others gather evidence and jewellery from the CS but Jo (Sela Ward) doesn't find a gun, not in any dumpsters, or the alley which she tells Mac. Sid (Robert Joy) calls Mac to inform him Timothy didn't have any GSR on his hands so he didn't fire any gun. Mac wants Kevin to tell him the truth and he gets defensive and angry cos he is telling the truth. He can walk them through the scene and what happened but that's dangerous since there's no way out. So erm, what about getting a helicopter onto the roof, surely they have somewhere to land one.
Mac suggests they bring the scene to them and has Adam (AJ Buckley) and Hawkes (Hill Harper) walk the alley, Adam with a camera strapped to him, looking like something out of Ghosbusters, or should that be Ghostfacers from Supernatural, ha. Adam says he wouldn't go into that alley. Kevin directs them to the correct place and Hawkes finds a mark where the bullet hit a post. Mac tells him to find a casing and he does so, which should confirm Kevin's version of events.
Mac is called by the Chief who wants Kevin brought before a Grand Jury but Mac protests and isn't ready to do that. They need evidence and he says this to Flack. Mac thinks it's not safe keeping the officers here as they could be overrun any minute even with reinforcements and they take Trey and Kevin out in the ambulances at the back. Why not put them both into one ambulance as Trey makes it out, but the one with Kevin is attacked by the mob, of course it has to be his. Kevin is dragged out and beaten up with Flack and Mac coming to rescue him. Again they got a helicopter into the air but they couldn't land it on the roof to evacuate them! Flack and Mac coming out without wearing helmets. Wouldn't Kevin have sustained more injuries than he did.
Hawkes finds the casing was from shootings which took place in the same alley but they don't know who the suspect was or what he looked like. Danny (Carmine Giovinazzo) found a piece of paper in the suspect's jacket which was a summons for drinking in a receptacle in a public place. This has the address of the neighbourhood which is close to the alley. Mac calls to say Trey got away and he got a look at the suspect with the jacket, so they take him round in the car to search for the suspect. Trey sees him in the crowd still wearing that same grey hoodie and he makes a run for it. Leading them to a mailbox which he tries to open. He puts his hand in and Jo shoots him, just as Kevin shot Timothy. Lindsay finds a gun inside. Did the suspect really think he could shoot his way out of there?
Adam arrives and parked a few blocks away and the he threw around a few garbage cans and walked in. He ran tests on the jewellery and found the ones stolen from the store were marked 14ct gold but were fake. Timothy had used his own jewellery to buy an engagement ring. Timothy was at the store when the robbery took place but he wasn't involved. Danny also arrests Griffin (Robert Ri'chard) the man who was the other accomplice. He says they shot his homie and is upset, the gun was for use by everyone. They robbed the store and ran into the alley he fired at Kevin but wasn't going to kill him. He disappeared into a doorway as Timothy was walking in the alley. He turned around and saw Kevin there and took his hand out of his jacket. Kevin shot him and there was no gun.
Mac tells Tori this and makes her listen to Kevin talking. He would give anything to get between Timothy and the bullet and calls himself a coward. Flack replies he's not a coward cos he faced up to what he's done and did what he was trained to do. If he was a coward he would have run and things would have been very different, it could have been him in that alley if he had hesitated. Mac gives Tori the ring but she doesn't want it. She doesn't need a reminder of what could have been but tells Mac how Timothy used to sign his letters, "today is life. The only life you're sure of. Make the most of today." Prompting Mac to make a life changing decision.
As she leaves she talks to the reporter and tells her that Timothy died cos two men woke up and decided they wanted to rob a store. She will forgive Kevin eventually since he was doing his job protecting them, but will never forgive them for what they did. The crowd disappears. Mac talks about his work and being an officer and waits for Christine (Megan Dodds) . The others all share beers on the rooftop and Flack kisses Lovato (Natalie Martinez)(yuk). Jo fixes Sid's plaster where he's had the chemo needle inserted and holds his hand. Seems Hawkes and Adam have each other for company, ha.
Mac proposes to Christine eventually getting the words out. He doesn't have a ring but gets down on one knee and asks her to marry him cos he wants to spend the rest of his life with her. SO ends the show! Oh woe is me! Looks like the writers could have ended the show better maybe everyone was still holding out hope that they could have a last minuet reprieve or something. But no luck. CBS cancelled one of my fave CSI shows! Seems like this officer involved shooting has been done many times in the past, as mentioned with Danny in season 1 and he also claimed he saw a gun but no gun was found. It's a plotline oft used as said already.
Oh boy don't know what to write here, we started the series 9 years ago and had some great eps and some not so good ones, especially towards the end. Mac started out lamenting his wife Claire and still wearing his wedding ring and ended up meeting Christine again and proposing t her, so he'll get that ring back on his finger. Although many fans wanted him to get together with Jo and not Christine. Another blond, like Claire. Who knows maybe if there had been another series then he and Jo would have made a go of it. But I'll miss my Flack, Danny and Adam and Hawkes moments and scenes. Hey we didn't even get any chase scenes between Danny and Flack anymore! Also I liked the addition of Sela to the show she was great and made her character very believable and enjoyable!
It's farewell then to CSI:NY how we'll miss ya!! At least I will.
Mac: "Sometimes the good comes when we most need it and least expect it. If we are lucky enough to notice it, set our eyes upon it and appreciate it, it can almost make us forget all of the bad. Today is life, the only life you're sure of. Make the most of today. Words of wisdom, a slice of goodness passed on by an innocent soul whose life was cut short by an errant bullet. These are words that will always stay with me, words that are about to change the course my life forever."
Yeah and ours too, ha. Today was CSI:NY, the only show we wanted another season of, but we made the most of 9 years!
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