CSI:NY 4.05: Second Life Killer Spoiler
October 24, 2007 by Jason
TV Guide has a new article available today with more details about the upcoming plotline involving the CSI:NY team pursuing a murder from the real world into the online MMPG “Second Life” franchise.
Lab geek and Second Life devotee Adam Ross (A.J. Buckley) realizes that an oddly attired corpse is a dead ringer for a virtual character — aka an avatar — named Venus. When he discovers that despite the death of her look-alike, the avatar still exists on the site, the question becomes: Is the real-life person who’s controlling Venus online the real-life killer?
With Ross’ help, Det. Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) creates his own avatar and heads into Second Life to investigate. “I think this may be the first time a television show has interacted so specifically with the Internet,” Sinise says. “The virtual world of this episode is really fun, entertaining and cutting-edge. Anthony Zuiker always seems to have his finger on the pulse of what’s coming next.”
CSI: NY is pursuing some interesting tech related plotlines. Their recent plot with the time traveling professor and now with a virtual person crossing over and killing in the real world is pretty cool.
I’ve never played Second Life, but have heard a lot about it. My fear for starting to play is that I’m sure I’d get absorbed into it and have even less time in my “real” day.
Second Life, Mac Taylor, Gary Sinise, CSI:NY, TV Guide
Seems kinda hinky to me…Law and Order SVU just did an episode about online rpg player kidnapping a couple weeks ago. Even down to the whole avatars in real life thing.
I’m curious to know if the people who make CSI [all of them] ever actually think that other people can’t make the connection. I mean, mostly it’s just some inconsistencies in the story, but i mean a whole episode practically plagiarized right under NBC’s nose.
CSI NY is better than that. E3 was the coolest ep I’ve seen from any show maybe ever!
CSI NY is better than E3 was the coolest epsote I’ve seen from any show.
CSI NY is better than E3 was the coolest epsot I’ve seen from any show