Just as in the other two CSI franchise season finales, CSI: NY delivered a killer cliffhanger, loaded with questions. At least in CSI: NY, none of the best loved characters died.

• Who is Douglas Anderson, or “Joe”, or whatever his name really is?
• Is the gunman really operating under duress? Is someone really forcing him to do this? The ending tried to lead us to conclude that that was a lie. Was it?
• Will we find out that the bank manager was in on it, somehow? That’s a stretch, perhaps, but the writers really led us through some weird twists, up to this point.
• Where are the real (or other) bad guys?
• Is it possible that Douglas really is being forced, and that he acted in the end just to try to make it all work out?
• Is Douglas the actual mastermind, and he’s just that deranged an genius? That’s a weird lot to go through, as a ruse, isn’t it?

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This was such an intense CSI: Miami episode. We have a lot to discuss, and wonder about, over the long summer. Here are several points to think about. Please, feel free to comment and leave your own thoughts on the importance of this season finale.

• Miami plots don’t get much thicker, broader, and deeper in details that this.
• This episode has a couple of intertwined themes going: thinly-veiled threats, and “family”, notably, protecting your family.
• Khandi Alexander’s contract was through the end of this season. Her name has remained in the credits, even after her departure. Reports have indicated no other, upcoming projects for Ms. Alexander. Reports also indicated that she had “issues with the show”. Is it possible that the intrigue from the season six finale may have been written to pique her interest in a renewal?
• Eric has been having difficulty with his memory, and Calleigh has been helping hime, in a big way. This episode saw her covering for him, plus a few touching moments between them. Where will this all lead? Sooner or later, his issues will raise some questions. When? How?
• In the end, we see a few deja vu moments, all extremely tight follow-ups to earlier foreshadowing:
  • Julia excuses herself from Kyle. Earlier, Ryan excuses himself from Calleigh. Everyone seems to need an hour or so to “do stuff”.
  • Horatio’s blank, dead stare, in the closing scene. Higgins’ blank, dead stare, in the opening scene.
  • Ryan’s text message: It’s done. Juan Ortega’s phone conversation from jail: “let me know when it’s done.
  • Horatio doesn’t seem to be going back to get to know his son better. Kyle told him something always comes up.
  • The episode is so full of bad guys with bad guns, or bad ammo. In the montage, we see Kyle pull out his own weapon. This also ties into the “protecting family” motif of the episode.
• In the end, we have the montage, where all the little pieces that go together seem to be put in order, spelled out to make our conclusions. What are they going to lead us into, come next Autumn?
• What is Ryan’s involvement in the hit?
• What is Julia’s involvement in Horatio’s murder?
• Are Julia, Ron, the Ortega’s, and Ron Saris all linked, in a bad way?
• Are you sad that Horatio appears to have been murdered?
• Did David Caruso make everyone angry?

What do you see happening in the exciting seventh season?

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What did you think of CSI: New York episode Taxi? It was very fast paced and exciting, that’s for sure.

• Did some of the city shots and action remind anyone else of the film Summer of Sam? I thought it sometimes went beyond the superficial, obvious “serial killer in New York City” connection between the show and the movie.
• Last week, magnets used only at one cab company. This week, motor oil used at only one cab company. When you commit a crime, I guess, make sure you don’t work somewhere that is the only place that uses some obvious technique or product.
• Those vigilantes make me so angry.
• Any other computer/IT people concerned by the way Lindsay said she was going to use “Visual Basic” to create a GUI interface to track the IP address?
• Reed had lost a lot of blood. They definitely made that extreme, considering they didn’t kill him off. But then, maybe it’s not as uncommon to survive that kind of trauma, as I had thought.

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I enjoyed this episode, but it kept me thinking more than CSI: Miami usually does. This one was less about the scenery, and maybe less about Horatio’s sass.

• More than usual, everybody looked like a suspect.
• That Rossi found it awfully simple to pull a few strings with the state attorney’s office. Is that realistic?
• That Rossi seems to have fingers in everybody’s food. How is that? It’s almost like all the futuristic gadgetry that Miami CSI seems to have easy access to.
• Were you watching for the potential cast loss for the week?
• Don’t worry. Next week, they’re going to try to kill off everyone.
• Did you follow the dedicated phone line explanation?
• Did you buy the way that Rossi bought Decker? Maybe there was just that much cash involved. They didn’t talk about that so much.

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If you’re still thinking about this week’s episode of CSI: Vegas, feel free to leave a comment with your opinions, comments, suggestions, etc. Here are a few points to get you started.

• Funny? I liked some of the funny dialog, but parts left me flat.
• I watched that explanation of what happened to Natasha a few times to figure out what exactly happened. I’m still not 100% satisfied with the explanation, nor with the video.
• They didn’t go back to Natasha’s death, so much, either?
• Did you watch the CSI episode of Two and a Half Men? I thought that was hysterical.

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If you’re still thinking about this week’s episode of CSI: Vegas, feel free to leave a comment with your opinions, comments, suggestions, etc. Here are a few points to get you started.

• The rock only found in one nursery reminds me of Grissom’s figuring out where George was buried on CSI: Vegas by the fire ants in the video. Are nurseries a common element in real life?
• I was screaming at Brian not to run. Well, inside my head, I was.
• I was screaming at Brian “Why did you pull the knife out?
• Between X-Files, Supernatural, and this episode, I don’t know what to say about those few megalomaniacal FBI agents that are ruining it for the rest of them.
• Speaking of which, that obsession with this one guy is over the top.
• That Alexx. She was my favorite CSI: Miami character. I really like Warrick, too. Oh, man!

What are your thoughts on episode 6.19 Rock and a Hard Place?

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Tonight’s episode Personal Foul was classic intense CSI. We had some interesting twists, but no finishing touches.

• Was I the only one that thought that Lindsay was going to get into the Killer Cab?
• Paula lost an awful lot of weight, amazingly, not to enjoy the rest of her life, but to get revenge. Crazy much? Discuss.
• What famous serial killer does the Cabbie Killer most resemble?
• How will they find the new suspect –John Doe? Another vague and loose dead-end?
• How much more of this recurring tale, with its first season origins, can Mac take?
• Mac now has to find Reed. Assuming they rescue him, how will the relationship dynamic change? This is heavy stuff.
• First Mac has the phone call with a victim’s widow. Now, Reed is taken. How much closer to this can he get?

Let’s hear what you thought of tonight’s episode!

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