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The Best Episodes of CSI: NY

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    CSI: NY Season 5 Episode 22 - Yahrzeit
    8.8/10(5 votes)

    #1 - Yahrzeit

    S5:E22

    The most exclusive jewelry auction of the year ends abruptly when an appraiser is killed during the event. The investigation takes an emotional turn when the CSIs must confront one of the greatest tragedies in human history - the Holocaust.

    Director:Norberto Barba
    Writer:Peter M. Lenkov

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  2. CSI: NY Season 6 Episode 23 - Vacation Getaway
    8.8/10(4 votes)

    #2 - Vacation Getaway

    S6:E23

    The CSIs follow a trail left by Shane Casey and realize that he is targeting Danny, who is vacationing out of town with Lindsay and their daughter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. CSI: NY Season 9 Episode 17 - Today Is Life
    8.7/10(6 votes)

    #3 - Today Is Life

    S9:E17

    Community unrest over the police shooting of an unarmed man forces Mac and the team to move quickly to solve the case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. CSI: NY Season 5 Episode 8 - My Name is Mac Taylor
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #4 - My Name is Mac Taylor

    S5:E8

    In the one hundredth episode of CSI: NY Mac faces his most deadly foe yet. There is a serial killer loose in New York City killing people with the name Mac Taylor making Mac a target.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Pam Veasey

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  5. CSI: NY Season 5 Episode 9 - The Box
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #5 - The Box

    S5:E9

    A woman is found in the trunk of a crushed car at an auto wrecking yard, the autopsy reveals that she was pregnant, the team needs to find out who she is so they can find the baby.

    Director:Oz Scott
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. CSI: NY Season 5 Episode 17 - Green Piece
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #6 - Green Piece

    S5:E17

    A lethal pipe-bomb blows a Manhattan townhouse and valuable evidence to pieces, forcing the CSIs to get creative in reconstructing the damaged clues that ultimately lead to the bomber.

    Director:Jeffrey G. Hunt
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. CSI: NY Season 3 Episode 4 - Hung Out to Dry
    8.3/10(8 votes)

    #7 - Hung Out to Dry

    S3:E4

    The body of a beheaded woman found in a fraternity house is a mystery to the CSIs. Now they must sort through twisted clues and crime scene after crime scene to find the killer that has them trapped in his own little game.

    Director:Anthony Hemingway
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. CSI: NY Season 3 Episode 24 - Snow Day
    8.3/10(8 votes)

    #8 - Snow Day

    S3:E24

    After Flack makes an enormous drug bust, and locks it up at CSI, the drug lords infiltrate the building at gunpoint to get them back. Now the team must resolve the hostage situations, all the while with Mac, Stella, and Hawkes trapped inside.

    Director:Duane Clark
    Writers:Peter M. Lenkov, Pam Veasey

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  9. CSI: NY Season 5 Episode 4 - Sex, Lies and Silicone
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #9 - Sex, Lies and Silicone

    S5:E4

    The team investigates the puzzling death of a woman named Ann Steele. To solve the case, the team must look for a life size silicone doll. When the team runs into the factory that makes them, it prompts some amusement for some of the team. Meanwhile, Hawkes meets up with an old college friend who later asks him to compromise some evidence in the case.

    Director:Jonathan Glassner
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. CSI: NY Season 5 Episode 10 - The Triangle
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #10 - The Triangle

    S5:E10

    The team is forced to investigate two crimes at once when a mysterious energy field seems to be the cause of a billionaire's disappearance and the death of his limo driver.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Trey Callaway

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  11. CSI: NY Season 6 Episode 9 - Manhattanhenge
    8.3/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Manhattanhenge

    S6:E9

    In the culmination of a multi-episode mystery, Mac and his team uncover the dark lair of a murderous madman, the Compass Killer. But as they race to save his fourth victim, the sunrise presents one final surprise that no one ever expected.

    Director:Matt Earl Beesley
    Writer:Trey Callaway

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  12. CSI: NY Season 6 Episode 10 - Death House
    8.3/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Death House

    S6:E10

    A frantic 911 call sends the CSIs into a vacant penthouse; however, instead of finding the caller, they unearth a nearly 100-year-old corpse and find themselves navigating their way through a booby-trapped house.

    Director:Norberto Barba
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. CSI: NY Season 7 Episode 2 - Unfriendly Chat
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #13 - Unfriendly Chat

    S7:E2

    When a young woman appears to be strangled while participating in a live online chat that Adam witnesses, the CSIs must determine if it was real or a hoax, and locate where the possible victim is.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. CSI: NY Season 5 Episode 3 - Turbulence
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #14 - Turbulence

    S5:E3

    When a supposed air marshal is murdered on a flight to the District of Columbia, Mac searches the plane for the killer and the murder weapon.

    Director:Matt Earl Beesley
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. CSI: NY Season 5 Episode 6 - Enough
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #15 - Enough

    S5:E6

    Three drug dealers set to stand trial are found dead in separate places. They were all trying to get rid of witnesses in their crime, but it looks like someone got them first.

    Director:Alex Zakrzewski
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. CSI: NY Season 5 Episode 7 - Dead Inside
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #16 - Dead Inside

    S5:E7

    The team investigates the brutal murder of a house relocator who was found dead inside a Victorian house that he was about to move from Staten Island to The Upper East Side.

    Director:Christine Moore
    Writer:Pam Veasey

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  17. CSI: NY Season 5 Episode 11 - Forbidden Fruit
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #17 - Forbidden Fruit

    S5:E11

    Mac runs into Ella McBride who could cost him time in figuring out if Isabelle Vaughn died by eating the miracle fruit. Stella gets in trouble with Mac while investigating another murder linked to the Greek diplomat that attacked her.

    Director:John Behring
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. CSI: NY Season 5 Episode 12 - Help
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #18 - Help

    S5:E12

    Young brides-to-be fight over a killer dress at the biggest wedding gown sale of the year and one of the shoppers winds up dead. The unusual clues of this case force Dr. Hawkes to confront a painful chapter from his past.

    Director:David Barrett
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. CSI: NY Season 5 Episode 14 - She's Not There
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #19 - She's Not There

    S5:E14

    A Russian tourist is found stabbed to death and the CSIs come face to face with the frightening realities of human trafficking. Solving this case becomes personal when it directly affects a prominent member of the NYPD

    Director:Nelson McCormick
    Writer:Pam Veasey

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  20. CSI: NY Season 6 Episode 21 - Unusual Suspects
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #20 - Unusual Suspects

    S6:E21

    When Mac and Aubrey come across the scene of a 14-year-old boy who has been shot in front of his 12-year-old brother, it takes Mac's drive for justice to another level.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. CSI: NY Season 8 Episode 1 - Indelible
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #21 - Indelible

    S8:E1

    On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Mac and the team remember specific moments from that day that were indelibly burned in their mind.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. CSI: NY Season 8 Episode 18 - Near Death
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #22 - Near Death

    S8:E18

    When Mac is shot, he finds himself in limbo between life and death and, as he fights for his life, it's up to his team to bring the shooter to justice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. CSI: NY Season 1 Episode 14 - Blood, Sweat & Tears
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #23 - Blood, Sweat & Tears

    S1:E14

    The body of a young contortionist is found folded into a box on Coney Island, leading Mac and Stella to the circus where they find themselves embroiled in a real-life Romeo and Juliet story between the dead contortionist, Lukas, and a trapeze artist, Anasuya. Danny and Flack find a woman's body in a laundry chute and learn that she was actually the former sorority sister of the woman who lived in that building, and turn their suspicion to the abusive husband the woman was hiding from.

    Director:Nelson McCormick
    Writer:Pam Veasey

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  24. CSI: NY Season 2 Episode 23 - Heroes
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #24 - Heroes

    S2:E23

    Mack and Danny investigate a Marine found dead in Central Park during Fleet Week. The evidence doesn't add up and who is Ellie? Stella, Lindsay, and Hawkes investigate a dead body found in a burnt out car. The results of their investigation leads to a devastating loss for the whole team.

    Director:Anthony Hemingway
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. CSI: NY Season 4 Episode 5 - Down The Rabbit Hole
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Down The Rabbit Hole

    S4:E5

    The latest murder case takes Detective Taylor to a whole new world and he must figure out why Cheryl Duncan looks so life-like. They also discover something shocking about the murderer while online.

    Director:Christine Moore
    Writer:Peter M. Lenkov

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Best Episodes Summary

"Yahrzeit" is the best rated episode of "CSI: NY". It scored 8.8/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by Norberto Barba and written by Peter M. Lenkov, it aired on 4/29/2009. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Vacation Getaway".