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| Season | 8 |
| Number | 18 |
| Writer | Zachary Reiter, Pam Veasey |
| Director | Alex Zakrzewski |
| Original Airdate | May 11, 2012 |
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"Near Death" is the eighteenth episode and Season Eight finale of CSI: NY.
Synopsis
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.
Plot
The team arrests Hank Shelton, a sick old man who took part in a series of bank robberies because he needed the money to be able to to live with his family until he died. Mac offers to head to the nearby pharmacy to pick up a prescription for the man, but he arrives in the middle of a robbery. Darius Cole fires at Mac, but Mac is able to take him down. A woman walks into the pharmacy, and Mac tells her to call 911. He turns his back, and the woman pulls out a gun and shoots him before killing the pharmacist.
The team is distraught, but they must focus on searching for the killer as the doctors work to save Mac’s life in the hospital. They discover that the woman who shot Mac is named Teena Milford, and she was dating Darius Cole. They head to her apartment to arrest her. Flack chases her down the street, and she ducks into a school bus parking lot. The team rushes in, and Flack is able to catch her and put her under arrest.
Cast
Main Cast
- Gary Sinise as Mac Taylor
- Sela Ward as Jo Danville
- Carmine Giovinazzo as Danny Messer
- Anna Belknap as Lindsay Messer
- Robert Joy as Dr. Sid Hammerback
- AJ Buckley as Adam Ross
- Hill Harper as Sheldon Hawkes
- Eddie Cahill as Don Flack
Guest Cast
- Megan Dodds as Christine Whitney
- Jaime Ray Newman as Claire Taylor
- Francis Xavier McCarthy as Hank Shelton
- Will Rothhaar as Luke Shelton
- Brad Carter as Darius Cole
- Kelly Shea as Nurse
- Brendan Ford as Doctor #1
- Ray Bengston as Doctor #2
- Patti Pelton as O.R. Nurse
- Tatum Shank as Pharmacist
- Arthur Roberts as Felix Henderson
- Julie Arebalo as E.R. Doctor #1
- Walker Haynes as E.R. Doctor #2
- Kirsty Lee Allan as Teena Milford
Notes
- This episode sees the returns of Claire, Mac's deceased wife, and Lucy Messer, who is Danny and Lindsay's daughter.
Trivia
- The episode's case is inspired by the murders of shop owner Ira Epstein and Officer Charles A. Davis during an armed robbery at Epstein's business.
See Also
| CSI: NY Season 8 | ||
| Indelible • Keep It Real • Cavallino Rampante • Officer Involved • Air Apparent • Get Me Out of Here! • Crushed • Crossroads • Means to an End • Clean Sweep • Who's There? • Brooklyn 'Til I Die • The Ripple Effect • Flash Pop • Kill Screen • Sláinte • Unwrapped • Near Death | ||