Tribute
episode reveals the old Mac Taylor
Brace yourself for an emotionally powerful premiere episode this
May when CSI: NY Season 8 returns
to AXN every Wednesday 10PM starting May 16. The premiere will touch on
a global catastrophe close to the hearts of viewers and especially so for
Detective Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) –
the 9/11 attacks which took place in New York in 2001.
For the first time in eight years, fans will get to see Mac’s wife,
Claire, (Jaime Ray Newman/ General
Hospital, Eastwick) appear in the series through flashbacks in the Season 8
premiere, which honours the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Mac lost Claire on that fateful day as the planes crashed into the Twin Towers
where she worked and her body was never found again. With Mac considering
retirement in last season’s finale, the tragedy has prompted him to leave the
crime lab for the DNA lab, where he pitches in to identify the remains of 9/11
victims. He also sets up a memorial that honours the first responders that were
killed - the Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance.
“We’re taking all of our characters back to
that day,” executive producer Pam Veasy explained. “You will get to see them together. You see why Claire loved Mac, and
why Mac loved her.” Indeed, the premiere episode brings us back to a very
different Mac Taylor, from a hardened detective who has seen the world; to a
man who had much more joy and hope, a man who was in love. Viewers get a
glimpse into where the sentimental Mac came from, the one who
could not bear to get rid of a beach ball his late wife had blown up, simply
because ‘her breath is still in there’.
There
is an interesting crossover between reel and real in this tribute episode, as
Gary Sinise (a recipient of the Presidential Citizen’s Medal who has been
involved in several 9/11 charities) had a personal involvement in setting up
the Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance. His band, Lieutenant Dan Band, raised money
to complete the memorial back in 2006.
Sinise, like millions of people all over the world, had his life changed
by the tragedy in a profound way.
In
the aftermath of the attacks, Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo) and Don Flack
(Eddie Cahill) meet for the first time amidst the rubble, while Jo Danville
(Sela Ward) shows her perspective from the FBI office in Washington D.C.
Beyond
the premiere, Jo will have to face demons from her past in Washington. A former
crime lab agent Frank (Michael Weston,
House) reappears in her life again, following their fallout over the rape
case of a US senator’s daughter. This was Jo’s last case before she moved to
New York, and Frank’s mistake in processing the evidence resulted in the serial
rapist going scot-free.
Danny
and Lindsay (Anna Belknap) also face
new trials in their relationship as Danny’s promotion to Sergeant puts him back
on the streets, as well as some extra distance between them. And who knows, Mac
might be ready to love once again, for it is New York, the land of new seasons
and new beginnings…
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