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CSI: NY
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  • Episode aired Dec 16, 2009
  • TV-14
  • 44m
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Melina Kanakaredes and Eddie Cahill in CSI: NY (2004)
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CSI uncovers a plot to collect millions of dollars in life insurance after a reformed homeless man is found dead in an alley.CSI uncovers a plot to collect millions of dollars in life insurance after a reformed homeless man is found dead in an alley.CSI uncovers a plot to collect millions of dollars in life insurance after a reformed homeless man is found dead in an alley.

  • Director
    • Eric Laneuville
  • Writers
    • Anthony E. Zuiker
    • Ann Donahue
    • Carol Mendelsohn
  • Stars
    • Gary Sinise
    • Melina Kanakaredes
    • Carmine Giovinazzo
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  • IMDb RATING
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    • Director
      • Eric Laneuville
    • Writers
      • Anthony E. Zuiker
      • Ann Donahue
      • Carol Mendelsohn
    • Stars
      • Gary Sinise
      • Melina Kanakaredes
      • Carmine Giovinazzo
    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Gary Sinise
    Gary Sinise
    • CSI Detective Mac Taylor
    Melina Kanakaredes
    Melina Kanakaredes
    • CSI Detective Stella Bonasera
    Carmine Giovinazzo
    Carmine Giovinazzo
    • CSI Detective Danny Messer
    Anna Belknap
    Anna Belknap
    • Lindsay Monroe
    Robert Joy
    Robert Joy
    • Sid Hammerback
    • (credit only)
    A.J. Buckley
    A.J. Buckley
    • Adam Ross
    • (credit only)
    Hill Harper
    Hill Harper
    • Sheldon Hawkes
    Eddie Cahill
    Eddie Cahill
    • Don Flack
    Vanessa Lachey
    Vanessa Lachey
    • Grace Chandler
    • (as Vanessa Minnillo)
    Kim Kardashian
    Kim Kardashian
    • Debbie Fallon
    La La Anthony
    La La Anthony
    • Lisa Williams
    • (as La La Vazquez)
    Pat Monahan
    Pat Monahan
    • Sam Baker
    Chris Coy
    Chris Coy
    • Joe Ross
    David Sullivan
    David Sullivan
    • James Manning
    Gino Cafarelli
    Gino Cafarelli
    • Santa Claus
    Jonas Fisch
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    Ele Keats
    • Mary McQuade
    James Woodrow Stafford
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    • (as Jimmy Stafford)
    • Director
      • Eric Laneuville
    • Writers
      • Anthony E. Zuiker
      • Ann Donahue
      • Carol Mendelsohn
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    A Complicated Case

    A tragic tale of an ex-heroin homeless man who picked himself up, got clean for two years and had a classy girlfriend....only to be found dead in the alleyway he used to inhabit.

    The man apparently had been drugged with heroin, run over slowly by a car and set on fire. It's pretty gruesome and quite a mystery of "why" and "who?"

    This is a fairly complicated story and the explanation at the end isn't easy to digest, either. You have to really be paying attention to find out how this crime was all planned out.

    There is another nice postscript to this story as we see the CSI team - or least four of them - dressed as elves helping Santa Claus deliver presents to needy kids.

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    • Trivia
      While the CSIs are passing out gifts, the song Sam Baker (Pat Monahan) sings is "Calling All Angels" by Train.
    • Goofs
      Mac says the victim's fiancé is coming to identify him, but Flack hasn't told her he's dead yet.
    • Quotes

      Detective Stella Bonasera: Steering column's intact. Wasn't hotwired. Definitely started the old-fashioned way, with a key. Hey, Danny, I'm waiting for your "boom."

      Detective Danny Messer: Ah, no more booms. Lindsay made me promise. She's afraid it's going to be Lucy's first word.

    • Soundtracks
      Hey, Soul Sister
      (uncredited)

      Written by Amund Bjørklund, Espen Lind and Pat Monahan

      Performed by Train

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    • Release date
      • December 16, 2009 (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Jerry Bruckheimer Television
      • CBS Television Studios
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    • Runtime
      • 44m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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