There’s no better way to start a CSI: New York season than to place a crime scene at the city’s # 1 icon – the Statue of Liberty. Mac was on his way home from his London vacation when he was greeted with an extraordinary sight – blood dripping down the Statue of Liberty’s face and a murder of security officer Georgia Morse (who died with a slashed throat). Another security guard named Charles Price was supposed to be on shift ended up missing. Is he the killer?
The CSI team investigates the entire scene as Danny gets blood samples hanging hundreds of feet from the Statue itself. The blood from the statue was not from one victim alone – whether or not the blood came from a person or animal, the team has yet to figure out. Mac discovers two inconsistent blood drops from victim’s arterial splatter, while Hawkes recovers a sticky substance from the vic’s body, which Lindsay later determines as condom spray.
In between their investigation, Stella asks Mac about his trip and he tells her about the mysterious calls he received in London at exactly 3:33 every night, which all ended up without answers.
The team discovers a viewing station with blood on it and wire tied to keep it from moving. As Mac looked through the viewer, he discovered a man sitting across the water, which Mac and Stella first thought to be the killer staring at them. They were shocked to find out that the man, named Damion Brock, was dead with words “two more will die” written under his shirt and wounds on both the sides of his neck. Dr. Hammerback discovers that the 2nd victim was embalmed with a cleaning liquid, which explained his abnormal orangy color, and finds another piece of the puzzle — a small metal object stuffed in his mouth.
A new character appears. Kendall, a lab tech tries to one-up Adam (and vice versa) by discovering new evidences and leads. Kendall discovers that the wire from the viewing station was from a piano (for an “A” key), while Adam explained the tiny metal object was from a music box, customized to play a Mozart tune. It was made specifically for a musician named Nova Kent.
Danny and Stella interviews Kent, but she insists that she lost the music box while moving four times in a year.Danny was not convinced of Kent’s statement.
Mac eliminated Charles Price as a suspect when he studied the blood splatter and learned that Georgia’s blood only bounced off of his security badge. Dr. Hammerback found the missing security guard, but only his severed arm reached the lab when a group of boaters reported the sight.
Flack and Stella checked out Damion’s apartment to look for clues. Stella experiences dejavu as she enters the apartment. Morton Brite, the landlord, lets them into Damion’s room and Stella recognized him as the prime suspect of an unsolved murder of Marie Cousmira that she investigated a year ago. Flack finds that Damion was embalmed in the bathroom while still alive. Stella and Flack listened to a chilling call that has just came in – it was Damion’s terrified voice recorded before he died talking about a license plate.
Stella found a viewfinder toy in Damion’s apartment, which led to another victim – Lee Nakashima with his tongue cut out, who Mac and Danny found stuck in a drum at a popular music hall. The team found a video with Nakashima (before he had his tongue cut out) describing a man’s eyes, height, built. Since both Nakashima and Damion both lived in the same apartment a year ago, Mac put the pieces of the puzzle together and Stella says that the two may have been witnesses of Marie Cousmira’s murder.
The piece of paper found in Nakashima’s mouth revealed a ticket concert of Nova Kent. The team rushed to discover a man holding flowers for her, which they immediately arrested. Anthony Colton confessed on murdering Marie and threatening Kent, but strongly denies killing the security guards at the Statue of Liberty.
Stella visited Morton Brite to tell him about the good news that the CSI eventually solved Marie’s case. Inside Brite’s apartment, Stella discovers that his piano is missing an A string. Stella puts it together that Morton was angered that his girlfriend died and three witnesses shut their mouth and chose not to report the murder to the police. Morton pours Damion’s blood over the Statue’s face to get the police’s attention and lead them to Marie’s killer. After Stella shot Morton before he could escape, he shouts: Can you hear me now?
Back at the CSI lab, Mac is still working when he recieves a phone call exactly at 3:33 am. Who can be calling Mac? A killer he didn’t catch? An innocent person put in jail? What can be the significance of that time? Let’s find out in the coming weeks.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of CSI: NY Season 4 episode 2, which airs Wednesday at 11/10c on CBS.
I want that NOVA KENT SONG…PLS HELP ME!!!
The song is…Almost friendly-A fine frenzy 🙂
Enjoy x
and Last of Days too.
eh, its almost lover actually!