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<font color=yellow>AJ Buckley</font> (Adam Ross) and <font color=yellow>Melina Kanakaredes</font> (Stella Bonasera) reveal information about several episodes leading up to <I>CSI: New York</I>'s fifth season finale.<p>Buckley was moved by the upcoming episode <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/newyork/season5/yahrzeit.shtml">"Yahrzeit"</a>. As CSI Files previously <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/news/060309_02.shtml">reported</a>, the plot revolves around a murder with ties to the Holocaust. "It's probably one of the most powerful things, and we get to meet <font color=yellow>Ed Asner</font>," Buckley told <A class="link" HREF="http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/">TV Guide Magazine</a>. Asner plays a Jewish clockmaker with a secret past. "I actually came by on my days that I wasn't working to watch him film," Buckley continued. "This episode in particular makes me really proud to be a part of <I>CSI: NY</I>."<p>The twenty-fourth episode of <I>New York</I>'s fifth season is tentatively titled "Grounds for Deception". Kanakaredes <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/news/140309_01.shtml">penned the script</a>, and she described the plot of the penultimate episode as one that involves "evidence in a smuggling ring that takes Stella to Greece in pursuit of a murder suspect." However, the show won't be packing its bags to film on location. Instead, they will have to "find locations to re-create" Greece in Los Angeles, the actress revealed.<p>Kanakaredes also shared that the episode sparks chemistry between her character and Mac Taylor (<font color=yellow>Gary Sinise</font>), and it "unravels something personal in Stella's life." The character will stumble upon a photo of a woman who looks very familiar. "She was orphaned as a child and may find out who her biological parents are," Kanakaredes explained. The picture is of Stella's mother, portrayed by Melina dressed as an older woman.<p>(<b>Edited April 9</b>: The following excerpt refers to the original series, <i>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</i>. The source article was incorrect when it referred to the technology being used on <i>CSI: NY</i>.)<p>Taking a look at the scientific side of the forensic drama, an upcoming episode of <I>New York</I> will feature a man who blinks at a computer screen to communicate. The technology is real, and it was developed to help people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as <font color=yellow>Lou Gehrig</font>'s disease). <font color=yellow>Shirley Fredlund</font> is the founder of <A class="link" HREF="http://www.VoiceForJoanie.org">Voice for Joanie</a>, which is a nonprofit organization that helps people get access to computer-assisted speech machines for free. Fredlund was a consultant on the episode of <I>CSI: NY</I> which will feature the technology.<p>"It started out with an e-mail from <I>CSI</I> about two months ago. They saw my Web site and wanted to know more about my work," Fredlund told <A class="link" HREF="http://www.newstimes.com/">News Times</a>. "We spoke on the telephone probably five or six times. I remember they asked, 'What if we needed to get information from this man?' They wanted to make sure everything they did was accurate."<p>The original information about the computer-assisted speech machine is from <A class="link" HREF="http://www.newstimes.com/ci_12073812">NewsTimes.com</a>. The scoop about <A class="link" HREF="http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/what-the-keck/ask-keck-csi-scoop-513.html">Asner's appearance</a> and <A class="link" HREF="http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/what-the-keck/melina-kanakaredes-does-double-duty-587.html">the twenty-fourth episode</a> are from <I>TV Guide Magazine</I>. Thanks to <font color=yellow>Shane</font> from TalkCSI.<center></center>
