Just wow, I swear the finale was more like a movie than an episode, the filming and editing was brillaint. I think though its sad to see angell go they gave her one hell of a send off. We got to see various titbits that made you really feel like you knew her, like that exchange with her father (the photo made me smile as her expression was so clearly Jess, even from that age). And the prank in the autopsy room, it showed a good rounded picture of her personality so we really knew just what a special person we had lost.
I've heard some complain that Danny wasn't supportive enough of Flack in the hospital and later scenes, and while I agree punching a wall likely didn't help Flack, it was completly Danny and anything calmer just wouldn't have been him in that situation. He's not the most skilled when it comes to giving comfort, and the way he went about it, asking him if he was ok and patting him on the back was just his own way of showing comfort. Plus both are quite image concious males, so I thought particually in a work enviroment and in absence of excessive alcohol their portrayals were right on the money.
I think my favourite parts were all the little bits where we got to see all their different personalities shine through in their reactions and tactics, such as the shootout where Danny sneaked up behind the guy and knocked him out cold with the gun, Mac shot to kill and saved the victim and stell cornered one alive and Don doggedly pursued the suspect.
Part of me liked that they took don down the rather unexpected path for the very honor bound detective of (as far as we know) killing the suspect, I'm looking forward to seeing where they take that. As long as he keeps his badge I'm looking forward to it. And that final scene at the bar, I loved that everyone was there and how broken Flack managed to look sitting on that bar stool (Eddie's performance was amazing, right up there with some of Danny's ealier performances, I'm glad they decided to give him such great material to work with, it really managed to show what he was capable of).
Both loved and hated the cliffhanger ending, hated because I'm already jonesing for more csi new york that won't be out for ages, and loved because, what a way to end such a great episode. It really leaves open a lot of choices for next season, and I hope they have a great script to pull it off well. All in all brilliant.