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Grissom rules · Sep 24, 2010

Faylinn said: ↑

Oh dear - "We hope he will" does not bode well. I *hope* it doesn't get pushed aside in favor of other storylines (again)...

I'm definitely looking forward to Sela, though.
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Me too.Sela Ward is the main reason I'm very excited about the new season.Based on descroptions of her character she seems to be an interesting and complicated one.

Season premiere tonight!!!:guffaw:

nel2h · Sep 24, 2010

vegaslights, many thanks for the interesting article. This is a good sound! :thumbsup:

kkennedytx · Sep 24, 2010

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Here's the Pam Veasey interview with Fancast that we've been waiting for.

‘CSI: NY’ Returns On A New Night, With A New Face And Old Foes

What sort of journey will Mac be on then?
Mac is going through the “worthy adversary” phase of his career where he goes toe-to-toe with higher ups, formidable criminals, or people who test his judgment – that happens in the top of the season, and then we’ll segue into something else. For example, Edward James Olmos (’Battlestar Galactica’) plays a criminal that Mac put away many years ago, in Episode 4. [Also, five-time Emmy winner John Larroquette will play a Deputy Chief of Detectives with whom Mac butts heads; see news story.] What we had planned [was an arc about] relationships. We had ended last season with Claire Forlani and Madchen Amick [playing love interests Peyton and Aubrey]. Madchen may still recur, but Claire ended up getting a show (Starz’s ‘Camelot’).

And Flack (Eddie Cahill), his demons are all behind him? It has been well over a year now since Detective Angell died.
Yeah, he’s over it. We’ve got to get him back to being fun, and maybe find him somebody. Everybody wants a relationship, but we’re going to start with Hill Harper.

Oh, Hawkes is getting some action?
We hope he will. It wont be in the first 10 [episodes], but it will be in the back of the season. Were gonna find him some love!
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Source: Fancast

"It wont be in the first 10 [episodes]..." why you have to be like that?
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So...Mac is going to have a "worthy adversary" phase? When has he not? Seriously, as much as I love Gary Sinise, this is getting ridiculous. I guess he's the ONLY cop in NYC responsible for putting people in jail, hence the reason so many bad guys target Mac. <yawn>

And Flack--he's been over the death of Angel since he got the mighty Mac lecture quite awhile ago. I was sorry to see his story line wasn't all that much and now it's gone and completely forgotten. Hope he doesn't get another love interest--would just be another character to kill off simply for the "shock value"--we've already been there and done that. Besides, if the stories aren't all about, or focussed on, the great Mac Taylor, then they're pretty lame and uninteresting.

A love interest for Hawkes? It's long past due--bring it on!

perlnoir · Sep 24, 2010

New-TV Friday
by RICH HELDENFELS on SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
in UNCATEGORIZED
Tonight brings the premiere of "Blue Bloods" on CBS along with the season premieres of "Medium," "CSI:NY" (with new cast member Sela Ward), "Dateline," "The Good Guys," "Smallville" and "Supernatural." The premiere of "School Pride," at one point announced for tonight, will be on Oct. 15.

I have seen "Blue Bloods" and "CSI:NY." I also took a look at the second episode of "Outlaw," which premiered last week. Notes after the jump.

I am a fan of Tom Selleck's work, especially the Jesse Stone movies. He has become a better actor over the years, and very good at using silence — letting his expressive (without exaggeration) face do a lot of the work. This makes him particularly effective as characters holding in emotions and secrets, like Stone or Frank Reagan, his character on "Blue Bloods."

"Blue Bloods" is a cop show with a serialized-family-drama underpinning; Reagan and his sons Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) and Jamie (Will Estes) are all cops — Frank is the police commissioner– and Frank's father Henry (Len Cariou) is a former chief; Frank's daughter Erin (Bridget Moynahan) is an assistant DA. The premiere juggles crime in the streets and closed-door political maneuvers, family bonds and family conflicts. I didn't think it was great, but I did find it intriguing enough to watch again, and not only for Selleck.

I checked out "CSI:NY," a show I watch only sporadically, to see how it handled the departure of Stella (Akron's own Melina Kanakaredes) and the arrival of the new character played by Ward. The latter is done with a body found in an unusual place and a lot of joking around; the tone is much lighter than what I remember of previous "CSI:NY's," more in the manner of the humor-flecked "NCIS." Stella's absence, by the way, is noted, and is not fatal; one of the crew receives a letter from Stella which notes she has moved on to a new job in another city. As for the episode overall, I did not find it all that interesting but, as I have said, this is not a show I've been hooked on anyway.

The second episode of "Outlaw" tries to do something a little different from the pilot, but has some of the same flaws. The difference is that it indicates that Garza's politics are more complicated than was suggested a week ago, as he weighs into a controversial case involving Arizona's immigration law, which requires police to question people they suspect are illegal immigrants. Like the first episode, this one finds Jimmy Smits in good form. Also like the first episode, I didn't think the legal side was well handled. As with the premiere of ABC's "The Whole Truth," you are likely to watch this and wonder how TV lawyers could make so many obvious mistakes. (In "Outlaw," the prosecutor, pursuing a political agenda, seems quite incompetent.) Haven't given up on the show, but am not feeling a real need to watch more.
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source: http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2010/09/new-tv-friday/#more-10415

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Interview of AJ

source: http://tvguide.ca/Interviews/Insider/Articles/100924_aj_buckley_csi_ny_GD.htm

Our man Friday

By Greg David

2010-09-24

A.J. Buckley says things are A-OK in ‘New York’, thanks to new co-star Sela Ward

When CBS announced, in May, that CSI: NY was being moved to Friday nights, I was worried. After six seasons on the air, its ratings in the U.S. were starting to flag, and a move to the night most associate with where series go to die didn’t help.

Add to the fact that female lead Melina Kanakaredes revealed in July that she was leaving the procedural, and you would have been excused if you’d bowed your head in remembrance for Mac Taylor et. al. Heck, A.J. Buckley did too. The affable and hilarious Canadian actor who plays geeky lab tech Adam Ross feared the worst when his show was shuttled and the co-star his character canoodled with jumped ship.

But then Sela Ward signed on, and everything changed. The most immediate difference is that the darkest of the CSI shows got lighter. As in humour. And, gasp, laughing. It all takes place within the first few scenes of the return episode, “The 34th Floor,” as Ward’s Jo Danville is introduced to the cast in typical CSI fashion: over a dead body.

We spoke to Buckley while he was in town to support a friend at the Toronto International Film Festival, where he riffed on CSI, losing one co-star and gaining another, and that dreaded Friday timeslot.

TVGuide.ca: How did you feel during the summer, when Melina announced she wouldn’t be coming back?
A.J. Buckley: I was in Italy when I got the call that she was leaving and I thought maybe they would work it out because she’s such an integral part of the show. And sure enough, when I called and asked her if it really happened, she was like ‘Yup, it’s done.’ It was sad to see her go, but she’s done really well over the years and she will end up on some other show and she’ll be fantastic as always.

When one door closes, another one opens and Sela Ward … honestly … the tone of the show has changed in such a different way. Her character is so dynamic. She is a phenomenal actress. I’m a huge fan of her. Beautiful, and just the sweetest lady. I really think people are going to freak out about her character and how dynamic she is.

TVG: She’s a cop, right?
AJB: Yeah, former FBI.

TVG: Did they ever conclude the Stella and Adam affair thing?
AJB: No!

TVG: We’re just left wondering?
AJB: Undercover lover. Maybe I’m getting some texts from her still because she’s gone off somewhere.

TVG: Now that Sela is on the scene, will there be something between Adam and Jo?
AJB: You never know. I’m a bit of a ladies’ man. (Laughs.)

TVG: So, no conclusion to Stella and Adam.
AJB: It was one of those things. When I first read that in the script, I was like, ‘What?! Is this for real?’ And they said it was, and I said ‘I took down the fox, man!’

TVG: No more furtive looks across the lab between Stella and Adam. No more embarrassed conversations.
AJB: Oh no, there is a great scene between Sela and I in the first episode. I think Adam is just bumbling when he gets around women because he just doesn’t know what to do. Her approach to my nervousness and social ineptness is really endearing. She toys with Adam a little bit.

TVG: What does Sela’s character bring to the show?
AJB: She has this sincerity, which I think just comes naturally, to seek justice. There is a real drive to her. You don’t want to mess with her. There is a scene coming up where Adam questions her and she puts him in his place very quickly and Adam gets scared.

TVG: You guys are so many seasons along with the show; is it second nature to act out the character?
AJB: Yesterday, Carmine, Gary and I were doing this scene. It was a pretty heavy scene but in between takes we were talking and had each other in hysterics. Right up until action we were laughing.

TVG: You have to be like that and keep it light. The storylines can be pretty dark.
AJB: Yeah. I’ve just been really blessed to work with this pedigree of actors.

TVG: How do you feel about the Friday night timeslot?
AJB: At first I was like ‘Uh-oh.’ I was in Vancouver shooting and I heard. I was like, ‘This is not good!’ And then I spoke to Pam (Veasey, co-executive producer) and she said ‘This is not the end. We still have to put out a good show. This still has a lot of life left in it. The way the economy is, there are a lot more people at home on Friday nights.’ And, on Friday nights, they wanted to take a big show and put it on at 9 o’clock. And, it could add more years to the life of the show. It’s such a beast of a show that they can move it around … we very rarely lost our timeslot (on Wednesdays) in the seven years.

TVG: You do very well in Canada.
AJB: Right! And then overseas, it’s bananas. I’m like Elvis! (Laughs.) My mom, dad and I were in Italy and out of nowhere this bus of sightseers stopped and people were coming up to me. And my parents were just laughing, and my mom was like, ‘This is great!!’ It’s a humbling thing and I’m very grateful.

CSI: NY returns Friday at 9 p.m. ET on CTV/CBS.

Thoughts? greg@tvguide.ca or comment below.

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Faylinn · Sep 24, 2010

7.09 "Justified"

I'll be back in a little while with more info.

ETA: Okay, there isn't much info, but here's what I see:
7.09 "Justified":

~ There are two victims. One body was definitely buried, and it was discovered when someone tried to dig it up. (I'm not sure if the other body was buried nearby, or if they are just working on two separate cases in this episode.)

~ One woman was stabbed to death 15 years ago (and buried in Central Park). The other was beaten and then shot recently.

~ They are able to identify the killer of the woman who was beaten - an old boyfriend made good on his promise to kill her if she ever tried to run away from him. He found out she was back in town, so he went to find her. She pulled out a gun to defend herself, but he got it away from her. After he beat her, he used the gun to shoot her.

~ The other victim (the one that has been dead for 15 years) is identified as Chief Carver's sister Roni. She was stabbed in Central Park and then buried, and the murder weapon was buried with her.

~ Danny and Flack have a good scene when they go to pick up the guy who beat his girlfriend to death. They get a little roughed up in the process, though.

~ I see mention of everybody but Sid. (That's not to say he isn't there, but I'm not sure if they're rotating people this season - I hope he'll be there, though. It just makes sense for the storyline since they have two victims, and one of them has been dead for more than a decade.)

perlnoir · Sep 24, 2010

thanks a lot Fay!!!!!!!!!!!!

PerfectAnomaly · Sep 24, 2010

Looking forward to the Danny/Flack scene. :thumbsup:

perlnoir · Sep 25, 2010

CSI: NY Returns on a New Night with a New Face
Sep 24, 2010 05:33 PM ET
by Adam Bryant1 Comment

CSI: NY
CSI: NY had a unique set of challenges heading into its seventh season. The show was moving to Friday nights, where the writers would have to figure out how to resolve last season's "shot in the dark" cliff-hanger involving serial killer Shane Casey (guest star Edward Furlong) and married CSIs Danny (Carmine Giovinazzo) and Lindsay (Anna Belknap) Messer.

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Then series star Melina Kanakaredes, who played Detective Stella Bonasera since the show premiered, quit just weeks before production began. "We had written six scripts over the break," executive producer Pam Veasey tells TVGuide.com. "We developed stories that were ready to prep for shooting, and all of them involved Stella. Then, the fallout happened."

Veasey says after three days of intense phone calls, she found the cloud's silver lining: Emmy and Golden Globe winner Sela Ward signed on to replace Kanakaredes on the show.

"Timing is everything," Ward says during a break from shooting her first episode. "I hadn't worked for a while because I was spending time with my kids. But now that they're a little bit older, I was beginning to feel a little antsy, and then I got the phone call. The thing that was attractive to me was that it was an ensemble show. I wasn't going to be carrying it all on my shoulders."

Sela Ward to replace Melina Kanakaredes on CSI: NY

But Veasey was still back to Square 1. "You definitely want more time to develop a character, but Sela has helped to bring so much to it in the first episode," she says. "But it did revive us a little bit. It's fun to create a new character that stays with us week after week."

Ward plays Jo Danville, an amicably divorced single mom and former FBI agent from Virginia. She takes a job under Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) at the New York crime lab to be closer to her son, whose just started college in the city. Veasey says Jo is somewhat of a fish out of water. "She's a little gentler, slower. The South doesn't move as fast as New York City, and we're not trying to change her," Veasey says. "She's a little messy. She thinks about the people first. She understands the science, but she's also a very clever assumption-maker."

Sinise says he looks forward to seeing Mac and Jo build a working relationship. "Mac and Stella had a great partnership; that was established even before the first season," he says. "Now we're going to have some fun watching these characters get to know each other.

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"Jo's bringing a new approach to the work," he continues. "She's coming from the FBI and she has worked on a lot of psychological cases. It's fun to see what they're doing with her character in terms of the kind of mind games she plays, not only with the perpetrators that she goes to interrogate, but with her own peers."

But what about that cliff-hanger? And where did Stella go? The resolution of the first helps explain the second, as Stella writes a letter to a distressed Lindsay that puts all the pieces together regarding Stella's absence. But much of the first episode does focus on Lindsay in the aftermath of the trauma.

"We spend the first act seeing where Lindsay is in her life," Veasey says. "We wanted to launch with a fun, new direction. It's five months later, but we see what she's dealt with and then happily move forward from that."

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Veasey says introducing Jo to the team will actually be helpful in the show's move to Fridays. "Once you get to add a new character, the fun of that is to let that person learn who our people are," she says. "That reintroduces them to audiences or those people who may not have watched the show."

And each of the characters will get a showcase episode very early on, Veasey says. Mac will go toe-to-toe with guest stars Edward James Olmos and John Larroquette in separate stories. Adam (A.J. Buckley) will get out of the lab. Viewers will meet a partner from Danny's past. And Hawkes (Hill Harper) will be featured in an episode about a haunting in Central Park.

"We really landed on our characters having some personal pull in the crime story this season," Veasey says. "Whether they know the person or not, the character leads us through it rather than the events of the crime."

CSI:NY premieres Friday at 9/8c on CBS
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source: http://www.tvguide.com/News/CSINY-Season-Preview-1023632.aspx

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Video promo for 7.02 - - > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wyi2hyFEeY&feature=player_embedded

MS1213 · Sep 27, 2010

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talkingtocactus · Sep 27, 2010

Faylinn said: ↑

~ The other victim (the one that has been dead for 15 years) is identified as Chief Carver's sister Roni. She was stabbed in Central Park and then buried, and the murder weapon was buried with her.
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ah, cool, some details of the laroquette arc

perlnoir · Sep 27, 2010

**Exclusive*** Gary Sinise, who is 5' 9", gains some height by wearing elevator shoes on the set of CSI: New York. New York City, USA - 26.09.10 Mandatory Credit: Pop/WENN.com
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talkingtocactus · Sep 27, 2010

^ awww, meanies 5'9 isn't that short anyway is it? he certainly didn't seem that short up close. hmm that sounds so dodgy, it wasn't!

Faylinn · Sep 27, 2010

7.10 "Shop Till You Drop"

I'll be back in a bit with more information.

ETA: Ok, here's some details about the episode:

7.10 "Shop Till You Drop":

~ It looks like Mac and Jo are outside of a department store, and the owner is about to unveil the holiday window display in front of the store. Mac moves off to stop a pickpocket in the crowd, but the real crime is revealed when the curtain moves back to reveal the winter wonderland scene - complete with a dead body.

~ The victim is the store manager, Dave. He was struck in the head by one of the heavy iron arms from a display snowman. The team finds a broken USB connector near the body, and there's burnt skin on one of the display lights that could belong to their killer.

~ Danny and Jo follow a trail of shoe prints to the makeup counter - Danny seems uncomfortable in this ladies zone , but he spots a blood smear on the counter and swabs it. The CSIs ask the woman behind the counter, Tracy, if she saw anybody come by. She says she wouldn't have noticed Dave or anybody else because they were giving away free beauty kits, and it was absolute chaos. They thank her and move on their way, planning to ask for the surveillance camera pointed at the makeup counter - but not before Danny asks for one of the free makeup kits to give to Lindsay.

~ Jo finds a woman named Alena in the dressing rooms - she's upset, and she has scrapes and bruises that indicate she was involved in a struggle. Jo asks if she killed Dave, but Alena insists that he did it to himself. She finally admits that Dave tried to hurt her and she fought back. It looks like self-defense.

~ I saw everybody but Sid mentioned. (As usual, this doesn't necessarily mean anything, and he could still be there.)

perlnoir · Sep 27, 2010

Thanks Fay

PerfectAnomaly · Sep 27, 2010

I want a scene where Danny gives Lindsay the make-up kit and she totally takes it the wrong way and Danny has to try and talk his way out of sleeping on the couch.:lol:

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