CSI New York - Season 5 - Rumours and Spoilers

Turbulence opens with Mac on a plane, heading to Washington, DC to give his testimony during a trial. The plane hits some turbulence, and Mac tries to calm the man across the aisle from him, Ned Riley. Ned is an inventor on his way to Washington to file a patent. While Ned is talking, Mac sees one of the flight attendants rush by.

A second flight attendant moves toward the back of the plane and Mac watches her close the curtain behind herself. Mac gets up and heads to the curtain, showing a flight attendant his badge and asking what is going on. The woman opens the door to one of the plane bathrooms and shows him the cause of their distress: a dead body on the floor.

Mac asks who discovered the body, and one of the flight attendants speaks up. She saw blood coming under the door while she was belted into her seat during the turbulence. Mac kneels down to look at the victim and at the source of the blood: a wound on his neck. Mac tells them the man's carotid artery was severed, but they can't see anything that would have caused the damage.

Mac pushes the man's jacket aside to get a good look at something on his belt: a badge. This man was a Federal Air Marshal. He pushes the jacket farther back and sees that the man's shoulder holster is empty. Whoever killed him stole his gun. They could be dealing with an even more serious situation here.

Mac returns to his seat and asks Ned to accompany him to the back of the plane. Ned is the only passenger that Mac is sure could not have killed the Marshal--he was beside Mac the whole flight. Mac tells Ned to keep an eye on the rest of the passengers, looking for any suspicious behavior.

One of the flight attendants gives Mac a first aid kit, and he puts on the rubber gloves inside. He checks the victim's pockets, but he doesn't find his identification. The man had been sitting in row 16, but there is no name listed for that seat. A flight attendant tells Mac that Air Marshals sometimes change seats. Mac goes to look at row 16 but finds nothing.

On the way back, Mac sees a spilled drink on a lowered tray in front of an empty seat. He checks the flight manifest and asks the attendant where James Turner is. She remembers the man and points him out, now sitting in row 30. He's sweating and looks nervous, and Mac sees a spot of blood on his shirt cuff. He's found his primary suspect.

An aircraft hangar is hastily prepared for the investigation. NYPD, Homeland Security, FBI, Port Authority Police--everybody's taking part in this. Stella, Hawkes and Adam come to the hangar to help. Things get more complicated when they discover that their Federal Air Marshal isn't really an Air Marshal at all--the real Marshal is dead, and their victim was impersonating him. So who killed their imposter?

Please note that the above plot details have not been confirmed by CBS, Alliance Atlantis or Bruckheimer Films, and until such time you should treat this information as you would any other rumour. The above information comes from early script drafts and the details of the episodes are liable to change before the episodes are shown.

Is the truth worth killing for?

The fourth episode of CSI: New York's fifth season will be called "Sex, Lies and Silicone". The episode starts at night on a deserted street downtown. Suddenly, a group of people comes around the corner. They are a riot of color and light, an impromptu carnival walking down the street. One woman twirls hula hoops with lights inside. A man rides a unicycle while another man walks on stilts above the crowd.

Elaine Steele staggers toward the group, begging for help. She can barely remain upright. Desperate, she lunges for the stilt walker and knocks him to the ground. When he sees her, he is horrified--her face is nothing but a bloody pulp.

Elaine dies, and when Danny and Flack go to her apartment, they find a surprise waiting for them. Anthony Marino is inside, and they catch him before he can make a run for it. When they take him to the precinct for questioning, they find out he's a former NYPD cop. Now he's working as a private investigator, but he won't say who hired him or why he was in Elaine's apartment--whoever is paying him is giving him enough to keep quiet.

The team suspects Marino was after Elaine's flash drive. They found the cover at the crime scene, but the drive itself is missing. Elaine was mixed up with a lot of influential people--and she had dirt that could cause them a lot of trouble.

Danny views some footage of the street party from around the time Elaine was killed. He sees a blonde woman standing in a window. Wondering if they have a potential witness, Danny and Flack go to the apartment she was standing in and question the resident, Trevor Jones. Trevor doesn't remember the woman's name and says he picked her up at a bar the night before.

A hair found on Elaine's body has a DNA match in CODIS. It belongs to Jan Fowler, a 17-year-old girl who has been missing for two years. A strange substance caught in the links of Elaine's bracelet turns out to be Japanese silicone--the kind used to make life-sized dolls. Flack, Stella and Lindsay go to a company that makes the dolls, trying to find out who might own the doll and how he or she fits into their investigation.

Meanwhile, Sheldon meets up with an old college buddy, Greg Cushman. They chit-chat for a bit, and Greg suggests that they meet at a bar to hang out. While they're knocking back a few drinks, Greg brings up Elaine Steele. He didn't run into Sheldon by mistake. Elaine helped Greg's father out, and now Greg is hoping Sheldon will do him a favor. If the information about Greg's dad that is on Elaine's flash drive gets out, he'll be ruined. Greg reveals that his father paid Sheldon's tuition for his final year of medical school--Sheldon thought it was a scholarship. Now, Greg says, it's time for Sheldon to return the favor. All he'd have to do is delete some files...

No Sheldon don't do it.

Gary Sinise and Co. are taking a little detour to Nellyville this fall.

Sources confirm to me exclusively that rapper and occasional actor Nelly is joining CSI: NY for a multi-episode arc. The Grammy winner will play a club owner who serves as a confidential informant to Mac and his team.

"He's a great actor," gushes executive producer Pam Veasey of Nelly, whose only major thespian credit to date is 2005's The Longest Yard. "He really stepped up."

In other CSI: NY news, in a piece of stunt casting that has the words "Danny/Lindsay montage" written all over it, Maroon 5 will make a cameo in this season's second episode, airing Oct. 1.

Rikki is back during Season 5

I hope the rumours of her returning pregnant with Danny's baby are false

Episode 5.03 - Turbulence: A high jacking takes place in a plane. The shady circumstances lead the CSI team directly to James Turner, one of the passengers. There is a Fire Fighter vs. Police soft ball game. At the event, Firefighter Brendon Walsh flirts with Stella. It is possible that this role becomes recurring. Source: SpoilerFix.com

Before you accuse me of shamelessly baiting you with another outrageously misleading headline, I just have one thing to say: Guilty!

Come to think of it, I'm only half guilty. The fact is, Bruce and Demi's actress-offspring will be playing a character by the name of Mac Taylor in CSI: NY's 100th episode, but Gary Sinise's tormented detective isn't undergoing a radical sex change. Rather, the landmark episode, airing Nov. 19, finds Sinise's team investigating a serial killer who's targeting people with the name Mac Taylor; Willis will be playing one of those unlucky Macs.

The 100th eppy will also mark the arrival of a new detective, played by Julia Ormond (Legends of the Fall, Sabrina), and the return of Nelly as a confidential informant to Mac and Co.

Of course, if I know you CSI: NY fans, you're probably just reading this item in the hopes that I'll offer up some scoop concerning your favorite partners in crime and sex, Danny and Lindsay. And lo and behold, I've got a little something for you: Sources confirm to me exclusively that the 100th episode does not include any major D-L developments.

Source Ausiello

Question: With all the negative spoilers out there, why should Danny-Lindsay fans even bother watching season 5 of CSI: NY? -- Amy
Ausiello: Two words: Scott Wolf. Sources confirm that the former Party of Fiver is the latest VIP to sign up for the show's 100th episode.

Source Ausiello

The rumor is that Jacqueline Pinol won't be returning to CSI: NY after all. Is this true? — K.C.
Matt: Not true. She's returning and at what could be an... awkward time. Did you hear that Lindsay is pregnant by Danny? That's what Ausiello is reporting. Carmine Giovinazzo was none the wiser when I Q&A'd him a few weeks back.

Anna Belknap's real-life pregnancy is turning into quite the bundle of joy for Danny-Lindsay fans: Not only is CSI: NY incorporating the baby twist into Lindsay's story line, but producers have gone and made Danny the daddy!

"Lindsay will be pregnant," reveals executive producer Pam Veasey. "And, clearly, Danny is the father."

Feel free to kiss the messenger. Or shower him with gifts. Don't be shy.

The bombshell will be dropped in the show's 101st episode, tentatively scheduled to air on Nov. 26, but the fallout will be felt long thereafter. "We're not going to be so typical about it," Veasey adds. "They're both happy about it, but it is unexpected."