The BEST episodes of CSI: NY season 2

Every episode of CSI: NY season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of CSI: NY season 2!

The third edition of the "CSI" franchise sets up shop in the Big Apple, where taciturn Detective Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) and his partner, Detective Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes), lead a crime-solving team. Like his counterparts in Las Vegas and Miami, Taylor knows that people may lie, but the evidence rarely does.

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Manhattan Manhunt (2)
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7.40
406 votes

#1 - Manhattan Manhunt (2)

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2005

(Crossover episode with CSI: Miami, Season 4 Episode 7.) Horatio Caine follows Henry Darius to New York so that he can keep his promise to a young boy in Miami, but by the time he and Mac are able to locate Darius he has disappeared again, leaving behind six more bodies. A link to the younger sister of one of the victims who was also Darius' hostage turns out to be a dead end, but Mac and Horatio soon find the connection between Darius and his hostage, leading them to a psychiatrist who had treated both.

Directors: Rob Bailey
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All Access
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7.32
338 votes

#2 - All Access

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/26/2006

Mac and Lindsay question Kid Rock because he was the last person to see his limo driver alive when the driver is found dead in the alley just before Kid Rock’s encore performance concert.

Directors: Norberto Barba
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Zoo York
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7.32
445 votes

#3 - Zoo York

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2005

Mac and Danny look into the mysterious death of a man torn apart by tigers at the Bronx Zoo, which leads them to both the dead man's meat packing plant as well as his mafia relatives. Hawkes and Stella are left with the case of a beautiful young debutante found dead on the carousel only hours before her coming out.

Directors: Norberto Barba
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Grand Murder at Central Station
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7.25
360 votes

#4 - Grand Murder at Central Station

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2005

Stella and Danny are heading into the world of cuddle parties: non-sexual events were adults learn to touch and hug each other. Meanwhile, Mac, Hawkes, and Flack investigate the death of a hated plastic surgeon found covered with lye with thousands of eyewitnesses during rush hour at Grand Central Station. While Mac and Stella assist Aiden in a rape case, after she breaks an evidence seal, Mac must come to terms with Aiden's action and work up the nerve to fire her.

Directors: Scott Lautanen
Watch Now:Apple TV
Heroes
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7.22
392 votes

#5 - Heroes

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/10/2006

Mack and Danny find marine corporal dead but if things don't seem right about his death. They find a drop of blood on his sleeve new signs of a struggle and several medals on his uniform. They both wonder why the Marine didn't fight for his life. Stella, Lindsay, and Dr. Hawkes are all busy investigating a dead body in front of a car they believe the body to be that of Charles Wright. There is one slight problem Sid confirms that the body found in the car is not Charles Wright. The body however in the car is a female. After Sheldon carefully begins facial reconstruction of the skull he would use a tool that will allow him to import this call into the computer so he can match a face to that skull. Sheldon comes up with a surprising result. The skull and the photo match that of Aiden Burn.

Writer: Eli Talbert
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Cool Hunter
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7.20
279 votes

#6 - Cool Hunter

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/8/2006

After the body of a dead woman is found in a water tower the team suddenly realizes that the building may hold a bigger mystery than they expected.

Directors: Norberto Barba
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Charge of this Post
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7.17
394 votes

#7 - Charge of this Post

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/17/2006

In the season finale Mac Taylor has a lot on his plate. He must come to grips with having let a marine die in Beirut in 1983. Also the team must stay one step ahead of a bomber.

Directors: Rob Bailey
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Stealing Home
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7.17
368 votes

#8 - Stealing Home

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/3/2006

Two women both claim to be the wife of a murder victim surprise Mac and Stella at the circumstances of their relationships. Both women have been in a trinogamous marriage with the victim. Meanwhile, Danny and Lindsay investigate the murder of a young woman who is found off a dock tangled up in kelp while she is dressed as a mermaid.

Directors: Oz Scott
Watch Now:Apple TV
City of the Dolls
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7.06
397 votes

#9 - City of the Dolls

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/2005

Mac, Danny and Lindsay investigate the death of owner of a doll hospital. Stella and Hawkes look into the death of a woman with terminal cancer.

Directors: Norberto Barba
Writer: Pam Veasey
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Youngblood
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7.06
354 votes

#10 - Youngblood

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2005

When a man is found murdered in an elevator, Mac, Flack, Danny and Lindsay investigate a world where very young girls enjoy sexual encounters with much older men. They're left trying to determine whether their best lead is a suspect, a witness ... or the intended victim. Stella and Hawkes investigate the death of a young man found in Central Park who died from an extreme allergic reaction and learn that he had been pretending to be someone that he wasn't.

Directors: Steven DePaul
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Summer in the City
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7.03
499 votes

#11 - Summer in the City

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2005

Stella and Danny investigate when a jewellery designer is found dead, wearing the eight million dollar bra he created, and investigate the model he had shot and her bodyguard. Aiden begins to take the rape case she has been working on a little too personally, and is determined to stop the man before he can rape again. Hawkes gets to go into the field for the first time as he assists Mac in investigating the death of a man who liked to climb skyscrapers.

Directors: David Von Ancken
Writer: Pam Veasey
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Trapped
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7.03
448 votes

#12 - Trapped

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/2005

Danny and Stella find innovative ways to process a crime scene while Danny is trapped in a panic room with the victim, who was the only person with the security code. As a locksmith works to cut through the titanium doors, the CSIs rush to process the evidence before the victim decays further and Danny's oxygen runs out. Meanwhile, Mac, Dr. Hawkes and Lindsay investigate the murder of an exotic dancer found dead on a klieg light

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Dancing with the Fishes
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7.01
413 votes

#13 - Dancing with the Fishes

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2005

Mac, Stella and Flack investigate the death of a young dancer who recently won the lottery, and it isn't long before they realise that her death is connected to Lindsay's investigation concerning the death of a tram driver. Danny and Hawkes look into the murder of a local fish merchant, and soon find their way to a jealous friend who was angry that their child didn't get into a prestigious school.

Directors: John Peters
Writer: Eli Talbert
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Bad Beat
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7.01
376 votes

#14 - Bad Beat

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2005

Mac and Stella investigate a murder of a host of a high stakes poker game after a player was caught cheating and kicked out of the game. While Danny and Hawkes follow the clues that'll lead them to solve the death of a weather girl.

Directors: Duane Clark
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Fare Game
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6.98
360 votes

#15 - Fare Game

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/1/2006

Lindsay, Stella, and Mac are on the case of a dead ADA, who they discover, is involved in a "kill war" with water guns. Meanwhile, Danny and Hawkes investigate the murder of a young lady who had a penchant for suing restaurants and taking them for all they are worth.

Directors: Kevin Dowling
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Wasted
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6.97
387 votes

#16 - Wasted

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/2006

Mac, Danny, and Dr. Hawkes investigate the death of a runway model who collapsed during a fashion show. Meanwhile, Stella, Detective Flack, and Lindsay investigate a teriminally ill patient's confession to the murder of his doctor.

Directors: Jeff T. Thomas
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Live or Let Die
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6.95
371 votes

#17 - Live or Let Die

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/29/2006

The life of a transplant patient hangs in the balance as the team tries to find the hijacked plane carrying the liver.

Directors: Rob Bailey
Writer: Pam Veasey
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Super Men
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6.95
341 votes

#18 - Super Men

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/12/2006

A man dressed in a superhero costume is found dead in an alley, after saving a man being mugged. Mac, Stella, and Dr. Hawkes find his clothes in a nearby phone booth. Danny and Lindsay investigate the murder of an NFL first-round draft pick, known as "Superman."

Directors: Steven DePaul
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Corporate Warriors
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6.94
467 votes

#19 - Corporate Warriors

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2005

Mac Taylor and his team investigate a double murder at an oil company. Dr. Hawkes and Det. Flack team up to investigate a case about a teenager who loved to spend his time behind the computer a little too much.

Directors: Rob Bailey
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Stuck on You
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6.92
413 votes

#20 - Stuck on You

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/1/2006

Stella is invited to an art gallery where she sees several paintings done by an artist named James Golden. Stella thought she was going to Frankie's place and not to an art gallery. Outside the exhibit two people are kissing and one of them is shot in the back with an arrow.

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Jamalot
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6.92
421 votes

#21 - Jamalot

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/2005

Mac and Stella work on the case of a female roller derby player. Danny and Hawkes look into the murder of one of New York's upcoming crop of writers.

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Run Silent, Run Deep
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6.86
423 votes

#22 - Run Silent, Run Deep

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/19/2006

Mac receives a phone call confessing to an old murder before the caller commits suicide. The call leads the team to a football stadium to uncover a body and they learn the suicide victim belongs to the Tanglewood gang. They also find a cigarette that puts Danny's job on the line after his DNA is found on it. Stella and Danny investigate the death of a businessman who used the services of an expensive call girl service.

Directors: Rob Bailey
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Risk
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6.81
395 votes

#23 - Risk

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/25/2006

Danny is on his way home after a long shift and finds Randy Williams subway surfing. Mac and Lindsay arrive on the scene and begin to wonder if Randy Williams died from riding on top of the subway. His death is even more suspicious after they examine the body more closely.

Directors: Bob Bailey
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Necrophilia Americana
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6.66
341 votes

#24 - Necrophilia Americana

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/22/2006

A young boy witnesses the death of a museum curator but doesn't want to tell anyone about it. Danny investigates the death of an urban golfer found dead on a construction site.

Directors: Steven DePaul
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