CSI: NY (TV Series) Indelible (2011) User Reviews

Looking back-looking forward

[brueggemanntami · 9/10 · 15 September 2020]

I can still remember exactly where I was when I heard what happened on September 11, 2001, as I'm sure most of us can. Watching the news unfold in total disbelief and horror. The emotions still run deep.

I am watching this episode a few days after the 911 remembrance in 2020. The world is in the biggest mess it has been in since that time. Covid-19 has changed everything. Once again, things are so surreal that no one really knows what to do. The seemingly impossible has happened again. A virus has taken over. There is political unrest and rioting in the streets. People are dying and there seems no certain relief or answers in sight. Just shock and searching for hope.

I wish so much that we could all come together as we did then. After 911 people set aside differences and reached towards each other for healing. That has not happened as of yet during these troubled times. Hopefully it will soon.

A very memorable episode

[kimcoxmonm · 9/10 · 2 January 2022]

This was a very good episode. I saw it on the original run and now another 10 years later. I enjoyed the flashbacks to were each character was on 9/11. I remember what I was doing; how can you forget that. There were a few inconsistencies but continuity has a tough job.

It's not very often you get to see Adam in a very heartfelt scene because he is usually a complete goofball, albeit a very dependable one. There were many people around the world and in this country who likely missed it first hand. Then there are millions who did and for them, including me, the world stood still during that time.

I did appreciate the flashback to Jo in Washington because, though the entirety of the events horrifying, the attack on the Pentagon and United Flight 93 can be overlooked.

The scene when Mac and Claire are talking on the phone just before the 2nd hit was chilling. In a matter of a few seconds, she is gone. Mac joining the team of lab techs trying to identify remains and the conversation he and a tech had was very moving.

I have to say, I totally agree with "LovesAStateOfMind"'s comment about Danny's uniform as a sergeant made me laugh because it also made ME giggle. I told my husband as we are watching it that Danny didn't "fit" that uniform. Some actors can convincingly play a cop; he can't. He looked like someone trying to dress up in costume.

The most heartbreaking in real life - there are 1,106 bodies still unidentified at the 20 year mark. So sad that the families of those people still have no closure. There are roughly 36 cities in New York alone that have that many people (give 50 either may). Imagine one of those towns being wiped off the map and can't found!!!

9/11

[LoveIsAStateOfMind · 7/10 · 29 December 2015]

I'm sorry but I don't buy the Claire/Mac relationship. I think it's because I've seen the actress in stuff before, didn't particularly like the characters she played (Remember Life Unexpected anyone? Also, Veronica Mars) and she just seems more "steamy seductress" (aka in 'Veronica Mars') than Mac's tragic wife. That's just my own tainted opinion. This is why I prefer it when we get guest-stars that I don't know (e.g. the wife in last week's The Mentalist). Also, continuity – Mac got rid of everything that reminded him of her apart from photos and the beach ball, so clearly those opera tickets don't count?? Also, she's meant to have blue eyes and not brown. I'm just saying that if you're going to describe her in previous episodes and then introduce a character you've been talking about for 7/8 seasons, some continuity would be nice.

However, when we get to the bit when they are on the phone and we see that she's just come out of the WTC, I forget everything above and was just with them in that moment and the noise of the plane flying overhead ……… I think the 9/11 stuff generally was well done. I liked seeing Jo's perspective. FLACK!!! And the first ever Danny/Flack meeting. That scene <3. Sid/Hawkes/Mac … *sniff* I am not a big fan of Adam but that Adam/Lindsay scene is, I think, my favourite Adam scene EVER. In fact, as much as that Danny/Flack moment was great, the Adam/Lindsay wins the award for the best scene of the episode.

The end sequence with Mac's speech and then the memorial and the beach was really moving <3.

I don't know how I feel seeing Danny in uniform. I mean it was okay until he put the hat on and then it just made me giggle.

Adam mouthing the conversation with Jo/potential new boss was funny as was Lindsay walking in on him but what was that on Lindsay's T-shirt? It looks like a painting of an intestine.

I didn't like the way the case was wrapped up with that scene with the girl in the bar. I just didn't buy her performance and I still don't understand why killing the bouncer was necessary. And just the way she was like "well, I'm a druggie and I owed money" and then the "I'll never forget the look on his face". Ugh.

very well done...very moving...tissues necessary

[kao123 · 23 September 2011]

I loved this episode after feeling compelled to watch it. This is after I avoided all news for the weekend prior to the actual ceremony at Ground Zero.

We open with Mac and his wife, Claire as they are getting ready for their day. He has planned a visit to the opera, something she has wanted to do with him. We see his commute with her on the bus to work, that is the last place we see them together. Mac is seen talking to his wife at 9:03 as the second plane hits the building. The sound was so strong, it felt incredibly real. This is the last time we see Claire, the cell phone just goes dead.

He meets with a retired firefighter friend, who lost his son that day. The father says he continues to have breakfast each Sunday at the same diner, to remember his son. He lies to Mac and states he has picked up his badge for the Brooklyn wall ceremony; Mac brings it to him when he realizes this. They show a ceremony at the Brooklyn wall with the pictures etched of the first responders etched into the walls. His firefighter friend has changed his mind and is present at the ceremony.

We also see Jo near the Pentagon that day, how Flack and Messer met downtown assisting an injured person and find out Lindsay got a ride on a Montana fire truck to help with the bucket brigade to remove debris. Adam reveals the truth that he did not see the coverage, since he slept late. Both doctors are seen in a storefront working on the injured and applying toe tags. Mac helps carry in a deceased firefighter and prays over the body.

He is now working at a different lab, helping to develop ways to identify the remains of the 1,000 plus who have not been identified yet. I liked his statement about closure in positively identifying the remains. It brings a reminder of this important fact.