History Trivia / CSINY

AccidentallyAccurate:* Although the novels weren't true canon and some bits got invalidated by by later episodes, one of them got a tidbit right, having Mac recall that Claire liked opera. 'Indelible' reveals they were planning to go to one on 9/11 and Mac kept the tickets until the 10th anniversary.
* Although Christine's brother was Stan Whitney, that was apparwntly also the name of a minor character in "Charge of This Post" in season three.

* Although the novels weren't true canon and some bits got invalidated by by later episodes, one of them got a tidbit right, having Mac recall that Claire liked opera. 'Indelible' reveals they were planning to go to one on 9/11 and Mac kept the tickets until the 10th anniversary.

* Although Christine's brother was Stan Whitney, that was apparwntly also the name of the mad bomber in "Charge of This Post" in season three.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: after Mac let the tickets he was to have used with Claire go into the ocean in "Indelible", a few fans complained he was littering. (Technically true, but it was still a poignant scene)

* Although the novels weren't true canon and some bits got proven impossible by later episodes, one of them got a tidbit right, having Mac recall that Claire liked opera. 'Indelible' reveals they were planning to go to one on 9/11 and Mac kept the tickets until the 10th anniversary.

* Both Carmine Giovinazzo (Danny) and A.J.Buckley (Adam) appeared on ''Series/{{CSI}}'' before becoming ''{{CSI NY}}'' regulars. Carmine's was a brief guest appearance, as a minor character, and A.J. was the killer in his ep.

* Although the novels weren't true canon and some bits got proven impossible by later episodes, one of them got a tidbit right, having Mac recall that Claire liked opera. 'Indelible' reveals they were planning to go to one on 9/11 and Mac kept the tickets until the 10th anniversary.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Christine was originally conceived as someone Mac knew from his military days, but the writers probably realized it would have created a continuity problem with Mac's timeline since they still would have used the same character age for her that they did in the final scenario.
** There was still talk of pairing Mac with Jo. They wanted a wedding if they made 200 eps but who would marry Mac was unclear. One idea was a wedding fakeout with Mac appearing to be marrying Christine, but actually revealing it to be Jo at the wedding. One does suspect that season 9 would have been written differently if this had happened. Another idea was having Mac's relationship with Christine run its course, then hooking up Mac and Jo later if the show managed more seasons.
** Also see AbortedArc on the main page for info on the scrapped Mac/Aubrey/Peyton love triangle in season 6-7.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After the show ended, one of the producers revealed there had been talk of hooking Mac up with Jo at the end. They thought about having him propose to her instead of Christine, and though they definitely wanted a wedding if they made 200 episodes, they weren't sure if Mac would marry Christine or if they'd do a fake out and reveal him to be marrying Jo instead. One does reason, though, that some events of season 9 might have been written differently if they'd gone with one of these. Alternately, they might've somehow written out Christine and had Mac and Jo pair up later on, if they'd had more seasons. Mild InternetBackdraft has been generated by at least these things (particularly the idea of attempts to pair him up with Jo by ep 200, which would have only been three eps after the finale).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After the show ended, one of the producers revealed there had been talk of hooking Mac up with Jo at the end. They thought about having him propose to her instead of Christine, and though they definitely wanted a wedding if they made 200 episodes, they weren't sure if Mac would marry Christine or if they'd do a fake out and reveal him to be marrying Jo instead. One does reason, though, that some events of season 9 might have been written differently if they'd gone with one of these. Alternately, they might've somehow written out Christine and had Mac and Jo pair up later on, if they'd had more seasons. Mild InternetBackdraft has been generated by at least these things (particularly the idea of attempts to pair him up with Jo by ep 200, which would have only been three eps after the finale).

* In "Silent Night", MarleeMatlin plays a deaf woman, Gina Mitchum. The actress is actually deaf, so all the sign language is real. Incidently, Matlin also [[YouLookFamiliar guest starred on the original ''{{CSI}}'' once.]]

* In "Silent Night", MarleeMatlin plays a deaf woman, Gina Mitchum. The actress is actually deaf, so all the sign language is real.

* Lindsay Monroe/Messer's birthplace is possibly a left-over portion of the backstory of Catherine Willows from the original ''{{CSI}}''. For a time, the official character bios on CBS's website listed Catherine as being from Bozeman, Montana, but that was scrapped sometime before the finalized version of her backstory was revealed onscreen.

* CastShowoff:Several actors have had the chance to show off skills on-screen. Sinise appeared with his Lt.Dan Band in "Stuck On You". In "Tri-Borough", there's a scene at an art gallery. Flack makes a remark about the paintings not selling well, and Danny says "yeah I can see why" while nodding his head toward one of the paintings. The one he's indicating was actually made by the actor who plays Danny, Carmine Giovinazzo. He also has a band, Cesau, but it hasn't appeared on the show as yet. Also, Danny's aborted baseball career was based on Carmine's own injury-aborted baseball dreams, and there was one ep where he showed off his pitching ability. Also, Danny's tattoo is the actor's real one. Several episodes also have Melina Kanakaredes showing off her knowledge of fluent Greek. (her parents are Greek immigrants and she and her family often visit the country).

* Several actors have had the chance to show off skills on-screen. Sinise appeared with his Lt.Dan Band in "Stuck On You". In "Tri-Borough", there's a scene at an art gallery. Flack makes a remark about the paintings not selling well, and Danny says "yeah I can see why" while nodding his head toward one of the paintings. The one he's indicating was actually made by the actor who plays Danny, Carmine Giovinazzo. He also has a band, Cesau, but it hasn't appeared on the show as yet. Also, Danny's aborted baseball career was based on Carmine's own injury-aborted baseball dreams, and there was one ep where he showed off his pitching ability. Also, Danny's tattoo is the actor's real one. Several episodes also have Melina Kanakaredes showing off her knowledge of fluent Greek. (her parents are Greek immigrants and she and her family often visit the country).

* An actual dead body was found in one of the buildings used for filming, but it wasn't a murder case, rather, it was a long-dead tenant who got overlooked somehow. It bore similarities to the episode "NOt What It Looks Like", but without the homicide aspect.

* Mac Taylor originally had a different name, but Gary Sinise renamed him. Mac is after his son, [=McCanna=], and Taylor is after his Lt. Dan character in {{Forrest Gump}}.

* Mac reveals in season 9 that he can't recall the events leading up to his being shot, a type of amnesia that isn't uncommon in trauma patients. A few months after filming the season 8 finale, Gary Sinise suffered a similar memory loss to Mac's, minus the lingering speech aphasia, after being involved in a car accident that fortunately didn't severely injure him, but left him with a rather nasty concussion, along with a lot of bumps and bruises.

* The actor who played the sleepwalking woman's husband in 'Night,Mother' previously starred with Gary Sinise in the miniseries of ''TheStand'' as Harold Lauder.

* Both Carmine Giovinazzo (Danny) and A.J.Buckley (Adam) appeared on ''Series/{{CSI}}'' before becoming ''{{CSI NY}}'' regulars.
* "Today Is Life" was based on a real life incident in TheSeventies when a cop shot an unarmed man and a mob really did try to storm the precinct.

* "Today Is Life" was based on a real life incident in The70s when a cop shot an unarmed man and a mob really did try to storm the precinct.

* Both Carmine Giovinazzo (Danny) and A.J.Buckley (Adam) appeared on ''Series/{{CSI}}'' before becoming ''{{CSI NY}}'' regulars.

* Both Carmine Giovinazzo (Danny) and A.J.Buckley (Adam) appeared on ''{{CSI}}'' before becoming ''{{CSI NY}}'' regulars.

* Mac Taylor originally had a different name, but Gary Sinise renamed him. Mac is after his son, McCanna, and Taylor is after his Lt. Dan character in {{Forrest Gump}}.

** And Stella Bonasera used to be [[DueSouth Constable Fraser's]] [[OldFlame former lover]] and [[DatingCatwoman a bank robber.]]

* The actor who played the sleepwalking woman's husband in 'Night,Mother' previously starred with Gary Sinise in the miniseries of ''TheStand'' as Harold Lauder.

* Stella's HIV scare was a project in collaboration with the website knowhivaids.org

* Several actors have had the chance to show off skills on-screen. Sinise appeared with his Lt.Dan Band in "Stuck On You". In "Tri-Borough", there's a scene at an art gallery. Flack makes a remark about the paintings not selling well, and Danny says "yeah I can see why" while nodding his head toward one of the paintings. The one he's indicating was actually made by the actor who plays Danny, Carmine Giovinazzo. He also has a band, Cesau, but it hasn't appeared on the show as yet. Also, Danny's aborted baseball career was based on Carmine's own injury-aborted baseball dreams. Also, Danny's tattoo is the actor's real one. Several episodes also have Melina Kanakaredes showing off her knowledge of fluent Greek. (her parents are Greek immigrants and she and her family often visit the country).