History Trivia / CSINY

* TheOtherDarrin: A variation of sorts. Mac's wife Claire was played by the same actress during both of her onscreen appearances (the flashbacks of "Indelible" and Mac's NearDeathExperience in "Near Death"), but the pictures of Claire that Mac showed Reed in season 4 were of a different woman. Probably justified, as the show makers couldn't know then that they'd need someone to actually play her onscreen down the road. Still, there's no excuse for her being brunette in the pics and reddish-blonde onscreen. The writers either forgot the pics, hoped the [[ViewersAreGoldfish viewers forgot]], or were just lazy.
** Or Claire dyed her hair.

* RealitySubtext: Lindsay going home to Montana to testify against Daniel Katums and later getting pregnant are due to Anna Belknap's own pregnancies.

** Creator/GarySinise worked on the story for 'Live or Let Die,' and wrote the script for "Turbulence.'
** Creator/MelinaKanakaredes wrote "Grounds for Deception."
** Carmine Giovinazzo wrote "Sanguine Love."

* 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, Creator/GarySinise 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.

** Giovinazzo also has a band, Cesau; it never appears on the show, but some of their songs are used in "Sanguine Love," which Carmine happened to write.

* {{Defictionalization}}: Lookinatchu, the chat roulette site in “Unfriendly Chat” was made real for a while.

** Creator/AnthonyEZuiker had three cities in mind when deciding where to set the third CSI series. The other two options? UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} and UsefulNotes/NewOrleans. The former is Mac's (and coincidentally Creator/GarySinise's) hometown, while the latter is where Stella goes after leaving New York.

* HideYourPregnancy: When actress Anna Belknap, who plays Lindsay, became pregnant the first time, they used the close-up method with varying success. The second time around, they wrote it into the storyline.

* RearrangeTheSong: Unlike the other shows in the franchise, this one adopted a remixed version of the song (from the fourth season onward).

* RequiredSpinoffCrossover: Chronologically, "Manhattan Manhunt" (with Miami), "Hammer Down" (as the second part of the "Trilogy," and "Seth & Apep" (with Las Vegas).

* TrashTheSet: "Snow Day." The place gets shot up, soaked by sprinklers and then finally blown up by a pipe bomb. According to series creator Anthony Zuiker, Sinise jumped in between takes to help the crew squeegee the floor because ''three inches'' of water rained down every time, and he was having so much fun filming that he couldn't wait to get back at it. And this was around two or three in the morning.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Throughout the series, names of people close to Creator/GarySinise and names of previous characters he's played are used in episodes:
** His wife, Moira's, maiden name of Harris shows up in several episodes as character last names ("Unusual Suspects" for one) as well as in names of businesses.
** His oldest daughter's name, Sophie, is the name of the doll in episode 2.09, 'City of the Dolls.'
** As noted elsewhere, "Mac" is his son's name as well as that of his brother-in-law whom his son was named after. Mac Taylor's father is named "[=McCanna=] Boyd" after the same gentleman. And "Taylor" came, also at Sinise's own suggestion, from [[Film/ForrestGump Lt. Dan.]]
** His youngest daughter's name, Ella, is used several times during the run, including as that of his StalkerWithACrush in season 5.
** His mother's nickname, Millie, is used as Mac's mother's name in 'Blacklist.'
** [="McQuinn,"=] the last name of his character in the Hallmark Hall of Fame Christmas movie, ''Fallen Angel,'' is used in episode 3.07, 'Murder Sings the Blues,' as well as a few others. A shortened version, "Quinn," shows up fairly frequently as well. The phrase "fallen angel" is used in 'Death House' when Mac & Stella are discussing the floor puzzle.
** "Austin," his character's name in Theatre/TrueWest, is used in episodes 3.18 and 4.16, "Sleight Out of Hand' and 'Right Next Door' (which is also a [[TheDanza Danza]] as it's the first name of the young actor who plays the character in question, Stella's neighbor [[spoiler: who accidentally sets her apartment on fire.]])
** "Redman," the last name of his character in the 1994 mini-series of Stephen King's Series/TheStand, is the name of the family in episode 5.17, 'Green Piece.'
** "Milton," the last name of his character in Literature/OfMiceAndMen, is used in at least one episode.
** Possibly a coincidence, but the pawn shop owner in episode 1.03, 'American Dreamers,' is named Bruno. Sinise played the police officer father of the titular character of the little known 2000 film, ''Bruno,'' (a.k.a. ''The Dress Code'').
* WestCoastTeam: Inverted (along w/ ''Series/CSIMiami'' of course) by spinning off to the east from Vegas.

** Gary Sinise worked on the story for 'Live or Let Die,' and wrote the script for "Turbulence.'
** Melina Kanakaredes wrote "Grounds for Deception."

** Gary Sinise worked on the story for 'Live or Let Die,' and wrote the script for 'Turbulence.'
** Melina Kanakaredes wrote 'Grounds for Deception.'
** Carmine Giovinazzo wrote 'Sanguine Love.'
* WrittenInInfirmity: Season 8's 'Crushed' has Mac seated or leaning against something most of the time. That's because during the filming of the previous episode, 'Get Me Out of Here,' Creator/GarySinise injured his leg when Mac had to chase a perp and slam him against the side of a truck in the graveyard. The same thing had happened earlier in the series (on Gary's 50th birthday, no less), but it was the other leg.

* The name "Lindsay" itself could be a nod to ''{{Series/CSI}}'' as it's also Catherine Willow's daughter's name. "Ellie," Jo's daughter's name, could also be, as it's Jim Brass' daughter's name, too.
* Although Christine's brother was Stan Whitney, that was apparently also the name of a minor character in "Charge of This Post" in season two. Despite the military backstory originally planned, there's no evidence he (the soldier who dies in Mac's arms in flashback) was going to be her brother.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Although the novels weren't true canon and some bits got invalidated 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.

** Sinise performed with a couple of members of his Lt. Dan Band at the end of season 2's "Stuck on You," and played bass again at the end of season 4's "Time's Up." The guitars he used are his own.
** In "Tri-Borough," there's a scene at an art gallery. Det. Kaile Maka makes a remark about the artwork 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.
** Giovinazzo also has a band, Cesau, but it never appeared on the show.
** 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.

** 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.)

** Grant Albrecht, who played wheelchair-bound Dr. Leonard Giles in five season 1 episodes, has a spinal cord condition that leaves him reliant on crutches or a wheelchair himself.
** In "Silent Night," Creator/MarleeMatlin plays a deaf woman, Gina Mitchum. The actress is actually deaf, so all the sign language is real. Incidentally, Matlin also [[YouLookFamiliar guest starred on the original]] ''{{Series/CSI}}'' once.

** [[spoiler: Killing off Angell due to [[http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/what-the-keck/emmanuelle-vaugier-budget-cuts-killed-me-1111.html budget cuts]]]] Also probably the reason season 6 has dropped the TwoLinesNoWaiting format in favor of one case per episode only.
** Not quite executive meddling but [[spoiler: Melina Kanakaredes' departure in season 7 is due to a salary freeze that CBS had to offer.]]

* OnlyBarelyRenewed: Getting season nine came down to it being cheaper to make than ''Series/CSIMiami'' and wanting it for a [[BigApplesauce New York]] themed night of programming.
* TheOtherDarrin: A variation of sorts. Mac's wife Claire was played by the same actress during both of her onscreen appearances (the flashbacks of 'Indelible' and Mac's NearDeathExperience in 'Near Death'), but the pictures of Claire that Mac showed Reed in season 4 were of a different woman. Probably justified, as the show makers couldn't know then that they'd need someone to actually play her onscreen down the road. Still, there's no excuse for her being brunette in the pics and reddish-blonde onscreen. The writers either forgot the pics, hoped the [[ViewersAreGoldfish viewers forgot]], or were just lazy.

* ProducedByCastmember: Creator/GarySinise served as producer from episode 1.11, "Tri-Borough," until the series' end, but was uncredited until the beginning of season 2.

* RealitySubtext: Lindsay going home to Montana to testify against Daniel Katums and later getting pregnant were due to Anna Belknap's own pregnancies.
* RealLifeRelative: Creator/GarySinise's daughter Sophie was the eyewitness character in "Criminal Justice."

* RequiredSpinoffCrossover: Chronologically, "Manhattan Manhunt," "Hammer Down," and "Seth & Apep."

* TrashTheSet: "Snow Day." The place got shot up, soaked by sprinklers and then finally blown up by a pipe bomb. According to series creator Anthony Zuiker, Sinise jumped in between takes to help the crew squeegee the floor because ''three inches'' of water rained down every time, and he was having so much fun filming that he couldn't wait to get back at it. And this was around two or three in the morning.

** 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 backlash 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, if season 9 stayed as it was written).

** Also see AbortedArc on the main page for info on the scrapped Mac/Aubrey/Peyton love triangle in season 6-7.

** Had the show been renewed for season ten, then Sheldon would've likely either been PutOnABus or had a recurring role as his actor, Hill Harper, announced that he would depart to become a series regular in ''Series/CovertAffairs''.
** Anthony E. Zuiker had three cities in mind when deciding where to set the third CSI series. The other two options? UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} and UsefulNotes/NewOrleans. The former is Mac's (and coincidentally Creator/GarySinise's) hometown, while the latter is where Stella goes after leaving New York.

** Carmine Giovinazzo (Danny) and A.J. Buckley (Adam) appeared on ''Series/{{CSI}}'' before becoming ''Series/{{CSI NY}}'' regulars. Carmine's was a brief guest appearance, as a minor character called Thumpy G, and A.J. was the killer in his ep. Also, Alex Carter, Detctive Vartaan on the original series, was in one ep of this show.

* Mac's prowess at ''Asteroids'' is mentioned in episode 8.15, "Kill Screen." Sinise was quite the affectianado back in the day.

* FridayNightDeathSlot: Starting in season seven, ''CSI: NY'' aired Friday at 9pm Eastern. Season 9 was airing an hour earlier, at 8pm Eastern, then went back to its old 9pm Eastern slot after ''MadeInJersey'' got the ax. It lasted three seasons in the Friday slots.
* HideYourPregnancy: When actress Anna Belknap, who plays Lindsay, became pregnant, they used the close-up method with varying success. The second time around, they wrote it into the storyline.

* RealitySubtext: Lindsay getting pregnant was due to Anna Belknap's own pregnancy.

* ProducedByCastmember: Creator/GarySinise served as producer from the beginning of season 2 until the series' end, eight seasons later.

** Possibly a coincidence, but the pawn shop owner in episode 1.03, 'American Dreamers,' is named Bruno. Sinise played the police officer father of the titular character of the little known 2000 film, ''Bruno.''
* WestCoastTeam: Inverted (along w/ ''CSI: Miami'' of course) by spinning off to the east from Vegas.

* {{Tuckerization}}: Throughout the series, names of people close to Creator/GarySinise and names of previous characters he's played are used in episodes:
** His wife, Moira's, maiden name of Harris shows up in several episodes as character last names ("Unusual Suspects" for one) as well as in names of businesses.
** His oldest daughter's name, Sophie, is the name of the doll in episode 2.09, 'City of the Dolls.'
** As noted elsewhere, "Mac" is his son's name as well as that of his brother-in-law whom his son was named after. Mac Taylor's father is named "[=McCanna=] Boyd" after the same gentleman. And "Taylor" came, also at Sinise's own suggestion, from [[Film/ForrestGump Lt. Dan.]]
** His youngest daughter's name, Ella, is used several times during the run, including as that of his StalkerWithACrush in season 5.
** His mother's nickname, Millie, is used as Mac's mother's name in 'Blacklist.'
** [="McQuinn,"=] the last name of his character in the Hallmark Hall of Fame Christmas movie, ''Fallen Angel,'' is used in episode 3.07, 'Murder Sings the Blues,' as well as a few others. A shortened version, "Quinn," shows up fairly frequently as well. The phrase "fallen angel" is used in 'Death House' when Mac & Stella are discussing the floor puzzle.
** "Austin," his character's name in Theatre/TrueWest, is used in episodes 3.18 and 4.16, "Sleight Out of Hand' and 'Right Next Door' (which is also a [[TheDanza Danza]] as it's the first name of the young actor who plays the character in question, Stella's neighbor [[spoiler: who accidentally sets her apartment on fire.]])
** "Redman," the last name of his character in the 1994 mini-series of Stephen King's Series/TheStand, is the name of the family in episode 5.17, 'Green Piece.'
** "Milton," the last name of his character in Literature/OfMiceAndMen, is used in at least one episode.
** Possibly a coincidence, but the pawn shop owner in episode 1.03, 'American Dreamers,' is named Bruno. Sinise played the police officer father of the titular character of the little known 2000 film, ''Bruno.''

** Fans were not worried when Mac was taken hostage at the end of season 5, because Sinise had another year left in his contract.

** Creator/AndyGarcia and Creator/RayLiotta were offered the Mac role, but turned it down. The character was named Rick Castelluci at that time; Gary Sinise convinced them to change it after taking the part.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: 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.

** 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.

* ThrowItIn: "'Til Death Do We Part." When Stella says "Best part of the job," and kisses Mac on the cheek. According to Melina Kanakaredes, while filming that scene, she just spontaneously kissed Gary Sinise and they decided to keep it in.

** Possibly a coincidence, but the father of the missing girl in episode 1.03, 'American Dreamers,' is named Bruno. Sinise played the police officer father of the titular character of the little known 2000 film, ''Bruno.''

* Throughout the series, names of people close to Creator/GarySinise and names of previous characters he's played are used in episodes:

** Not quite executive meddling but [[spoiler: Melina Kanakaredes' departure in season 7 is due to a pay cut that CBS had to offer.]]

** Sinise appeared with his Lt. Dan Band in "Stuck on You," and played bass again at the end of "Time's Up." The guitars he used are his own.

* ThrowItIn: "'Til Death Do We Part." When Stella says "Best part of the job," and kisses Mac on the cheek. According to Melina Kanakaredes, while filming that scene, she just spontaneously kissed Gary Sinise and they decided to keep it in.

** Danny Messer, like Carmine Giovinazo, is from Staten Island.