History YMMV / CSINY

* DesignatedHero: InUniverse example in "The Thing About Heroes" as after revealing himself to be the [[spoiler:333 Stalker]], Drew tells Mac that he didn't deserve to gain a hero status for his actions in the season three finale, all because he couldn't save his older brother Will.

** The inventor's 'House of Death' in season six is pretty damn creepy. Spikes that swing from the ceiling to impale you, a room that can either roast you to death or [[DescendingCeiling smush you]], and the list goes on. All concealed in what appears to be an ordinary penthouse.

** Another episode involved a magician murdering his victims in ways based off of his three new, high-profile tricks. The start of the episode shows him sticking his ex-assistant in a box and sawing her in half for real, using your run of the mill hand saw. Not only do they give you a lovely shot of the bloody stump where half her body used to be, but they make it explicitly plain that she was still alive as he sawed her in half.

** Mac/Stella is also a favourite among fans. However, many shippers are either sad and/or angry because [[spoiler:Melina Kanakaredes isn't coming back for season 7]].
*** Mac/Jo is quickly taking that ship's place now.

** Sometimes, other ships gang up on Danny/Lindsay; most often, these are shippers of Danny/Aiden, Danny/Ricki (the woman whose son was killed on Danny's watch), and especially [[HoYay Danny/Flack]]. These shippers perceive Lindsay to be TheScrappy and accuse her of changing Danny too much from his previous "bad boy" persona, inhibiting his character development, and having "too much" screentime. They would like to see Danny with "anyone but Lindsay."

* HarsherInHindsight: Season 9 features an episode where a little girl dies by her friend accidentally shooting her. He'd already removed the magazine, so assumed it would be safe. Cut to a previous episode featuring Jo finally taking down a rapist she's been trying to catch since her days in the FBI. Hr words at that time may echo in your head watching the scene with the kids. "They always forget the [bullet] in the chamber."
** Sid being diagnosed with non-Hodgkins' lymphona becomes this when you realize that Hawkes' actor Hill Harper battled thyroid cancer at one point and did a book about it, but thankfully has since gone into remission.

** Another is when Mac is shown footage of a Holocaust survivor his father saved

** Also subverted in "Some Buried Bones". You'd think that Music/NellyFurtado is the killer since she plays a professional thief who removes security tags on stuff she steals and becomes a suspect for a murder that occured at a department store that she was stealing a purse but it turns out that she isn't the killer and in fact, only [[FreudianExcuse became a professional thief]] after [[JerkassWoobie suffering]] DomesticAbuse from her husband and took part in a propranolol medical trial for women who were victims of domestic abuse, which as a result Stella compassionately suggests the women reveal her past abuse at the hands of her husband, to get leniency from the judge, and offers Ava her card if she wants to talk, given the fact Stella was a victim of domestic abuse in the season before at the hands of her ex-boyfriend Frankie.

** The show's first official episode, "Blink" involved a real condition known as "Locked-in Syndrome," where a person is fully conscious but unable to move a single muscle except for maybe an eyelid or certain facial muscles. (communication can be facilitated with computer equipment)The French name for this translates literally to "walled in alive." Oh and if this happens to you, there is no cure (although a few patients have partially or fully recovered on their own). Think on that a while and try sleeping soundly tonight. Bonus points for it being in the first episode, too.
** The inventor's House of Death in season six is pretty damn creepy. Spikes that swing from the ceiling to impale you, a room that can either roast you to death or [[DescendingCeiling smush you]], and the list goes on. All concealed in what appears to be an ordinary penthouse.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The game wasn't as good as the others in the franchise. It isn't totally awful, but for some reason was mostly puzzles and hidden item stuff as opposed to the more detailed evidence collecting, tests, interviewing ect of the other two shows. Plus, the puzzles can frustrate to no end, especially the "draw a line without touching the non matching items" one and the "draw the outline" one for some. Plus, each case was short and Mac and Stella were the only player characters, as opposed to either all of the team at various points or a original player character like the rest. And fans tend to view it as yet another example of the show getting the short end of the stick.

** T.J. Thyne played a rare book dealer and killer of the week just a year before starting his regular role on the other side of the police,er,FBI tape as Dr. Jack Hodgins on ''Series/{{Bones}}''.

* TheWoobie: Adam. Possibly Danny as well, although he doesn't have the kicked puppy thing going like Adam does-- he just can't catch a break.

* {{Anvilicious}}: 'Yarzheit'

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Lindsay is either one of the interesting characters of the show or one of the least interesting.

* DesignatedEvil: Being a cop show, anyone who breaks the law, especially murder, is automatically in the wrong despite the fact that on occasion, the victims were complete jerkasses who deserved to be killed.

** Mac/Jo has replaced it, though it causes ShipToShipCombat with the Smacked shippers and the fans of Mac's girlfriends (first Aubrey and now Christine).

** Sid being diagnosed with non-Hodgkins' lymphona becomes this when you realise that Hawkes' actor Hill Harper battled thyroid cancer at one point and did a book about it, but thankfully has since gone into remission.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Lindsay finding Danny out of his wheelchair and taking care of the baby.

* NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize: Subverted; an episode features a case of a guy who looks like retired tennis champ John [=McEnroe=] and then brings [[ActingForTwo the man]] [[AsHimself himself]] on to clear things up.

* NightmareFuel: The show's first official episode, "Blink" involved a real condition known as "Locked-in Syndrome," where a person is fully conscious but unable to move a single muscle except for maybe an eyelid or certain facial muscles. (communication can be facilitated with computer equipment)The French name for this translates literally to "walled in alive." Oh and if this happens to you, there is no cure (although a few patients have partially or fully recovered on their own). Think on that a while and try sleeping soundly tonight. Bonus points for it being in the first episode, too.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/ChadwickBoseman appeared in one episode of season 2 before playing the Black Panther in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.

* {{Shipping}}: Danny/Lindsay, referred to as "M&M" (Monroe & Messer) and probably should now be called "3M" or "M cubed" (Messer Monroe Marriage-or possibly 3 Messers, as in Danny, Lindsay and Lucy.) Of course, once the second baby arrives, it could be 4M...you get the picture.

* ShipToShipCombat: Mac is in the middle of most of it. Some want him with Stella, others with Jo, and others say no one can take Claire's place. a few slash ships get in too. Turns his girlfriends into TheScrappy sometimes. Very few people wanted him with Peyton, but Christine, his canon girlfriend as of season 8,isn't hated as much and adds another layer to it. However, in all the cases,no extreme hostility is usually evident.
** May intensify a bit with Mac marrying Christine. Expect a few fics to show up trying to [[DieForOurShip get rid of her]] in favor of the other ships.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some fans felt that it would've been interesting to have a CSI: New Orleans spin-off focusing on Stella, following her departure betweem season six and seven.

* 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.

* TheScrappy: Reed, with fans finding him to be a bland character.
** Peyton, to Mac/Stella fans.

* CompleteMonster: Henry Darius, from a ''Series/CSIMiami''-''Series/CSINewYork'' crossover, is a SerialKiller-turned-spree killer known for [[BoomHeadshot shooting his victims in the head]]. As a child born from [[TheMistress a mistress]] of a wealthy family, he always felt [[GreenEyedMonster jealous]] that his half-sisters got [[AttentionWhore more attention than he did]], and as a result, [[StartOfDarkness became a murderer]], with his first three victims [[ReplacementGoldfish looking like his sisters]]. First appearing in the season 4 ''Miami'' episode "Felony Flight", he causes a plane crash that kills two pilots and one U.S. Marshal. He then steals the marshal's gun and uses it to kill four college students and steal their car. He then travels to Miami University where he would kill two more college students after they told him about his half-sister, Alexa, and her whereabouts. He then goes to her location and kidnap her before shooting a man for his car and heading to UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. When he arrives there in the season 2 ''NY'' episode "Manhattan Manhunt", he murders Alexa along with six college students, before heading off to kill his second half-sister Sarah. A {{narcissist}}ic [[TheSociopath sociopath]], with a [[AxCrazy violently-low impulse control]], poor FreudianExcuse, and 20+ body count to boot, Henry Darius was among the worst that both CSI teams from Miami and New York had ever had to face.

** Also subverted in "Some Buried Bones". You'd think that Music/NellyFurtado is the killer since she plays a professional thief who removes security tags on stuff she steals and becomes a suspect for a murder that occured at a department store that she was stealing a purse but it turns out that she isn't the killer and in fact, only [[FreudianExcuse became a professional thief]] after [[JerkassWoobie suffering]] DomesticAbuse from her husband and took part in a propranolol medical trial for women who were victims of domestic abuse, which as a result compassionately suggests the women reveal her past abuse at the hands of her husband, to get leniency from the judge, and offers Ava her card if she wants to talk, given the fact Stella was a victim of domestic abuse in the season before at the hands of her ex-boyfriend Frankie.

* TheScrappy: Reed

** Also subverted in "Some Buried Bones". You'd think that Music/NellyFurtado is the killer since she plays a kleptomaniac professional thief who removes security tags on stuff she steals and becomes a suspect for a murder that occured at a department store that she was stealing a purse but it turns out that she isn't the killer and in fact, only [[FreudianExcuse became a professional thief]] after [[JerkassWoobie suffering]] DomesticAbuse from her husband and took part in a medical trial for propranolol along with women who were victims of domestic abuse.

* HarsherInHindsight: Season 10 features an episode where a little girl dies by her friend accidentally shooting her. He'd already removed the magazine, so assumed it would be safe. Cut to a previous episode featuring Jo finally taking down a rapist she's been trying to catch since her days in the FBI. Hr words at that time may echo in your head watching the scene with the kids. "They always forget the [bullet] in the chamber."

* BrokenBase: Danny and Lindsay's relationship in general. Lindsay herself.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The game wasn't as good as the others in the franchise. It isn't totally awful, but for some reason was mostly puzzles and hidden item stuff as opposed to the more detailed evidence collecting,tests,interviewing ect of the other two shows. Plus, the puzzles can frustrate to no end, especially the "draw a line without touching the non matching items" one and the "draw the outline" one for some. Plus,each case was short,and Mac and Stella were the only player characters,as opposed to either all of the team at various points or a original player character like the rest. And fans tend to view it as yet another example of the show getting the short end of the stick.
* TheScrappy: Reed. Jo is also turning into one of these after her first episode, replacing Stella.
** Peyton.

* BrokenBase / BaseBreaker: Danny and Lindsay's relationship in general. Lindsay herself.

* CompleteMonster: Henry Darius, from a ''Series/CSIMiami''-''Series/CSINewYork'' crossover, is a SerialKiller-turned-spree killer known for [[BoomHeadshot shooting his victims in the head]]. As a child born from [[TheMistress a mistress]] of a wealthy family, he always felt [[GreenEyedMonster jealous]] that his half-sisters got [[AttentionWhore more attention than he did]], and as a result, [[StartOfDarkness became a murderer]], with his first three victims [[ReplacementGoldfish looking like his sisters]]. First appearing in the season 4 ''Miami'' episode "Felony Flight", he causes a plane crash that kills two pilots and one U.S. Marshal. He then steals the marshal's gun and uses it to kill four college students and steal their car. He then travels to Miami University where he would kill two more college students after they told him about his half-sister, Alexa, and her whereabouts. He then goes to her location and kidnap her before shooting a man for his car and heading to UsefulNotes/ NewYorkCity. When he arrives there in the season 2 ''NY'' episode "Manhattan Manhunt", he murders Alexa along with six college students, before heading off to kill his second half-sister Sarah. A {{narcissist}}ic [[TheSociopath sociopath]], with a [[AxCrazy violently-low impulse control]], poor FreudianExcuse, and 20+ body count to boot, Henry Darius was among the worst that both CSI teams from Miami and New York had ever had to face.

* CompleteMonster:
** Stewart Otis, first appearing in season 1's "Broken", is a [[WouldHurtAChild pedophilic]] SerialKiller/SerialRapist who targeted [[WouldHitAGirl little girls]] around the ages of five to eight years. [[WolfInSheepsClothing While acting as an authority figure]], he would kidnap the girls to take to his home for him to rape and strangle to death before burying the bodies in is backyard. He has done this to eight little girls and [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk only lamenting on his latest victim, Ruthie, because she died too quickly before he got a chance to "play" with her]]. He later appears in the season's finale "Body Count", where he escaped prison with the help of two fellow inmates, Hank Kerner and Randall Kaye. He then [[UngratefulBastard returns the latter's favor]] by kidnapping his daughter, Emma, taking her to a cabin where he not only raped her, but force her to partake in a [[SnuffFilm film]] taunting [[RedHeadedHero Horatio Caine]], the person who arrested him. He then tries to kill her [[note]]She survives[[/note]] before trying to find her cousin, Robyn, hoping to do the same thing to her.
** Henry Darius, from a ''Series/CSIMiami''-''Series/CSINewYork'' crossover, is a SerialKiller-turned-spree killer known for [[BoomHeadshot shooting his victims in the head]]. As a child born from [[TheMistress a mistress]] of a wealthy family, he always felt [[GreenEyedMonster jealous]] that his half-sisters got [[AttentionWhore more attention than he did]], and as a result, [[StartOfDarkness became a murderer]], with his first three victims [[ReplacementGoldfish looking like his sisters]]. First appearing in the season 4 ''Miami'' episode "Felony Flight", he causes a plane crash that kills two pilots and one U.S. Marshal. He then steals the marshal's gun and uses it to kill four college students and steal their car. He then travels to Miami University where he would kill two more college students after they told him about his half-sister, Alexa, and her whereabouts. He then goes to her location and kidnap her before shooting a man for his car and heading to UsefulNotes/ NewYorkCity. When he arrives there in the season 2 ''NY'' episode "Manhattan Manhunt", he murders Alexa along with six college students, before heading off to kill his second half-sister Sarah. A {{narcissist}}ic [[TheSociopath sociopath]], with a [[AxCrazy violently-low impulse control]], poor FreudianExcuse, and 20+ body count to boot, Henry Darius was among the worst that both CSI teams from Miami and New York had ever had to face.

** Sometimes, other ships gang up on Danny/Lindsay; most often, these are shippers of Danny/Aiden, Danny/Ricki, and especially [[HoYay Danny/Flack]]. These shippers perceive Lindsay to be TheScrappy and accuse her of changing Danny too much from his previous "bad boy" persona, inhibiting his character development, and having "too much" screentime. They would like to see Danny with "anyone but Lindsay."

** Sometimes other ships gang up on Danny/Lindsay,as Lindsay is already TheScrappy in some places and gets accused of changing Danny too much,inhibiting character development and screen time hogging.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[TheStand Harold Lauder]] and [[TheStand Stu Redman]] are in New York together in 'Night,Mother' in season 1.
** Creator/KimCoates plays against type as a detective in one early episode
** [[Series/DueSouth Ray Vecchio is a rat catcher and Victoria Metcalfe is a detective.]] Or [[Series/{{Providence}} Sydney Hansen]], take your pick.
** [[Film/ForrestGump Bubba is Lt. Dan's boss now]]

** [[Film/ForrestGump Bubba is Lt.Dan's boss now]]

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Aside from the typical complaints about new characters, this popped up when the producers overhauled the storylines after a few seasons to replace some of the dark,gritty,wierd stories with more upscale rich characters and settings. Eventually, new ones tended to get "What,another rich victim?" every time one was announced.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Lindsay finding Danny out of his wheelchair and taking care of the baby.
** Another is when Mac is shown footage of a Holocaust survivor his father saved
** Mac proposing to Christine. The guy's been through so much that it's a very happy moment.

** Mac/Jo has replaced it, though it causes ShipToShipCombat with the Smacked shippers and the fans of Mac's girlfriends(first Aubrey and now Christine)

** [[ForrestGump Bubba is Lt.Dan's boss now]]

* TheyChangedItSoItSucks: Aside from the typical complaints about new characters, this popped up when the producers overhauled the storylines after a few seasons to replace some of the dark,gritty,wierd stories with more upscale rich characters and settings. Eventually, new ones tended to get "What,another rich victim?" every time one was announced.
* TheProblemWithLicensedGames:The game wasn't as good as the others in the franchise. It isn't totally awful, but for some reason was mostly puzzles and hidden item stuff as opposed to the more detailed evidence collecting,tests,interviewing ect of the other two shows. Plus, the puzzles can frustrate to no end, especially the "draw a line without touching the non matching items" one and the "draw the outline" one for some. Plus,each case was short,and Mac and Stella were the only player characters,as opposed to either all of the team at various points or a original player character like the rest. And fans tend to view it as yet another example of the show getting the short end of the stick

* CompleteMonster: Klaus Braun. He pretended to aid a Jewish family seeking to escape in exchange for a brooch......only to drive them to Auchwitz where they were slaughtered. When confronted with proof of his crime he simply says "we should have killed them all."