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{{Infobox television season
| season_number = 5
| bgcolour      = #FF8C00
| image         = CSI_NY,_The_5th_Season.jpg
| image_upright =
| caption       = Season 5 U.S. DVD cover
| network       = [[CBS]]
| first_aired   = {{start date|2008|9|24}}
| last_aired    = {{End date|2009|5|14}}
| num_episodes  = 25
| episode_list  = List of CSI: NY episodes 
}}
The fifth season of ''[[CSI: NY]]'' originally aired on [[CBS]] between September 2008 and May 2009. It consisted of 25 episodes. Its regular time slot continued on Wednesdays at 10pm/9c. The premiere, "Veritas", concluded the story from the previous season's [[cliffhanger]] finale, "Hostage".

''CSI: NY – The Fifth Season'' was released on DVD in the U.S. on September 29, 2009.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151029105107/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/shows/CSI-NY/8428 "''CSI: NY'' DVD Release Dates"]. [[TVShowsOnDVD.com|TV Shows on DVD.com]]. Archived from [http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/showinfo.cfm?showID=8428 the original] on October 29, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2015.</ref>

==Cast==
{{Main|List of CSI: NY characters}}

===Main cast===
*[[Gary Sinise]] as [[CSI: NY#Mac Taylor|Mac Taylor]]
*[[Melina Kanakaredes]] as [[CSI: NY#Stella Bonasera|Stella Bonasera]]
*[[Carmine Giovinazzo]] as [[CSI: NY#Danny Messer|Danny Messer]]
*[[Anna Belknap]] as [[CSI: NY#Lindsay Monroe|Lindsay Monroe]]
*[[Robert Joy]] as [[Sid Hammerback]]
*[[A. J. Buckley]] as [[CSI: NY#Adam Ross|Adam Ross]]
*[[Hill Harper]] as [[CSI: NY#Sheldon Hawkes|Sheldon Hawkes]]
*[[Eddie Cahill]] as [[Donald Flack Jr.|Don Flack]]

===Recurring cast===
* [[Emmanuelle Vaugier]] as [[List of CSI: NY characters#Jessica Angell|Jessica Angell]]
* [[Jonah Lotan]] as [[List of CSI: NY characters#Dr. Marty Pino|Dr. Marty Pino]]
* [[Kathleen Munroe]] as [[List of CSI: NY characters#Samantha Flack|Samantha Flack]]

==Episodes==
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title= Veritas
 |WrittenBy=Zachary Reiter & [[Pam Veasey]]
 |DirectedBy=[[David Von Ancken]]
 |Viewers=14.59<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/09/30/top-cbs-primetime-shows-september-22-28 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, September 22–28 |first=Bill |last=Gorman |date=September 30, 2008 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=June 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606143251/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/09/30/top-cbs-primetime-shows-september-22-28/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|9|24}} 
 |EpisodeNumber=93
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |ShortSummary=Immediately following the previous season finale, the team is investigating the death of a woman named Lauren Salinas who is linked to the bank robbery. She turns out to be a friend of Flack's sister Samantha. Also, Mac has escaped from the robber who gave his name as Joe, but the bodies are still piling up. So the team must quickly find "Joe" before he is able to get away.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=Page Turner
 |WrittenBy=[[Trey Callaway]]
 |DirectedBy=[[Frederick E. O. Toye]]
 |Viewers=14.88<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/10/07/top-cbs-primetime-shows-september-29-october-5 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, September 29–October 5 |first=Bill |last=Gorman |date=October 7, 2008 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=June 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606143259/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/10/07/top-cbs-primetime-shows-september-29-october-5/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|1}} 
 |EpisodeNumber=94
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |ShortSummary= When two people turn up dead with radiation poisoning, it sparks an urgent investigation before it turns into a deadly outbreak in New York City when it's tracked down to a book at the NYC Library. 
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Note: [[Maroon 5]] made a guest appearance in this episode.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=Turbulence
 |WrittenBy=[[Gary Sinise]] & Jeremy Littman
 |DirectedBy=[[Matt Earl Beesley]]
 |Viewers=15.87<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/10/14/top-cbs-primetime-shows-october-6-12 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, October 6–12 |first=Bill |last=Gorman |date=October 14, 2008 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=June 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606143316/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/10/14/top-cbs-primetime-shows-october-6-12/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|8}} 
 |EpisodeNumber=95
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |ShortSummary=When an [[Federal Air Marshal Service|Air Marshal]] turns up dead on a flight on which Mac is a passenger, the victim it turns out, isn't a Marshal at all. The real Marshal was killed earlier and his ID stolen. Meanwhile, Stella prepares for a baseball game during which the teams are made up of police against firemen; one with whom she is very friendly.
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Note: [[The Who]] reference: Mac uses the expression "the song is over" to let the perpetrator know that he has found out the truth about the murder.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=Sex, Lies and Silicone
 |WrittenBy=Wendy Battles
 |DirectedBy=[[Jonathan Glassner]]
 |Viewers=14.39<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/10/29/top-cbs-primetime-shows-october-20-26-2008 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, October 20–26, 2008 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=October 29, 2008 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=June 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606143418/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/10/29/top-cbs-primetime-shows-october-20-26-2008/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|22}} 
 |EpisodeNumber=96
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |ShortSummary=When a prominent journalist named Ann Steele turns up dead at a street party, the investigation leads the team to a life-size silicone doll company. When Mac and the team close the case, it is revealed that Ann Steele had a flash drive on which she kept several damning secrets about several city officials and other prominent people, but at the end of the episode, the flash drive is shown to be stolen by an unknown person.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=The Cost of Living
 |WrittenBy=John Dove
 |DirectedBy=[[Rob Bailey (director)|Rob Bailey]]
 |Viewers=13.75<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/11/04/top-cbs-primetime-shows-october-27-november-2/7544 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, October 27–November 2 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=November 4, 2008 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=September 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921092840/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/11/04/top-cbs-primetime-shows-october-27-november-2/7544/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|29}} 
 |EpisodeNumber=97
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |ShortSummary=When an archaeologist ends up dead in a alley, it turns out he wasn't who everyone thought he was, and was the owner of a rare Greek coin. When Stella is linked to the person who took the coin off the body, her life is threatened. 
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=Enough
 |WrittenBy=Zachary Reiter
 |DirectedBy=[[Alex Zakrzewski]]
 |Viewers=11.80<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/11/11/top-cbs-primetime-shows-november-3-9/7946 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, November 3–9 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=November 11, 2008 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=September 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922143904/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/11/11/top-cbs-primetime-shows-november-3-9/7946/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|5}} 
 |EpisodeNumber=98
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |ShortSummary=The team investigate three separate murders, but find that the three victims were all drug dealers who were due to testify in court, and that the week earlier they tried ratting out another drug dealer in exchange for freedom, as well as attacking the only witness to their crime. Meanwhile, Adam's job is at risk. 
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=Dead Inside
 |WrittenBy=Pam Veasey & Daniele Nathanson
 |DirectedBy=[[Christine Moore (director)|Christine Moore]]
 |Viewers=11.62<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/11/18/top-cbs-primetime-shows-november-10-16-2008/8359 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, November 10–16 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=November 25, 2008 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=September 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922143911/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/11/18/top-cbs-primetime-shows-november-10-16-2008/8359/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|12}}
 |EpisodeNumber=99
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |ShortSummary=When a dead man is found in a cellar, the rest of the crime scene is on a barge floating upriver. The team finds more than they anticipated when delving into the man's life. Meanwhile, Stella gets a threatening phone call about a previous case and Flack encounters problems caused by his sister's reckless behavior.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=My Name Is Mac Taylor
 |WrittenBy=Pam Veasey
 |DirectedBy=Rob Bailey
 |Viewers=14.12<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/11/25/top-cbs-primetime-shows-november-17-23-2008/8765 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, November 17–23 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=November 25, 2008 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=September 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922143525/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/11/25/top-cbs-primetime-shows-november-17-23-2008/8765/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|19}}
 |EpisodeNumber=100
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |ShortSummary=For the 100th episode, a series of murders are linked by the fact that all the victims are named "Mac Taylor". The New York team struggles against time in order to hunt down this killer before the worst happens. 
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Note: Chris Daughtry and Rumer Willis guest star in this episode as two of the Mac Taylors.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=The Box
 |WrittenBy=[[Peter M. Lenkov]] & Bill Haynes
 |DirectedBy=[[Oz Scott]]
 |Viewers=12.30<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/12/03/top-cbs-primetime-shows-november-24-30-2008/9115 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, November 24–30 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=December 3, 2008 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=June 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606143428/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/12/03/top-cbs-primetime-shows-november-24-30-2008/9115/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|26}}
 |EpisodeNumber=101
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |ShortSummary=This is told in a flashback by Danny to two unseen persons about an unidentified body found inside a crushed car. The team must put together the bones to try and figure out who and how they died. Though initially unsure of wanting to tell him or not, Lindsay reveals to Danny she is pregnant when he sees her at a clinic the victim had been going to.  
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=The Triangle
 |WrittenBy=Trey Callaway
 |DirectedBy=Jeff T. Thomas
 |Viewers=13.33<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/12/16/top-cbs-primetime-shows-december-8-14-2008/9682 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, December 8–14 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=December 16, 2008 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=October 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005090528/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/12/16/top-cbs-primetime-shows-december-8-14-2008/9682 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|12|10}}
 |EpisodeNumber=102
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |ShortSummary=When an armored truck is robbed and a guard killed, the team finds themselves hampered by a strange energy field that appeared at the time of the incident. Danny proposes to Lindsay as they continue to explore the future of their relationship, but she turns him down stating the circumstances are wrong. Mac is questioned by the FBI about the disappearance of Ann Steele's flash drive.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=Forbidden Fruit
 |WrittenBy=Peter M. Lenkov & Jill Abbinanti
 |DirectedBy=[[John Behring]]
 |Viewers=13.38<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/12/23/top-cbs-primetime-shows-december-15-21/9972 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, December 15–21 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=December 23, 2009 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=September 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922143943/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/12/23/top-cbs-primetime-shows-december-15-21/9972/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|12|17}}
 |EpisodeNumber=103
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |ShortSummary=A murder happens during a strange Christmas dinner party involving "mouse brains" and "cod liver oil" of an up and coming handbag designer. Meanwhile a store owner turns up dead in his shop with a broken neck. Ella McBride, the daughter of the victim in "Dead Inside", returns in effort to seek time with Mac, and appears to be infatuated with him, so much so she created fake evidence to see him, and after receiving an angry visit from Mac, later tries to commit suicide from being unable to deal with being alone. 
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=Help
 |WrittenBy=Sam Humphrey
 |DirectedBy=[[David Barrett (director)|David M. Barrett]]
 |Viewers=12.66<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/01/21/top-cbs-primetime-shows-january-12-18/11209 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, January 12–18 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=January 21, 2009 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=September 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922143956/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/01/21/top-cbs-primetime-shows-january-12-18/11209/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|1|14}}
 |EpisodeNumber=104
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |ShortSummary=A woman is found dead from an accident at a wedding dress sale, but she ends up connected to a woman found dead in a bathtub who was raped. The bathtub victim ties back to Hawkes' ex-girlfriend, who was raped eight years earlier, causing Hawkes and Mac to clash over the case.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=Rush to Judgement
 |WrittenBy=Wendy Battles
 |DirectedBy=Rob Bailey
 |Viewers=11.58<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/01/27/top-cbs-primetime-shows-january-19-25-2009/11628 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, January 19–25 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=January 27, 2009 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=September 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922144010/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/01/27/top-cbs-primetime-shows-january-19-25-2009/11628/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|1|21}}
 |EpisodeNumber=105
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |ShortSummary=After finding various body parts scattered around the city, the CSIs discover they belong to a wrestling coach at a prestigious NYC high school. The case takes a dramatic turn when Mac and his team examine the coach's computer and discover he emailed a provocative photo of a young boy to students on his wrestling team. Flack is suspended by IAB, following the death of a suspect who was in his custody.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=She's Not There
 |WrittenBy=John Dove & Pam Veasey
 |DirectedBy=[[Nelson McCormick (director)|Nelson McCormick]]
 |Viewers=11.94<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/02/18/top-cbs-primetime-shows-february-9-15-2009/13035 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, February 9–15 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=February 18, 2009 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=September 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922144031/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/02/18/top-cbs-primetime-shows-february-9-15-2009/13035/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|2|11}}
 |EpisodeNumber=106
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |ShortSummary=Two separate cases become one when a man turns up dead and a young woman is missing. They turn out to be connected to a sex-slave-trafficking ring in the city. Flack is back on duty after being cleared.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=The Party's Over
 |WrittenBy=Barbie Kligman
 |DirectedBy=Oz Scott
 |Viewers=12.33<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/02/24/top-cbs-primetime-shows-february-16-22-2009/13421 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, February 16–22 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=February 24, 2009 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=June 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616060825/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/02/24/top-cbs-primetime-shows-february-16-22-2009/13421/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|2|18}}
 |EpisodeNumber=107
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |ShortSummary=Stella's date is interrupted when the body of the deputy mayor falls from the ceiling at a charity fundraiser. Mac takes on Robert Dunbrook, an influential wealthy man who runs a paper. The [[blue flu]] causes problems.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=No Good Deed
 |WrittenBy=[[Rusty Cundieff]] & Floyd Byars
 |DirectedBy=Matt Earl Beesley
 |Viewers=12.56<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/03/top-cbs-primetime-shows-february-23-to-march-1-2009/13879 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows February 23–March 1, 2009 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=March 3, 2009 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=September 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922144039/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/03/03/top-cbs-primetime-shows-february-23-to-march-1-2009/13879/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|2|25}}
 |EpisodeNumber=108
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |ShortSummary=A buzzard flying over Manhattan drops a human eyeball into Stella's coffee, and the team searches for the rest of the body. Meanwhile, Mac visits Ella McBride.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=Green Piece
 |WrittenBy=Zachary Reiter
 |DirectedBy=[[Jeffrey Hunt]]
 |Viewers=13.63<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/17/top-cbs-primetime-shows-march-9-15-2009/14713 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, March 9–15 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=March 17, 2009 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=September 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922144105/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/03/17/top-cbs-primetime-shows-march-9-15-2009/14713/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|11}}
 |EpisodeNumber=109
 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |ShortSummary=Adam is injured during a game of street hockey when a car bomb goes off killing a woman. The investigation leads to an environmental terrorist group. After talking things through with Mac, Danny takes Lindsay to City Hall under the guise of meeting some friends, and with Stella and Mac as witnesses, the two marry before Lindsay leaves for Montana for a visit. 
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=Point of No Return
 |WrittenBy=Peter M. Lenkov & Bill Haynes
 |DirectedBy=Rob Bailey
 |Viewers=12.78<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/24/top-cbs-primetime-shows-march-16-22-2009/15102 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, March 16–22 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=March 24, 2009 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=September 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904153348/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/03/24/top-cbs-primetime-shows-march-16-22-2009/15102/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|18}}
 |EpisodeNumber=110
 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |ShortSummary=The wife of a former ME, Dr. Marty Pino, is found dead and a white powder near her body helps the CSI team track her killer. The team discovers that the powder is actually [[heroin]] made from human bodies. Meanwhile Stella and Angell continue their search for the killer of the rat fisherman.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=Communication Breakdown
 |WrittenBy=Trey Callaway
 |DirectedBy=John Keris
 |Viewers=12.64<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/31/top-cbs-primetime-shows-march-23-29-2009/15595 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, March 23–29 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=March 31, 2009 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=June 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606143456/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/03/31/top-cbs-primetime-shows-march-23-29-2009/15595/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|25}}
 |EpisodeNumber=111
 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |ShortSummary= The team has to figure out who killed the chief of a Native American tribe and why. Danny spends the time running boy names through his head and past the rest of the team, though Stella thinks they're having a girl. At the end he receives a text message from Lindsay who is still in Montana, saying they're indeed having a girl. 
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=Prey
 |WrittenBy=Wendy Battles & Noah Nelson
 |DirectedBy=Marshall Adams
 |Viewers=12.50<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/14/top-cbs-primetime-shows-april-6-12-2009/16720 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, April 6–12 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=April 14, 2009 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103211714/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/14/top-cbs-primetime-shows-april-6-12-2009/16720/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|4|8}}
 |EpisodeNumber=112
 |EpisodeNumber2=20
 |ShortSummary= A voice coach is shot dead, and misleading and planted evidence leads Stella to theorize the killer may be a student at Chelsea University, due to a past lecture she did there. The case takes a baffling turn when it becomes apparent that victim wasn't so much a victim at all. [[Katharine McPhee]] guest stars as Odessa Shaw / Dana Melton.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=The Past, Present and Murder
 |WrittenBy=Sam Humphrey & Danielle Nathanson
 |DirectedBy=David Von Ancken
 |Viewers=12.14<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/21/top-cbs-primetime-shows-april-13-19-2009/17137 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, April 13–19 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=April 21, 2009 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=May 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528034538/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/21/top-cbs-primetime-shows-april-13-19-2009/17137 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|4|15}}
 |EpisodeNumber=113
 |EpisodeNumber2=21
 |ShortSummary= Robert Dunbrook pushes a man through his high-rise office window. The team has to figure out what happened to the body, all while the case takes many twists and turns along the way.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=Yahrzeit
 |WrittenBy=Barbie Kligman & Peter M. Lenkov
 |DirectedBy=[[Norberto Barba]]
 |Viewers=12.50<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/06/top-cbs-primetime-shows-april-27-may-3-2009/18172 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, April 27–May 3 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=May 6, 2009 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=September 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923191653/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/05/06/top-cbs-primetime-shows-april-27-may-3-2009/18172/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|4|29}}
 |EpisodeNumber=114
 |EpisodeNumber2=22
 |ShortSummary= A jewelry auction takes a deadly turn after one of the appraisers is shot. The case requires the team to try to understand the [[Holocaust]]. Mac learns how one member of his family experienced it. [[Ed Asner]] guest stars, and earned a 2009 Emmy nomination for his performance.
 |LineColor=FF8C00
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=Greater Good
 |WrittenBy=Pam Veasey
 |DirectedBy=Alex Zakrzewski
 |Viewers=13.40<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/12/top-cbs-primetime-shows-may-4-10-2009/18549 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, May 4–10 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=May 12, 2009 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=September 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923191718/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/05/12/top-cbs-primetime-shows-may-4-10-2009/18549/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|6}}
 |EpisodeNumber=115
 |EpisodeNumber2=23
 |ShortSummary= Mac informs an ex-con that he served time for a crime he didn't commit, and Lindsay tells Danny "it's time" for the first CSI baby to be born.
 |LineColor=FF8C00
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title=Grounds for Deception
 |WrittenBy=[[Melina Kanakaredes]]
 |DirectedBy=[[Duane Clark]]
 |Viewers=12.33<ref name=finaleratings>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/19/top-cbs-primetime-shows-may-11-17-2009/19085 |title=Top CBS Primetime Shows, May 11–17 |first=Robert |last=Seidman |date=May 19, 2009 |access-date=November 26, 2009 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |archive-date=May 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514153347/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/05/19/top-cbs-primetime-shows-may-11-17-2009/19085/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|13}}
 |EpisodeNumber=116
 |EpisodeNumber2=24
 |ShortSummary= A man is murdered during a theatrical performance with everyone watching. Stella gets in big trouble when Mac finds out she disobeyed an order and she travels to Greece.
 |LineColor=FF8C00
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: NY season 5
 |Title= Pay Up
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=Peter M. Lenkov|t=Zachary Reiter & John Dove}}
 |DirectedBy=Rob Bailey
 |Viewers=12.77<ref name=finaleratings/>
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|14}}
 |EpisodeNumber=117
 |EpisodeNumber2=25
 |ShortSummary= Detective Angell is murdered after a deadly group of kidnappers snatch Robert Dunbrook's son while he is being escorted to court. The team are able to find the evidence and rescue the son and use deadly force on her killer. Later, as they salute Jess in a bar, a drive-by shooting threatens the life of another member.
 |LineColor=FF8C00
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==References==
{{Reflist|25em}}

==External links==
{{wikiquote|CSI: NY}}
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395843/episodes?season=5 ''CSI: NY'' Season 5 Episode List] on [[IMDb|Internet Movie Database]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150114135516/http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/newyork/#season5 ''CSI: NY'' Season 5 Episode Guide] on CSI Files
*[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/csi-new-york/listings/ ''CSI: New York'' on CBS] on [[The Futon Critic]]

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