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CSI: NY: Season 3

24 episodes Premiered Sep 20, 2006 Updated Sep 25, 2026

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Task: Produce a JSON object for "CSI: NY" Season 3. Keys: overview (160-220 words), primer (array of exactly 4 concise bullet points). Constraint 1: Use ONLY provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES. Constraint 2: No invented titles, names, dates, etc. Constraint 3: Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose in plain text. Constraint 4: No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet

Previously on CSI: NY

Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ CSI: NY Season 3 continues the overarching saga across 24 episodes.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season overview

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Produce a JSON object for "CSI: NY" Season 3.
Keys: overview (160-220 words), primer (array of exactly 4 concise bullet points).
Constraint 1: Use ONLY provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
Constraint 2: No invented titles, names, dates, etc.
Constraint 3: Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose in plain text.
Constraint 4: No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points (within the text).
Constraint 5: Output valid JSON only.
Constraint 6: overview must be 160-220 words.
[1] TMDB: CSI: NY Season 3 continues the overarching saga across 24 episodes. CSI: NY (2004), TV-14, Crime, Drama, and Mystery. Follow investigations of a team of NYP.
[2] Wikipedia (CZ): American procedural police TV series, aired from Sept 22, 2004, to Feb 22, 2013 on CBS.
[3] Wikipedia (EN): CSI: NY spun off from CSI: Miami via backdoor pilot episodes.
[4] SerialZone.cz: Murder squad from New York led by detective Mac Taylor.
Overview:
The third season of CSI: NY consists of 24 episodes that continue the overarching saga of the series. As a procedural police television series, the show follows the investigations of a team of New York Police Department investigators. The series is categorized within the crime, drama, and mystery genres. This specific installment follows the established narrative structure of the show, which originally premiered in 2004. The program is part of the larger CSI franchise, having been developed as a spin-off from CSI: Miami through the use of backdoor pilot episodes. The investigations conducted by the team are centered in New York. The series has aired on the American station CBS. The narrative focuses on the work of a murder squad operating within the city. While the series as a whole ran from 2004 until 2013, this season provides a continuation of the ongoing stories involving the investigators and their pursuit of justice through forensic examination and criminal investigation. The season maintains the tone established in previous years, focusing on the complex mysteries and dramatic crime scenes encountered by the team during their service in New York.
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Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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S3·E1 Mytharc

People With Money

Sep 20, 2006 · 43 min

The body of a man is discovered on the Brooklyn Bridge, and the only evidence is a huge marriage proposal in lights. The CSI team works through the investigation as they learn to

S3·E2 Core

Not What It Looks Like

Sep 27, 2006 · 45 min

Three women who are dressed as Holly Golightly rob a jewelry store and injure other shoppers in the process. The CSI’s must work through the confusing investigation to hunt them d

S3·E3 Core

Love Run Cold

Oct 4, 2006 · 42 min

Danny and Lindsay examine the murder of an ice princess at a vodka release party while Mac, Stella, and Don examine the death of a runner at a Marathon in Central Park. Both crimes

S3·E4 Core

Hung Out to Dry

Oct 11, 2006 · 43 min

The body of a beheaded woman found in a fraternity house is a mystery to the CSIs. Now they must sort through twisted clues and crime scene after crime scene to find the killer tha

S3·E5 Core

Oedipus Hex

Oct 18, 2006 · 45 min

The CSI's handle to puzzling cases; Carensa is a young Suicide Girl who at 17, wanted a change of scenery and to become a Suicide girl, at 18 she gets her wish only to lose her lif

S3·E6 Core

Open and Shut

Oct 25, 2006 · 43 min

The CSIs are investigating the murder of a hotel concierge, but while doing this they hear gun shots fired across the street and find a woman clutching a gun over two dead bodies.

S3·E7 Mytharc

Murder Sings the Blues

Nov 1, 2006 · 43 min

A young woman dies after she starts bleeding from the eyes, nose, and mouth while at a party aboard a subway train. Mac originally believes she is the victim of a biological attack

S3·E8 Core

Consequences

Nov 8, 2006 · 44 min

The next case for the CSI’s gets even tougher when a paintball player turns out to be the prime suspect and later goes missing the team also has another problem the evidence that s

S3·E9 Core

And Here's To You, Mrs Azrael

Nov 15, 2006 · 44 min

The next case takes us back to Dr. Sheldon Hawks' past and the reasons he chose to change jobs in the medical profession. The CSI team may find it extremely difficult to find out w

S3·E10 Core

Sweet Sixteen

Nov 22, 2006 · 44 min

The team is led to a crime scene in the middle of the city involving a parachute jumper whose parachute apparently failed. And one CSI is injured when a snake is found at a crime s

S3·E11 Mytharc

Raising Shane

Nov 29, 2006 · 43 min

After a bartender is murdered The CSI team must prove that Hawkes did not commit the murder. That only becomes more difficult when the team is pulled off the investigation.

S3·E12 Core

Silent Night

Dec 13, 2006 · 41 min

The CSI team has a problem after learning the family is deaf: now they have to find a new way to catch the killer. Meanwhile, more information is given on Lindsey's horrifying past

S3·E13 Core

Obsession

Jan 17, 2007 · 43 min

The team must find out if one team’s fun led to murder in the New York version of the Iditarod. Another case involves the death of a kidnapper in an empty apartment and where is t

S3·E14 Core

The Lying Game

Jan 24, 2007 · 41 min

Can knowing a secret be a motive for murder? The CSI team must figure out if a change in gender is cause for the death of a showgirl. Also Lindsay goes back to Montana to try to

S3·E15 Mytharc

Some Buried Bones

Feb 7, 2007 · 43 min

Reed Garret gives Mac some interesting information regarding the death of a college student. Also the rest of the team will need to be a step ahead of Ava Brandt to figure out w

S3·E16 Core

Heart of Glass

Feb 14, 2007 · 43 min

Mac may have a difficult time solving the murder of a music mogul the sister cleverly uses a lie detector test to cover up the crime. Stella wonders if she has HIV due to an accid

S3·E17 Core

The Ride-In

Feb 21, 2007 · 43 min

Danny and Mac have to go to Noah’s Ark to find out if a broken promise leads to his murder. Stella and Sheldon investigate the death of a man dressed as a cigarette. Stella hopes t

S3·E18 Core

Sleight Out of Hand

Feb 28, 2007 · 42 min

Illusionist Luke Blade may have to defend the art of magic after an illusion is thought to have killed two people. Back in Montana Lindsay will need to take herself back to the ti

S3·E19 Core

A Daze Of Wine And Roaches

Mar 21, 2007 · 42 min

At a French Revolution themed fundraiser at the UN, specifically at the French consulate, Mac, Stella and Hawkes find themselves hurdling diplomatic road blocks investigating two m

S3·E20 Core

What Schemes May Come

Apr 11, 2007 · 44 min

The team finds itself investigating the murders of three different people, only to discover that two of the murder victims are linked and may have been killed by the same person. O

S3·E21 Core

Past Imperfect

Apr 25, 2007 · 41 min

Trouble begins for Mac when Clay Dobson becomes a free man due to a mistake he made. Stella learns the results of her HIV test from Adam.

S3·E22 Core

Cold Reveal

May 2, 2007 · 44 min

Mac believes he can fight the internal affairs investigation that is about to be started against him because of what happened to Clay Dobson. Can Mac explain what happened to the s

S3·E23 Mytharc

Comes Around

May 9, 2007 · 42 min

Can the team clear a tennis legend of murder? Also Mac believes that the continuing investigation into what happened with Clay Dobson is nothing but media pressure. Can friends and

S3·E24 Mytharc

Snow Day

May 16, 2007 · 43 min

After Flack makes an enormous drug bust, and locks it up at CSI, the drug lords infiltrate the building at gunpoint to get them back. Now the team must resolve the hostage situatio

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