Exit Strategy (13 May 2011)

After Mac is nearly killed trying to apprehend a criminal, he decides to tackle a cold case involving a double homicide and child abduction during a bodega robbery.

Director:

Allison Liddi-Brown

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator), Ann Donahue (creator),

Stars:

Gary Sinise, Sela Ward, Carmine Giovinazzo

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Gary Sinise	...	Mac Taylor
Sela Ward	...	Jo Danville
Carmine Giovinazzo	...	Danny Messer
Anna Belknap	...	Lindsay Monroe Messer
Robert Joy	...	Dr. Sid Hammerback
A.J. Buckley	...	Adam Ross (as AJ Buckley)
Hill Harper	...	Sheldon Hawkes
Eddie Cahill	...	Don Flack
Michael Irby	...	Kenny Hexton
Clayne Crawford	...	Wes Dillon
Allison McAtee	...	Jackie Thompson
Jeannette Sousa	...	Samantha Rogers
Kayla Carlson	...	Teenage Olivia Dalton
Lisa Sheridan	...	Natalie Dalton
Peter Kim	...	Jae Kwon

Storyline

After Mac is nearly killed trying to apprehend a criminal, he decides to tackle a cold case involving a double homicide and child abduction during a bodega robbery.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 May 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television, CBS Television Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Detective Mac Taylor: I've eluded death on many occasions, but this time it was different. It was staring me right in the eyes.

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Connections

References Scarface (1983)

User Reviews

Mac's Job Is Hazardous To One's Health

Mac comes within an eyelash of getting killed (a gun in his face with the man pulling the trigger but the gun not going off). After that horrific experience, a shaken Mac then - perhaps with retirement in mind - attempts to get closure in his job by re-opening the last unsolved crime that's still on his desk.

He goes back to a killing at a bodega from nine years ago and, this time, discovers a clue indicating that in addition to the double homicide, they also was a little girl kidnapped at the scene! More than finding the killers, he's interested in getting back the kidnapped child. How he and the CSI gang goes about it is interesting and fills the second half of the crime story. I especially enjoyed the performances of Clayne Crawford ("Wes") and Kayla Carlson ("Olivia").

Meanwhile, Danny finds out he has passed the Sergeant's test will be "Sgt. Messer." Does that mean he's gone from CSI?

In the end, a totally stressed-out Mac silently leaves the CSI building and walks alone down the streets. The question is: is this end for him? Has this job gotten to be too much?