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Danny and Lindsay

dantana_09 — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:35:05 CST

Mr. and Mrs. Messer (a.k.a. Dantana)

S eason 2

2x03 (Zoo York): Lindsay Monroe joined the New York Crime Lab after moving from Montana. Her first case is at the zoo, where she meets Mac Taylor and Danny Messer. Danny decides to give her some advice and tells her not to be afraid of Mac, and to always make sure she calls him Sir, so she does. Mac soon tells her that he hates being called Sir. Lindsay soon realizes that Danny has played a trick on her. Later on in the lab, Danny asks her if she needs any help looking for stuff, and she tells him that he helped her enough this morning. Then they awkwardly bump into each other. Danny soon comes up with a nickname for her, Montana.

2x06 (Young Blood): Danny and Lindsay are in the lab looking over some evidence, it's a set of chopsticks that have paper and an elastic band attached to them. Lindsay asks Danny if he would like the paper or the rubber band. He takes the paper because there, "Might be something on it." After looking over the evidence, Lindsay finishes first, leaving a very gob-smacked Danny.

2x07 (Manhattan Manhunt): After a very violent crime is committed and the team arrives Lindsay is quickly sent back to the lab by Mac. She is very unhappy, and soon her mood is made even worse when Danny comes into the lab she is working in. He calls her Montana, and she becomes very angry at him, telling him that she doesn't want to be the brunt of his jokes. He apologizes and tells her that Mac only sent her back to the lab because he was concerned about her. He didn't want her to see that much blood. Lindsay tells Danny that she has seen blood a lot worse than that. This is the first sign that is given to the audience that Lindsay has a dark secret.

2x08 (Bad Beat): Danny, Hawkes and Adam are watching a video of a man and woman having sex. It was a Walrus Documentary that had been taped over. Lindsay, who is passing by the lab, is intrigued by the sounds coming from the TV, so she comes to investigate what the three men are looking at. She asks Danny if it is footage from his 30th birthday party. He tells her that it was a Walrus documentary and she soon begins to watch with them. Since the tape is so garbled, it's hard to look at. Lindsay wonders out loud who the other "walrus" is.

2x09 (City Of The Dolls): The owner of a doll hospital is killed in his store and is stumbled upon by a young boy. Danny and Lindsay work together for this one, and it is clear that the two of them are starting to have feelings for each other. They are discussing the case, and Lindsay says the doll that the victim was clutching onto could have just been used to defend himself but Danny disagrees. He goes on to explain that the grip on the doll was too tight. Taking Lindsay's hand to explain his theory, he finishes but continues to hold her hand. Once realizing what he is doing, Lindsay quickly pulls her hand out of Danny's. Danny nervously asks her if she would like to get lunch with him, but she tells him that she has to get back to the lab. He says he must get back also, trying to cover up his disappointment at being rejected. Later on, when they visit a suspect's home, Lindsay starts to take her shoes off. Danny looks at her and says, "What are you doing? You don't gotta do that." Lindsay replies with, "I was taught that if you show someone a little respect, you might get more than what you came for." Danny then says, "You play good cop, I'll play bad cop, and I'll keep my shoes on." Lindsay says, "Guess you never grew up with hardwood floors." Danny replies with, "No, I didn't actually. I grew up with Bronx Marble." Lindsay says, "What's that?" Danny answers, "It's Linoleum."

2x11 (Trapped): Danny gets trapped in a panic room with a dead body, and no one can get him out for several hours. Lindsay is worried about him and asks Mac if he is doing okay.

2x13 (Risk): Danny finds a body on the tracks of the subway on his way home. He meets up with Mac who is dressed formally, telling Danny that he was at a fundraiser for the mayor. Soon Lindsay arrives at the crime scene wearing a lovely blue dress. Danny is clearly attracted to her and says "Well, hello Miss Monroe. You clean up nice," and wonders if she has too has been to the party, but she informs him that she has just come from the opera. Danny replies with, "I am hanging out with all the wrong people, you know that?" Later on, once going to question the victim's roommate, a girl there smiles at Danny seductively. Danny just looks at her, and soon receives a warning, in the form of a throat-clearing, from Lindsay. Perhaps she's a little jealous? Then the victim's roommate runs from them, and Lindsay and Danny run after him. After Danny nabs the fleeing suspect, he compliments Lindsay, saying "Nice collar, Monroe" because she managed to pull the shirt off the fleeing suspect. They seem to be friendlier with each other now.

2x14 (Stuck On You): Danny and Lindsay work a case where a man is found dead on the street, his face covered in glue. In this episode, they get along great, and Lindsay even makes him laugh. When Mac tells Danny to stick to the evidence, he replies, "Like glue", which causes Mac to chuckle. Lindsay tells Danny that Mac doesn't find it funny and that he's humoring Danny. Danny tells Lindsay that she doesn't know Mac like he does. At the end of the episode, Lindsay is sitting in a bar alone, obviously waiting on someone though. Soon Danny walks in and sits down with her. He automatically thinks that they are on a date until Lindsay points to the stage, where Mac is playing guitar. She tells Danny that he probably doesn't know Mac as well as he thought, and all Danny does is smile and agree.

2x15 (Fare Game): Just a cute moment at the end of this episode. The team is gathered in the break room, around a table filled with entrees made from bugs. Apparently there was a bet going to see if Lindsay would eat any of it. Lindsay then takes a bite of fried tarantula. When the group is surprised, she says, "What? It's just protein." Danny then hands Mac some money, looks at Lindsay, and says "What was I thinking? Shouldn’t bet against a country girl." After everyone else leaves for pizza in Mac's office, Danny and Lindsay stay behind. Danny then suggests trying the grasshopper chutney, and passes it to her, and then suggests the wasp tamale and the mealworm spaghetti.

2x16 (Cool Hunter): Although the two are working separate cases, Lindsay asks Danny to help her with her case by getting him to carry her across a roof to do a re-enactment. She promises him drinks for helping her, but he tries to get her into having dinner with him too.

2x17 (Necrophilia Americana): While in the morgue, Lindsay is watching bugs eat the flesh from the victim. Danny comes up behind her and tells her not to eat them, referring to the dinner they had together in "Fare Game".

2x18 (Live Or Let Die): During this episode, Lindsay makes Danny a little bit uncomfortable, but yet excited when she brings up a conversation about phone sex. Danny quickly asks what she's getting at and she just rolls her eyes and explains that the victim was having phone sex with over twenty men.

2x19 (Super Men): During this episode, Lindsay surprises Danny with her knowledge on football. He soon tells her that it is dangerous, and that he might ask her to marry him. She just smiles and gets back to work.

2x20 (Run Silent Run Deep): Danny's DNA is found at a crime scene that Lindsay is working on. Instead of going to Mac first, she tells Danny, obviously concerned about him. Once Danny is told to hand in his badge and gun, he shares a glance with Lindsay, who looks really guilty and upset.

2x21 (All Access): In this episode their fellow co-worker Stella is attacked by her boyfriend, who she ends up killing. Lindsay is very upset that her friend has been hurt. She soon gets distracted from the case, and storms out of an interrogation. Danny follows her and calms her down and they resume working on the case.

2x22 (Stealing Home): Danny and Lindsay work a case together where a young girl from Montana is found dead, dressed as a mermaid. While looking at Sid's findings in the autopsy, Lindsay asks if Danny calls her "Montana" because she's a 49ers fan. Sid tells her that he calls her that because he has a crush on her. She just smiles and blushes. Lindsay gets emotionally involved with the case, and once the murderer is caught and sent to jail, she still feels restless. Mac tells her that Danny told him she did good in the case. Lindsay then goes to speak to the girl's murderer and asks him why he killed her. He doesn't say anything.

2x23 (Heroes): Aiden Burn, Danny's former partner, is found dead. The whole team is working her case, and Lindsay mentions to Stella that Danny talks about her a lot and that they were close.

2x24 (Charge Of This Post): At a crime scene, Flack and Mac are caught in a bomb blast. Mac and Flack are in the building that blew up, and Lindsay is outside. When the rest of the team arrives Lindsay is on her phone, trying to get a hold of Mac. Once she sees the team she hangs up in a panic and goes up to them. She has a deep cut on her head, and Danny becomes concerned about her. Later they work on a piece of evidence together, sitting rather close to each other. At the end of the episode, Danny asks Lindsay if she still wants a ride home. She smiles and says yes. They leave together smiling. (There is an unaired scene between these 2, which includes an unaired kiss, possibly their first....Look for it on www.cbs.com or Youtube).

Season 3

3x02 (Not What It Looks Like): In this episode, Danny's true feelings for Lindsay are shown. When 3 girls rob a jewelry store dressed like Holly Golightly, from " Breakfast at Tiffany's", their lives are put in serious danger because they have stolen blood diamonds. After one of the girls is shot dead, and another is taken hostage, it is up to the third to save her. When she arrives at the apartment block, she is greeted by the team and soon arrested. Screaming that if she doesn't get the diamonds back to their owner, her friend will die, but it's too dangerous. Lindsay takes it upon herself to go in as the young girl undercover, to which Danny is none to pleased about. As she is getting ready to go in, Danny corners her and pleads with her not to do it, but Lindsay refuses to listen to him. With one last look, she enters the building. Danny, Flack and Stella sit in a van outside, listening to everything that is going on inside with Lindsay. When Lindsay's cover is blown, and she has a gun pointed in her face, Danny is first out of the van to run to her rescue. Knowing that she is in danger, Lindsay drops a flash bomb, and the whole room is filled with smoke. She jumps and saves the girl taken hostage as Danny, Flack and Stella burst through the doors with a bunch of cops. Forgetting about everything else around about him, Danny searches through the smoke and dust for Lindsay. He keeps crying her name, and when he hears her say his name, he puts his gun away and helps her off the ground. He strokes her hair and then pulls her in for a hug. She clutches his shoulder and buries her face into his chest.

3x03 (Love Run Cold): Everything between Danny and Lindsay has changed in this episode. At the beginning they are acting normal, and processing a scene, but once Mac leaves them everything is silent. After a while, Danny casually brings up a problem between the two. He mentions to Lindsay that it had been a long time since he was stood up on a date, and she replies that she is sorry for doing that but something came up. We get flashbacks of Danny sitting at a dinner table waiting on Lindsay, who didn't show up. Throughout the whole episode Lindsay seems really distant from Danny. He asks her out for lunch, but she quickly changes the subject and walks away. Danny calls to her, begging for her to go out with him, but she doesn't look back. After they have wrapped up their case, Lindsay is walking through the halls alone, until Danny quickly catches up with her, wanting a word. He tells her that they have a chemistry, and that they're into each other. When Lindsay doesn't reply, Danny gets worried that she doesn't feel the same way. She tells him that she can't be in a relationship with him at the moment, but she likes him a lot. Danny begins to fumble over his words, saying that he just wants to have some drinks, dinner, and some laughs with her. But she still turns him down. Lindsay tells him that something is affecting her that she thought she had put behind her, and that she needs to be by herself at the moment. While she's walking away, Danny shouts to her, "If there's anything you need just let me know. Okay?" Lindsay doesn't turn around, but walks out of sight, leaving a heartbroken Danny.

3x05 (Oedipus Hex): Danny and Lindsay work together on this case which involves the Suicide Girls. Unlike any other case they have worked on together, this one is all business, and hasn't any little flirtatious moments thrown in. When Danny asks Lindsay if she could go and talk to the dead girl's mother, she freaks out and asks why she has to do it. Danny, oblivious to what's wrong with her, talks to the mother instead. Once he leaves, Lindsay feels bad for shouting at him, and is also upset about her past, which we still don't know about. At the end, Danny is heading over to speak to the mother again, and to give her a video tape her daughter made, but Lindsay comes up behind him, takes the tape, and says it's her turn.

3x10 (Sweet 16): Lindsay and Danny are working separate cases, but on her case, Lindsay is bitten by a snake. Danny later asks Mac how she's doing.

3x11 (Raising Shane): When Sheldon Hawkes is arrested for a murder he didn't commit, the team must watch from "the other side of the tape". Danny and Lindsay have a little talk, but not about their complicated relationship. Things don't seem as awkward between them anymore. Once realizing that Hawkes was set up by a man named Shane, who we met earlier on in the season, Danny is asked to go in and meet him alone.

3x12 (Silent Night): Nothing about Dantana, but Lindsay's past is now revealed. This affects her work because at the beginning of the episode, she leaves the scene of the crime. Later on, she breaks down in the morgue, mumbling, "Why was I the only one?" because the victim appeared to have been shot with a shotgun, it brings back horrible memories of a crime that she survived when she was 14 years old. She was the only survivor of a multiple murder, one in which 3 of her friends were killed.

3x14 (The Lying Game): Lindsay informs Mac that she is leaving New York to go back to Montana to testify about the murder of her friends. While she is doing this, Danny is waiting by the elevator, looking on, and wondering what is going on with Lindsay. She says goodbye to everyone, but is unable to say goodbye to Danny because of her feelings towards him. Instead, she leaves him a card saying:

"Danny, I'm not good at long goodbye's, or short ones for that matter.

But Montana calls and the cows are heading home.

MOO!

See you soon.

Montana"

On the other side of the card it says "You're in my thoughts." This leaves Danny with a huge smile on his face. Later, when Lindsay is just leaving for the airport, she sees him while she is sitting in the taxi. She asks the driver to stop, and she watches Danny head into the lab. Once he is out of sight, she sighs, sits back in her seat and drives away.

3x18 (Sleight Out Of Hand): Since Lindsay has been gone, Danny has been working very hard and becoming very tired. He can't concentrate, and while in the lab he sees Lindsay. She's walking down the hall, and she smiles at him. Danny gets all excited and smiles back, but he soon realizes it wasn't Lindsay, but a lab tech. He soon stops smiling and sits back in his seat, mumbling that he's losing his mind. After being sent home by Mac, Danny enters his apartment and looks around. He says, "Go with your instincts" and immediately leaves. Later on, we see Lindsay sitting on the stand, continuing her testimony again, after breaking down the first time. Soon, someone walks through the court room doors. It's Danny! She smiles at him, and they share a quick moment. Him being there helps her to continue. Once her friend's killer is found guilty, Danny and Lindsay, who were holding hands, and Lindsay's head was on his shoulder, share a hug. They continue to hold hands, and as Danny is leading her out of the court room, Lindsay pulls him back. She smiles up at him, and he smiles back. Lindsay and Danny are about to share in their first kiss when a group of reporters come in and start snapping photos. The two just smile, and walk away hand-in-hand.

3x19 (A Daze Of Wine And Roaches): Danny and Lindsay are back to their usual flirting, and friendly bantering. They work a case together where there are stolen glances and little touches going on. There's also a lot of smiling.

3x21 (Past Imperfect): Some cheeky comments from Danny, which leave Lindsay smiling.

3x24 (Snow Day): Danny and Lindsay have finally moved forward. After two years of flirting, and months of being nothing but co-workers, Danny and Lindsay have a date (one in which the audience gets to see). Lindsay comes to Danny's apartment, where they play some pool, and have some drinks. Lindsay is beating Danny in pool, and he is convinced that she will not make the winning shot. She believes she will, and bets him that she'll sink it. Winning the game, Lindsay turns to Danny and says that he owes her. Danny tells Lindsay that she'll have to wait till payday, but she won't hear of it. Lindsay tells Danny seductively that he either give her the money now, or come up with something better. She pulls him into a passionate kiss, and removes his shirt. Danny removes Lindsay's shirt and the two end up making love on Danny's pool table. In the morning, when the two wake up in each others arms, Lindsay tells Danny that she had a dream that she woke up and he was gone and that he left a note. Danny jokes that he couldn't go anywhere because they are in his apartment. They chuckle, and Danny says he is glad that this has happened between them and then kisses her on the forehead. Lindsay says she's happy too, kisses him on the chest and goes back to sleep. A few hours later, Lindsay wakes up and Danny is nowhere to be seen. She is late for her shift, which Danny was supposed to wake her for, and starts running around, gathering her clothes and getting dressed. Once she enters the kitchen, she sees a note that Danny has left for her:

"Montana. Don't freak out, although I'm sure

you already have. We're trading shifts.

I got you covered. Enjoy your Snow Day.

Lindsay smiles, and smells a flower that Danny left her. Little does she know that Danny has been taken hostage. In the end, Danny is saved, but badly beaten. Lindsay helps him from the truck he was in and leads him to EMS, saying she is sorry. Danny is confused by her apology, but she tells him he shouldn't have been there because he took her shift. Danny just looks at her, and the two walk away together.

Season 4

4x01 (Can You Hear Me Now?): Danny and Lindsay are working on a big case on the Statue of Liberty. Later on, in the lab, we see Lindsay put condom spray in Danny's pocket."Haha" he says.

4x02 (The Deep): Danny and Hawkes are under the ocean collecting evidence and Hawkes gets stuck and loses his oxygen. Lindsay is watching and she looks scared. Danny then saves Hawkes' life and later, at the lab, Lindsay tells Danny that Hawkes was lucky to have him there. Danny looks at Lindsay and she smiles. Danny tells Lindsay to stop goofing off because they have work to do.

4x03 (You Only Die Once): There is a funny exchange between Danny and Lindsay when they compare the Batmobile vs. Mach 5 Speed Racer (as seen below):

Danny: Speed Racer’s Mach 5 does not come close to the Batmobile, end of story.
Lindsay: Are you kidding me? The Mach 5 had submersible capabilites and a robotic homing pigeon.
Danny: Yeah, so did the Batmobile. Along with rocket boosters and armor plating.
Lindsay: Mach 5, rotary saw.
Danny: A’ right, Montana. Did Speed Racer’s, uh, Mach 5 have a field forensics kit?
Lindsay: The Batmobile did not have a field forensics kit.
Danny: In the Batmobile’s trunk it did.
Lindsay: That explains so much.

4x06 (Boo): This episode, which aired on Halloween, was based on the "Amityville Horror". Danny and Lindsay are working on this case at a haunted house. We see Lindsay call Danny when she feels scared, and of course he comes. When Lindsay says that someone else was in the house,and the sheriff does not believe her, she becomes mad and Danny tries to calm her down. He says, "Lindsay, HON." I think this is the first time Danny has used an endearment term with Lindsay other than "Montana".

4x07 (Commuted Sentences): Lindsay and Danny seem to be close to each other as they work this case. They are trying to recreate the crime scene with Lindsay acting as the victim and Danny acting as the suspect. Lindsay pokes Danny on his waist, to which he replies, "That's too low, wiseass" and corrects the level her hand is at.

4x10 (The Thing About Heroes): While working on the 333 caller, Lindsay points out to Danny that no woman wakes up in the middle of the night at 3:33 to make a phone call. Then Danny asks her if she is sure about this.

4x11 (Child's Play): In this episode everything between Danny and Lindsay starts to go downhill because Danny blames himself when a kid, Ruben Sandoval, in Danny's apartment is killed. When Lindsay tries to comfort Danny, he pushes her away. Lindsay tells Mac that she is not good at this, so Mac tells Lindsay to tell Danny that she is not good at this.

4x13 (All in the Family): Lindsay is worried about Danny because he is supposed to be at work, but he is not there, so Lindsay asks Flack for help to find Danny. While Lindsay was working, Mac comes in and asks were Danny is because his shift started 2 hours ago. Lindsay covers for Danny and says that he got hit with the flu and he took medicine and it knocked him out. Mac said it was kind of sudden but Lindsay says he got it a few days ago. Mac tells Lindsay that he hopes Danny gets better and that Lindsay should make sure she doesn't catch what Danny's got. Flack finds Danny, who is looking for Rikki Sandoval, Ruben's mom. She had stolen Danny's gun in order to kill the guy who is responsible for her son's death. Flack and Danny find Rikki and manage to convince her not to shoot Ollie Barnes (the guy who killed Ruben). Flack is going to bring Rikki in because she stole Danny's gun, but Danny refuses, saying he wants to take Rikki home, so Flack tells Danny that he should be at his desk in 1 hour, with Rikki. Danny comes through and brings Rikki in, and Flack promises that she won't spend a night in jail. Danny says that Flack should mind his own business but Flack says it's his business because he is Danny's friend and he should stop blaming himself for Ruben's death. To this, Danny replies, "How? How can I do that?".

4x14 (Playing with Matches): Both Lindsay and Danny work together and they seem friendly, but more professional and when Lindsay says "steel balls," Danny gives her a look and she raises her eye (cute).

4x15 (DOA For A Day): In this episode we find out that Danny has forgotten Lindsay's birthday and he has an excuse, "Guys don't remember that sort of thing. They remember sports dates and steak sides" Lindsay says, "Steak sides? You are so busted." After that they continue to work on the case but Lindsay seems disappointed.

4x16 (Right Next Door): There was a fire at Stella's apartment and Lindsay was working with Mac at the scene. After a while she calls Danny, who is at his apartment, getting stuff from the fridge, getting ready to make an omelet. Lindsay asks Danny if he would like to have lunch before his shift because it's her turn to buy, but he says he needs to run to the bank, go to the drycleaner, and take his bike to the shop. Lindsay asks if everything is okay, and Danny says nothing is wrong and he will see her at work and then he hangs up the phone. Then Rikki Sandoval comes out of Danny's bedroom, wearing his shirt, and tells him that, "Maybe she will take a rain check on Messer's famous omelet," but Danny tells her she can't pass on the omelet. She insists that she has to go and that last night was just sex. Danny walks up to her and starts to kiss her. She feels she is taking advantage of him because of Ruben's death, but Danny says he doesn't care. She insists that she has to go, but Danny says before she goes, he needs his shirt back, since she is wearing it. Then he starts to open the buttons on the shirt and they start kissing and that leads into another round of sex. At the lab, we see Mac, Hawkes and Lindsay talking about the case, and then Lindsay sees Danny coming, so Mac suggests that Lindsay should catch Danny up with the case. When Mac leaves, Lindsay hands Danny the case file and says, "Why don't you start by reading this," in an angry tone, and walks away. Danny and Hawkes then look at Lindsay as she walks away. Some time later, we see them both talking on the phone, working on the case. (The conversation between the two is right below). Lindsay tells Danny that she is not mad at him, but she is mad at herself because she has fallen in love with him, and now she must figure out how to let that go. Danny remains speechless as she walks out of the room. (It's clear by the look on his face that he feels guilty). Later, Lindsay is working on a piece of evidence on the computer where she has a lead and she is explaining it to Stella and Danny. While explaining what she had found out with the evidence, she does not look at Danny at all. She only looks at Stella. Danny tries to talk to her, but she won't listen to him. When Stella leaves them alone to wait for the evidence results, Danny looks at Lindsay and says "Lindsay, I'm sorry, We should talk." At this point, Lindsay finally looks at him, but then the evidence results come in, so Lindsay sends Danny to get Stella.

Lindsay and Danny are talking on the phone, working on a case, and Danny keeps looking at Lindsay. Then they both hang up the phone.
Danny: I'm a gonna get some coffee? You want some coffee?
Lindsay: No.....thanks
Danny: (looks at her then smiles) How long are you gonna stay mad at me, Linds?
Lindsay: Oh, is this what this is? Me mad at you?
Danny: Is this is still about missing your birthday? (Lindsay looks at him) Look, I didn't wanna go to lunch yesterday . Why do you gotta make such a big deal about this?
Lindsay: Do me a favor, Danny. Don't reduce me to some shallow clingy girlfriend that's trying to suffocate you, okay? That's not what this is about. Ever since Ruben Sandoval died, I feel like I have lost my best friend. Don't mistake this for jealousy, okay? I know how it feels to lose someone you care about, to see them one day and to not see them the next, and you know you are never gonna see them again. I will never expect you not to grieve, but clearly you have just decided to do it on your own (Danny is not looking at Lindsay). Okay I get it, (stands up). My mistake for thinking you might need someone to lean on, and for the record I'm not mad at you. (Danny looks at Lindsay). I'm mad at myself BECAUSE I'VE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH YOU AND NOW I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO LET THAT GO. (Lindsay walks out of the room and leaves Danny speechless, and from the look on his face, he feels guilty).

4x17 (Like Water For Murder): There was awkward moment between Danny and Lindsay. Danny says they should rent a movie which they were both quoting, but all Lindsay says is, "This is hard" and she walks away, leaving a piece of evidence unattended. The inspector accrediting the lab sees this and tells Mac. When Mac confronts Lindsay about leaving the evidence she says, "Danny was right there" but quickly says that that was a stupid excuse and that she is sorry, But Mac tells Lindsay he is more concerned about her, and all she says is that she is fine, and it was a bad and stupid idea to get involved with a person she works with, and then she walks away.

4x19 (Personal Foul): When they finish collecting evidence from Sid, Danny tries to talk to Lindsay but she says they have work to do. So he suggests she tell him when she wants to talk and she says, "Honestly, I don't know." After working on a case together, Danny calls Lindsay. (The conversation between the two is right below). Danny calls Lindsay to say that he is sorry and that he misses her. Lindsay says, "Do you know how hard it is to love you?", so he suggests that she should come over to his apartment and tell him in person. She pauses, says she has to go, and hangs up the phone. Danny then hears a knock on his door, and upon opening it, sees Rikki Sandoval standing there. Danny starts to tell her that she was right about the thing between them and that it was a bad idea. Rikki then tells him that she is moving because she needs a fresh start.

ONE OF THE BEST SCENES BETWEEN DANNY AND LINDSAY
Lindsay is walking in the rain and then her phone begins to ring. It's Danny. She answers her phone...
Lindsay: Hey
Danny: Hey. Where are you?
Lindsay: I'm taking a rain walk. It's a Montana thing. You wouldn't understand.
Danny: Maybe I would, maybe there are a lot of things I understand now.
Lindsay: Yeah? Like what?
Danny: How sorry I am for pushing you away.
Lindsay: Danny, I tried to give you your space. I don't know how much longer I can do this. It's messing with my work. It's breaking my heart.
Danny: Yeah, I know, I know, I do. I swear to God it won't
happen again. The truth is, the truth is, I MISS YOU. I MISS YOU MORE THAN I CAN SAY, EVEN IF I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT.
Lindsay: DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW HARD YOU ARE TO LOVE?
Danny: (smiles) Why don't you come on over and tell me in person....PLEASE?
Lindsay: (long pause) I gotta go (and she hangs up the phone).

4x20 (Taxi): In this episode, Hawkes calls Lindsay "Montana", and she says she hasn't heard that in a while and Hawkes apologizes, but then she says she kind of misses being called Montana. (This is a sign that she misses Danny.)

4x21 (Hostage): Nothing really happens between them except we see them staring at each other a lot.

Season 5

5x07 (Dead Inside): This is the first time this season we see Danny and Lindsay, joking around and teasing each other. They are both working on the same case. They seem to be close and they are very friendly with each other. Lindsay even calls Danny a "show-off" because he comes to the crime scene with a speed boat, and Lindsay came over with the Coast Guard. Later on, when Lindsay is trying to figure out the mystery of the QuickScan bar code, and cannot figure it out, she gets frustrated. When Flack and Danny come to see why she is so frustrated, she asks, "Whose stupid idea was this?" and Danny says "Yours."

5x09 (The Box): The episode opens up with Danny telling a story. Ten years ago his baseball career ended after his wrist was shattered. Then he flashes back to the case they are working on a few days earlier. When Lindsay brings the evidence she found to Danny, he says, "I called you last night." Lindsay gives him an apologetic look and says that she went to bed really early. Then we are back to Danny's story, (apparently he is telling the story to Mr. and Mrs. Harris, but we don't know that yet). Mrs. Harris asks, "Is this the woman you are talking about?" and Danny says, "Yeah, her name is Lindsay Monroe. She is from Montana. Her father go t her a fly-fishing rod for her 8th birthday and a buck knife for her 9th birthday. He smiles and giggles while saying this. He then says that he has never been with a girl like that before and Mr. Harris asks if that's a good thing and Danny smiles and says, "Absolutely". We then flashback to the case and we see that Lindsay and Danny discover a live man who was locked in the trunk. Later, during the case Danny and Stella go to question a doctor at a health center because the victim had the doctor's business card in her pocket. Anyway, we see Lindsay enter the health center and when she sees Danny (he looks shocked), she rushes away before he could ask her what she was doing there. After running after but missing her, Stella asks Danny if he was alright, and he just tells her that he thought he saw someone he knew. Then we are back to Danny's story, so Mrs. Harris asks him why he lied to Stella, and Danny said that it's because he didn't know what was going on. Lindsay had told him she was taking a few hours off from work to go look at a sublet in Brooklyn, and she has never lied to him before. We flash back to the case, and at the Lab we see Danny looking at the elevator doors, obviously waiting for Lindsay and when Mac comes and asks him what he found on the DNA he was testing, he is not even paying attention. Apparently Hawkes and Sid found out that the victim was pregnant at the time of death and her baby was cut out of her, but they don't know the name of the victim yet. Anyway Lindsay finally arrives (what they talk about is right below).

LINDSAY TELLS DANNY SHE'S PREGNANT!
Lindsay is walking down the hallway and Danny is trying to catch up with her.
Danny: Lindsay, wait up.
Lindsay: Danny, hey. I can't talk right now. (They enter the locker room and Lindsay opens her locker).
Danny: Whats going on?
Lindsay: What do you mean?
Danny: (comes close to her) Come on, Lindsay. I saw you today at the health center. Are you sick?
Lindsay: (closes her locker) Danny, you should get back to work.
Danny: (holds Lindsay and looks at her) No, no, you should talk to me.
Lindsay: (sighs) I...ah...I.. (covers her mouth and goes to the bathroom to puke).
Danny: What's the matter? Are you ok? (goes after her) Lindsay, hey. (bangs on the door of the bathroom) What the hell is going on?
We go back to Danny telling his story and he says, "The truth is, I can't really blame her for not saying anything. See, a while ago, I messed up, alright. I was with another woman. I didn't say anything, but she knew, I think she knew, you know? A couple of months later, we get back together and things haven't really been the same, and now this. We flash back to Danny, who is waiting for Lindsay to come out of the bathroom.
(Lindsay comes out of the bathroom)
Danny: Are you okay? Are you alright? (she nods her head).
Lindsay: (walks to her locker and faces Danny) (she sighs) I'M PREGNANT.
Danny: Are you sure? (She looks at him and then gives him an ultrasound pic. He takes it and looks at it, and smiles) How long have you known?
Lindsay: A few weeks (A lab tech enters the locker room, they both remain silent) I should get back to work (leaves the locker room).
Danny: Whoa, whoa, whoa! Why didn't you tell me? Look, you can't just drop this on me and walk away. Please!
Lindsay: Danny, I know you.
Danny: You know-- What is that supposed to mean?
Lindsay: It just means that I'm not expecting anything. (Then Lindsay sees the FasScan photo of the Vic that they are trying to identify and sighs) Who is that?
Danny: That's our vic (Danny looks at her).
Lindsay: I think I know her. Her name is Nicole Harris. I met her at the health center when I first had my appointment.

Then we get a flashback of Lindsay and Nicole talking at the health center. We find out that Nicole was almost 8 months pregnant and she just moved here from Albany. So Lindsay told her that they should trade numbers because she knows how it feels to be in a new city. Back to the present, Lindsay and Danny go back to the locker room so that she can give Danny Nicole's number. Danny takes the number and says he will get Flack to contact her parents. Then he leaves without saying anything. (Lindsay watches him leave). We later see Danny watching the interrogation of Nicole's parents, and then we see him staring at the ultrasound pic. When Hawkes comes to talk to Danny, he tells him, "I heard Lindsay identified the FasScan photo." Then we flash back to Danny's Story, Mr'. Harris asked him what he said, so he replies, "I lied. I told him Lindsay was at the health center to get a flu shot." Then we flash back to Danny talking to Hawkes. Danny says, "What a coincidence". We later see Danny taking a ride on his motorcycle through Manhattan to clear his head. He smiles when he is thinking of Lindsay. Later, Danny goes and talks to Mr. and Mrs. Harris, and tells them that Child Services would be there to bring Nicole's baby soon, so he decides to sit down across from them. He looks tired, so Mr. Harris asks him, "Are you okay, son? Do you have any kids?" Then we cut back to Danny's story. It is revealed to the audience that Danny was telling his story to Mr. and Mrs. Harris. So Danny says, "Look what I have unloaded the two of you with. You asked a simple question". So Mrs. Harris asks him, "If you don't mind my asking, what's going to happen now?" and Danny replies that he does not know. So Mr. Harris gives him some advice, "Whatever you do, do not allow yourself any regrets." Lindsay then comes to tell Mr. and Mrs. Harris that Child Services is here. When she sees Danny, she stops and they look at each other before she approaches them. Danny introduces Lindsay to the Harris', who wish both of them good luck. Lindsay looks surprised and confused so she just stares at Danny. We see them both standing side-by-side, watching Mr. and Mrs. Harris with their grandson. The last thing we see is Danny and Lindsay's hands nearly touching each other.

5x10 (The Triangle): Danny is walking down the street on his phone, talking to Lindsay. She says she thought he was supposed to be in already because he is supposed to be working the night shift. He explains that they turned the Q train into an express and forgot to tell the passengers, so he had to hop out at 34th and double-back. She says okay, but if Mac asks where he is, she "never heard of him." He then asks Lindsay how she is feeling, and the baby too. Lindsay replies "Good, she's good." Danny says, "She?" Lindsay laughs at this and tells him, "Or he. Relax, it's too early to tell." Then Danny tells Lindsay that he has something important to talk to her about. She says, "Okay. What is it?" but before Danny could say anything, the call is dropped. Later, Lindsay is working in the lab and she is looking at the labels of a whole bunch of chemicals and starting to get worried. When Stella walks into the lab, Lindsay asks her about safety precautions for a "pregnant friend from New Jersey" and Stella says that there are safety precautions, such as fume hoods, and face shields, that she can use. So Stella asks, "She's not alone, right? The baby has a father" and Lindsay replies, "Yeah, yeah and he's great. I just don't know how ready he was for any of this. Oh, it's complicated" and Stella says, "And beautiful. If your friend's coworkers are anything like your coworkers, they will work with her and even be happy for her. It's gonna be okay" and Lindsay just replies, "Thanks." Before Stella leaves, she turns back to Lindsay and tells her to tell her "friend" congratulations. Later, Lindsay goes outside to grab something to eat and Danny approaches her (what happens is below).

Danny asks Lindsay to Marry Him.........
Danny: (approaches Lindsay) I thought I saw you running for the exit.
Lindsay: (laughs) I'm starving, (getting a tea and donut) my O.B. says that I should pay attention to my cravings, no matter how inconvenient they are.
Danny: Yeah. Let me ask you something. Do you have any history of hereditary disease in your family?
Lindsay: (laughs) No, do you?
Danny: No, no, no, Mental illness?
Lindsay: No
Danny: Uh, how about addictive tendencies? Extra fingers? Extra toes?
Lindsay: No, no
Danny: Natural delivery or drugs?
Lindsay: Ah, either
Danny: Boy or girl?
Lindsay: Healthy
Danny: WILL YOU MARRY ME?
Lindsay: (surprised) NO (she then walks away, leaving a dejected Danny).

After they are finished working the case, we see Danny and Lindsay walking together.
Danny: So, you wanna uh, you wanna tell me why you won't marry me?
Lindsay: I didn't mean I won't. I just think it's the wrong time.
Danny: Wrong time. Wrong time or the wrong guy?
Lindsay: (sighs) Danny, (he stops and they face each other) I know I have thrown a lot at you, and we are both feeling really overwhelmed, but whatever we do next, I want it to be for the right reason. Wouldn't you rather walk down the aisle than be pushed?
Danny: Of course.
Lindsay: Ok, cause listen, I'm not going anywhere, and I know you're not going anywhere either, okay, but this is not just about you and I anymore. So let's just take baby steps, okay?
Danny: Okay. So, look, before we go inside, I wanna just tell you one more thing, okay (holds Lindsay) I just want you to know, THAT I LOVE YOU.
Lindsay: (smiles) I LOVE YOU TOO, DANNY (Danny smiles).
So we see them entering Mac's office and they tell him that they are pregnant. Mac smiles widely and hugs them both.

5x11 (The Forbidden Fruit): Danny and Adam are talking about some evidence and Danny tells Adam that if he figures out the connection between the evidence and the case, Danny will buy him a beer, but Adam replies that the beer will be on him because Danny has some big expenses coming up. Danny says, "Oh yeah? What, diapers? How much can diapers cost?" Adam tells him to look at the big picture, "Because the cost of raising a kid from birth till 18, is like 150G's, and that's not including college." Danny asks Adam he knows that and Adam replies that his dad reminded him everyday. So he advises Danny to keep all the cash he has. Then Adam sees Lindsay approaching them and he tells Danny that, "Combining your income can be less painful." Lindsay says hi to Adam and he leaves. Lindsay tells Danny that she thought he was going to search the 1st victim's apartment. He replies that he was already done there and then replies that the next place they'll search is the 2nd victim's apartment and that hopefully they'll find a primary crime scene there. Then he asks Lindsay, "How we feeling?" Lindsay replies that she is good and then says that she thought she felt a kick this morning. So Danny asks in an excited voice, "Really!" and takes her hand and says, "Come here." He takes her aside and puts his hand on Lindsay's bump. Then Lindsay tells him that the kicking has stopped, so he tells her that the next time it happens she should find him. Then they both hold their baby bump and smile.

5x12 (Help): There are 2 really cute moments in this episode. The first moment happens when the team is discussing the case in a team meeting. Although both victims are from separate cases, they were both raped by the same guy, which turns out to be an interesting coincidence. When the team is discussing how often coincidences happen, Lindsay pipes up with the following fact, "Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin died on the same day, 50 years after signing the Declaration of Independence." Danny then gives her an incredulous look. After the team meeting is over, Lindsay says the following, "In 1975, a man driving a moped was struck and killed by a taxi driver in Bermuda. One year later, the victim's brother was also killed, the same way even, with the exact same taxi, same taxi driver, and the same passenger." Later on, Sid states another coincidence to Danny, "Mark Twain was born on the same day that Halley's Comet first appeared, and he died on the same day of Halley's Comet next appearance, 75 years later." Danny turns to Sid and says, "You been hanging out with Lindsay, Sid?" Sid replies,"Huh?" These two moments show Danny's sense of humor and the type of wit he carries.

5x14 (She's Not There): The only moment here is when Sid and Lindsay are talking to Mac about the broken piece of the lip ring that Sid took out of the victim's knuckle and the plum blossom trace that Danny found in the hilt of the knife used to kill the victim. When Mac asks where to find plum blossoms in the dead of winter in New York City, Sid replies that they can be found on Canal Street and that they are used at this time of year in Chinatown, in celebration of Chinese New Year. Sid then tells Mac to have a Happy New Year in Chinese. Lindsay responds with, "Year of the Ox" and pats her huge belly.

5x15 (The Party's Over): Every cop is calling in "sick" because the city cannot pay them because they don’t have the money. So the NYPD are on strike. Danny is one of them. He has the "flu". When Hawkes and Lindsay are working at the lab, Hawkes gets a call that he has to testify in Danny’s place because Danny was supposed to be in court today, and he can't be there because he is "sick". The case eventually gets thrown out of court because Hawkes can't answer the questions. Hawkes tells Lindsay he personally thinks that what Danny is doing is selfish, and that he cannot afford to get suspended when he and Lindsay are expecting a baby, but she defends Danny's decision, calling it, "Commitment." Later Stella goes to see Danny because she was pissed off at him. She tells Danny they threw out the case because Hawkes could not provide the kind of answers the court needed to hear, because Hawkes was not working the case. Danny tells her that he knows, but that the NYPD deserve to be paid. Stella then says she understands and she mentions that there is a ton of work to do at the lab, and says, "Thank God for Lindsay. She's a real trooper". Danny then says, "Yeah, she is. She's been calling me every other hour, but I have to cough every time I answer the phone, in case it's not her."

5x16 (No Good Deed): Lindsay is doing lab work, and Danny is reading the baby a Flash Gordon story from a comic book while waiting for some fingerprint and DNA results (the interaction between Danny and the baby is below). We also find out in this episode that Lindsay is 7 months pregnant because Danny says that he is, "2 months away from fatherhood."

Danny: "Stop where you are." That's Flash saying that, and right beside him is the Green Lantern. He is lookin' all rough and tough and green. "Surrender or we'll be forced to take action." (the computer starts to beep.)
Lindsay: (looking over at the computer) Looks like you've got a match, superhero.
Danny: Alright kiddo, I'll be back (he kisses Lindsay's belly a couple of times before going over to the computer, Lindsay then giggles and looks very happy).

5x17 (Green Piece): After 3 years of flirting, skirting and chasing each other, Danny and Lindsay finally tied the knot! There were some really great scenes in this episode. The first one was at the beginning when Danny wouldn't allow Lindsay to visit the crime scene, due to the fumes from the blast and dust from the house. Then Danny asks Lindsay if she's excited to be visiting Montana, Lindsay says that she is, and that she's looking forward to her mom seeing her pregnant. Then Lindsay starts talking about the baby and says that if the baby is a girl, she can't wait to see their daughter pregnant. Danny caresses her belly and says, "If this is a girl, no guy's gettin' close enough to her to get her pregnant." Then he smiles a wide, humorous grin at Lindsay as he is about to leave in the elevator. The next part was when Lindsay and Sid are in the morgue, discussing Sid's findings, and Sid asks her about how she's feeling about visiting Montana. Sid starts to talk about the benefits of going to Montana, no bodies at 3 am, no double shifts with no sleep, no slice of pizza on the run. To this, Lindsay quips about all the symptoms of pregnancy, constipation, swelling of the feet, help getting up from a chair, and constant urination. When asked if he wants to switch, Sid replies that he already has all of that he just wants the time off. The next part was the scene with Mac and Danny in Mac's office. As Danny and Mac are discussing the case, Mac notices that Danny is distracted when Lindsay walks by. Mac says, "Lindsay will be back before you know it, Danny." Danny still seems distracted and starts the ball rolling by telling Mac that he asked Lindsay to marry him before (see 5x10-"The Triangle) and that she said no. Danny tells Mac that she thought he proposed just because she was pregnant. To this, Mac replies, "Is she right?" Here, Danny starts to waver, saying, "No, I mean, I...I don't know, Mac." Obviously Danny is feeling a little nervous about the changes in his life that are about to occur and is scared that he will disappoint Lindsay and his child. He continues with, "I love her, I do, I know that, but I just know myself, and I don't want to disappoint her, or the kid." Mac then talks about his life with Claire, and how he never had the chance to become a father. Mac wasn't in a hurry to have kids because he didn't want to disappoint Claire, or himself, and that is something that he will always regret. Danny is obviously still a little shaky, so Mac tells him, "God brought you and Lindsay together. I believe that. You have been blessed with a gift, the greatest gift that life has to offer. You can choose to live in a place of fear or you can believe in the best version of yourself." Danny thanks him for his advice and gets up to leave the office. As Danny is heading out the door, Mac says, "You're gonna make a great father, Danny." To this, Danny smiles, and then leaves Mac's office. Finally, THE BEST SCENE EVER, Danny takes Lindsay to the clerk's office, wanting to surprise her. He tells her that she needs to meet up with a couple of "friends". When they finally stop walking, they're outside the clerk's office with a sign that says "Marriage Licenses." Lindsay starts to waver and says, "Danny." Then Danny says, "I'm tired of feeling afraid, alright? You and me? We make sense, k? You're everything I've always wanted. I wanna be with you. And I can be the guy that you want me to be. I know I can. I am that guy." Lindsay then replies with, "I know you are." Danny then continues with, "Then let's walk through this door together. Come on, let's do it. Let's take that leap." Lindsay and Danny then share an extra-long kiss (one that was long overdue, considering that last time we saw these two kiss on the lips was in 3x24 "Snow Day"), after which, Lindsay asks, "You got a money order?" and then they hug and kiss again. As they walk into the clerk's office, they see the "friends" they're supposed to meet, it's Mac and Stella! When Stella hands Lindsay white flowers, Lindsay whispers to Stella, "What if I said no?" but Stella cuts her off by saying, "Not a chance" and Lindsay smiles. Mac hands Danny the box containing the ring. As the marriage vows begin, the viewers are taken through a flashback of Danny and Lindsay's history, right from the first time they met in 2x03 "Zoo York" to 5x11 "The Forbidden Fruit." The icing on the cake, however, was the fact that the wedding vows were interwoven throughout the flashback. So that even as we were viewing their history, we could hear each of them take their vows.

5x18 (Point of No Return): There were a couple of noteworthy scenes in this episode. The first one is when Mac asks Danny how Lindsay is doing. Danny replies that she said, "She looks like a whale, and is bored. She also said she found a dead beaver on her parents' property, and that she was tempted to rope it off with crime scene tape and start processing." The second one is when Danny is involved in a gunfight. Later on after, he kills the suspect, in self-defense. Danny looks at his hands, not believing that the suspect has just died in his arms. The third one is when Danny goes to the washroom, back at the lab. When he looks at himself in the mirror, he realizes how close he came to dying, and not being able to take care of his wife and his child. After looking at his hands and noticing there is blood on his wedding ring, the first thing he does is clean the blood off. Then he gets a call from Lindsay, and he answers the phone with, "Hey, babe" asks her how she's doing, and proceeds to tell her that things are the same as ever in NYC. He's obviously holding back the fact that he nearly died in a shoot-out with a suspect.

5x19 (Communication Breakdown): Throughout the whole episode Danny is trying out boy names for the baby, Louie, Clemenza, and Alphonse, these 3 coming from Danny's family, as well as Amos (Daniel Messer) and Kurt. At one point, Danny and Stella are searching the chief's hotel room and he is considering "Amos Daniel Messer" and Stella says, "Danny, at some point you might want to consider the possibility that you and Lindsay could have a girl." Danny says it isn't possible because his mother had 2 boys, and that her mother had 3 boys, so he's positive that he's going to have a boy. Later, at the end of the night, Adam, Hawkes, Flack, Stella, Mac, and Danny are all crowded around a table, laughing and listening to Danny suggest baby boy names. Then he gets a text from Lindsay telling him that she is, "Fine and so is the baby GIRL in her belly." They then congratulate Danny on the news that he's having a DAUGHTER!

Danny Finds Out He Is Having A Daughter!
(Mac and Stella hear laughing and find the gang surrounding Danny).
Mac: Don't tell me we're still playing the name game...
Danny: It's a process...
Flack: We went from John, Paul, George, and Ringo, to Tom, Dick, and Harry.
Stella: Why don't we throw Mac into the mix?
Adam: (laughs) Mac!... hahaha...(Mac looks at him disapprovingly) Actually, Mac's a great name. I like your name. (Danny's phone rings, and he reads an incoming text message off to the side).
Danny: Mac's no good. That was Lindsay.
Stella: Is she alright?
Danny: Yeah, she's fine...and so is the baby girl in her belly.
Don, Sheldon, and Adam: OOOHH! (Everyone congratulates Danny. Stella kisses his head).

5x22 (Yahrzeit): Danny is suspended for two weeks and when he tells Mac he says, "The upside of being suspended for 2 weeks is being able to spend time with my new wife before the little bambino arrives." To this, Mac replies, "That's probably a good idea."

5x23 (Greater Good): First we see Lindsay searching the lab and when she finds Adam she asks where Danny is. When he says that he is out, as well as Stella and Mac, she

tells Adam to get a set of keys and meet her downstairs in 5 minutes because her water just broke. You then see Lindsay smiling and going to get her suitcase to go to the hospital.

Lindsay goes into labor!
(Lindsay is looking around when she bumps into Adam).
Lindsay: Adam, have you seen Danny?
Adam: He left about 20 minutes ago with Doc to a crime scene on the upper west side.
Lindsay: What about Stella or Mac?
Adam: Stella's in court and the boss took the day off. Yeah. Can you believe it? Mac never takes a day off. I don't think there has been one day since I've worked here that he hasn't showed up and he's like, "Hey I'm not coming in." You know? All though he did go to London that one time but I don't...
Lindsay: Okay Adam enough!
Adam: What?
Lindsay: I just got back from Montana, I...I'm not ready to deal with you. (sighs) This is not how I imagined it.
Adam: What?
Lindsay: (grabs Adam's shirt) I need you to focus Adam.
Adam: Okay.
Lindsay: Go get a set of key's to a car, any car, meet me in the garage in five minutes. My water just broke. I'm about to go into labor and you are taking me to the hospital. Go!
Adam: (stunned) Oh...okay, okay! (runs off).
Lindsay: Adam...
Adam: Yeah, wrong way sorry. (turns around and runs the other way). Just relax. Everything's going to be okay!
(Lindsay walks over to get her suitcase and smiles, then starts waddling down the hallway).
Later, we see Danny and Hawkes speeding down the street going to the hospital. Danny is on the phone telling Lindsay to wait until he gets there and that he loves her. Once he rushes into the hospital he sees Lindsay being pushed into a room on a wheelchair.
Danny and Hawkes going to the hospital!
Danny: (has his cell phone to his ear) Why isn't she answering her phone? Doc take 57th right there it will be faster.
Hawkes: Danny I got this, I got this.
Danny: (looks irritated) Voicemail...again. (into phone) Baby, it's me, were close okay. Hold on 'til I get there, okay I don't want to miss this! I love you, I love you okay.
Hawkes: (swerving around a car) Hey! Watch out!
Danny: Up here! Right here Doc, Doc, Doc! Okay right there make a right, go around the corner and pull into emergency.
Hawkes: (pulls up next to the emergency entrance doors) Hey Danny, congrats brother.
Danny: Thanks Doc.
(Danny runs up the stairs and down the hall once in the main wing he sees Lindsay, he sighs, then smiles, relieved that he has arrived on time).
Lindsay: (looking relieved) Hi.

Soon after, Lindsay and Stella are walking through the halls trying to get the baby to move faster. Lindsay is very worried about her capabilities as a mother and expresses her fears to Stella.
Lindsay fears her capabilities as a mother.
Lindsay: (walking down the hall) (sighs) Do they really think I am gonna just walk this baby right out of me? Why can't I be one of those women who just sneezes and before you can say God bless you, she's had the baby?
Stella: Think of what you'd miss out on, reminding your child of all those long painful hours of labor that you endured to bring them into this world.
Lindsay: I guess I could get some mileage out of that.
Stella: Uh huh.
Lindsay: I'm kinda scared, Stella.
Stella: Well, that's normal Lindsay. Just remember your healthy and strong. You and Danny went through all the courses...
Lindsay: I know I don't mean about having a baby, about being a mom. I mean what if I stink at it? And the worst part is I won't know until it is to late. She'll come home, she'll scream that she hates me, then in rebellion she'll get some part of her body pierced that's inappropriate. She'll get an infection, she'll wind up on antibiotics which we find out 12 years later they cause an eating disorder, and pretty soon I'm in therapy trying to save my whole family. I mean what if some people just aren't cut out to be parents? (She looks down at her enlarged stomach).
Stella: Well the fact that you already thought about all this, tells me that your gonna do just fine Linds.
Lindsay: I'm losing it, huh?
Stella: Yeah
Lindsay: (leans against wall): Oh, contraction, aghh.

In another part of the hospital, Danny and Adam are also walking through the halls and Danny is afraid that Lindsay might have twins or something could go wrong with the birth while Adam comforts him.
Danny freaks out before the baby arrives.
Danny: (walking down another hall) What if she has twins Adam? You hear stories about people being completely surprised. And you've seen Lindsay, I mean she's huge.
Adam: Whoa.
Danny: She knows it.
Adam: Relax, you saw the ultrasound it's not twins. Alright? You gonna be okay?
Danny: No, no I'm not. I might go into cardiac arrest once she's giving birth. (his cell phone rings) Mac, your here! No, no she hasn't yet. Alright, were on the fourth floor.
Eventually, all the detectives (except Danny) go back to work on the case. At the end Mac receives a text from Danny saying, "It is time." We then see Lindsay pushing to get the baby out, and going through a very painful time. Danny is beside her holding her hand and encouraging her and keeps looking down to see the baby come out.

Lindsay gives birth!
Lindsay: AHHHH!
Doctor: It's okay, that's okay, your doing great.
Danny: You can do it baby, good! (looks down to see if the baby is coming).
Lindsay: AGHHH!
Danny: Good! C'mon! Your doing great, your doing great!
Lindsay: AHHHH!
Danny: Good job! That's it baby, that's it sweetheart! Go ahead, c'mon! Push !
Doctor: Breathe.
Danny: C'mon!
Lindsay: AHHHH!
Doctor: Good job.
Danny: There she is! There she is! There she is!
Doctor: C'mon Lindsay keep it going, c'mon.
(the baby cries and Danny hugs Lindsay and smiles).

Finally, the whole cast (minus Sid and Angell) are gathered around Lindsay's hospital bed where she and Danny are admiring the baby. They soon hand her off to Stella, then Hawkes asks what the new baby's name is going to be. At the same time, Lindsay says Lydia while Danny says Lucy, and they just look at each other and smile. After passing the baby to Mac, Lindsay asks him if he would like to be the Godfather, and of course he accepts. Then Stella brings out a present and shows the happy new parents a cute little pink dress for the baby, as the camera slowly fades out.

The team meets the new baby!
Stella: (getting passed the baby) Hello. Well hello sweetheart. Hi. Hello. Oh, Danny, I hate to admit it but she looks just like you.
Danny: Yes...that's right, she's a knockout.
Mac: How you holding up?
Lindsay: I'm great...but, uh, she's gonna be an only child because I'm never doing that again. (everyone chuckles).
Hawkes: Do you guys have a name?
Lindsay: Lydia.
Danny: Lucy.
Flack: I guess that's a no.
Danny: Mac, we did agree on one thing.
Lindsay: We were hoping you would consider being her Godfather.
Mac: Absolutely, yes.
Hawkes: Made him an offer he can't refuse.
Flack: There you go, Godfather, that's code word for diaper change. (everyone laughs again).
Mac: (getting passed the baby) Whoa, whoa! Do I get to spoil her?
Hawkes: I think Danny's got that covered. (more laughter).
Stella: Oh! We forgot about the ohhs and ahhs. (grabs a present) Okay you guys ready? (pulls out a pink baby dress).
All: Ohhh!! (another present is pulled out) Ahhh!! (everyone starts talking to one another).
Stella: What do you think, baby girl? (fades out).

5x24 (Grounds For Deception): The baby is finally named, Lucy! She makes her first visit to the office and is a big hit. She adores one of the technicians, Blake, too much and that makes Danny jealous because he, "Is the only man in her life." So he goes to break up the visit and send the technicians off to work, as well as asking if Blake has any DNA to look at.
Danny Gets Jealous!
(Danny points the murder weapon like a sword towards Adam).
Adam: Whoa, easy there Priapus! You wouldn't want to hurt a mere mortal.
Danny: Pria...who?
Adam: Priapus. The male god of fertility.
Lindsay: (walks in) Oh that's what I call him.
Danny: That's right! (hugs Lindsay) Well my personal weapon aside I managed to piece together and analyze several remnants of a white substance Doc found at the scene. Looks like our murder weapon was concealed in plaster and it had an imprint. Adam, you score anything impressive?
Adam: As a matter of fact, ahh..no. The brown residue that Hawkes collected from the vics shirt, just turned out to be coffee grounds.
Danny: Huh. (looks at Lindsay) How's Lucy?
Lindsay: She's great, (points through the glass to the baby surrounded by the staff) her first visit to the lab is a big hit.
Danny: What a...what's Blake doing in there?
Lindsay: Oh, he is so good with babies, she adores him.
Danny: She doesn't adore him. The only man in her life is me.
Lindsay: Oh.
Danny: (goes over and knocks on the glass) Hey buddy, don't you have some DNA to look at? (Lindsay giggles and Danny goes into the other room).
Adam: Watch out Blake, here comes daddy!
Later, in the lab, when Lindsay is explaining what she found to Mac, he asks, "What are you doing here? Where is Lucy?" and she replies that Lucy is in ballistics and Lindsay is being paid to work part time and that she would leave soon. She just wanted to help with the case because "The lab would fall apart without me". Soon Danny walks in with Lucy strapped onto the front of him and he says, "After a diaper change, Lucy and I lifted a partial print." Then Lindsay looks at her family and smiles.

5x25 (Pay Up): After Angell's death Danny silently comforts Lindsay through small touches and hand holding.

Season 6

6x01 (Epilogue): Season 6 kicks of with some pretty intense Danny and Lindsay moments. It starts off with Danny struggling to grab a bullet that's on the ground. Since Danny is in his wheelchair, he is struggling to reach for it. Lindsay walks by and hands it to him. When Danny is examining the bullet, it triggers a memory of the night he got shot. When his "flashback" is over, Lindsay is behind him and asks:
Lindsay: What are you thinking about?
Danny: I'm thinking that, you know what this wheelchair needs? A side car for Lucy.
(Adam walks in)
Adam: Sounds like you need to pimp your ride yo! Some spinners, a sound system, hydraulics.
Lindsay: Adam, process the scene.
(Back to Danny)
Lindsay: Now don't get too comfortable in that chair.
Danny: Well, it's been a month. And I haven't felt a thing, no movement, no tingling, nothing.
Lindsay: Danny, you gotta be patient.
Danny: We gotta start thinking that this might be the way it is, this is what we gotta do.
Lindsay: Doctor said there's no permanent damage to your spine. The inflammation from the gunshot wound is causing temporary paralysis.
Danny: But how do you forget words like, "more than likely", "best case scenario", "60 percent chance of recovery"? How do you do that?
Lindsay: Well for one I'm an optimist. Another thing, if you don't recover, I'm gonna kick your butt.
Danny: Oh, so you're gonna tackle me now? Is that what you're doing?
Lindsay: Yeah, I am.
Danny: Yeah, well, you didn't need to use profanity, alright. You're too cute to do that.
(Lindsay kisses his head and gives his wheelchair a push)
Lindsay: Don't make fun of me.
Danny: What's that, Montana? You call that a push?

Later, they are comparing voice recordings of the lady that called Danny and on the tape he says "Yeah, Doc says I have a 10 percent chance of recovery." This is different than what he to ld Lindsay. She later finds him in their office and talks to him.
Lindsay: 10 percent chance of walking? You told me it was 60.
Danny: I just didn't wanna scare you.
Lindsay: You know what scares me Danny is that you think you have to lie to me. I want you to know that no matter what happens, I'm here to stay. Nothing is ever gonna change the way I feel about you. And you know what? 10 percent? I'll take it. That's a chance. That's hope. It seems like you've decided that it isn't enough.
Danny: No, no. I haven't decided anything.
Lindsay: I can hear it in your voice Danny, and that phone call. You're giving up--
Danny: No, no, Lindsay, I just don't need a cheerleader alright, babe?
Lindsay: You're right. You need a kick in the ass. Look, if I have to believe in you all by myself then I will.
(Lindsay pulls him closer to her)
Lindsay: I've gone the long shot before, Danny. I ended up with you.
(Silent pause)
Lindsay: They said there was a 10 percent chance of rain today and I brought my umbrella because 10 percent is enough for me to believe that it's possible.

Then, at the end, there is a scene with Lindsay holding Lucy! While she's doing that, Danny is trying to move his legs. On his second try, he wiggles the toes of his right foot, and when he does, he looks out the window and smiles, because it's RAINING!

6x02 (Blacklist-Featuring Gravedigger): There weren't really any Messer/Dantana moments in this episode. The first one I can think of is when Hawkes comments on Lindsay's choice of shirt and she tells him that Lucy threw up on all of her other shirts and that she's late because the sitter was caught in traffic. The only other moment I can think of is when Stella tells Lindsay that she hears that Danny is making progress. Lindsay replies that Danny has a little bit of feeling in his toes, so it's a start. Then Stella tells her that her fingers are crossed for Danny, to which Lindsay smiles.

6x03 (LAT 40° 47' N/Long 73° 58'W): Danny is doing chin-ups while waiting for some DNA results from the victim's phone. Lindsay comes in and wonders why he's not on his way to his rehab appointment.

Lindsay: Danny! What are you doing?
Danny: Processing the vic's phone.
Lindsay: Oh, of course. What was I thinking?
Danny: Flack had the victim's phone pinged. We found it in the dumpster. Waiting on the DNA results on the trace I found, so I figured I'd get a little pump in.
Lindsay: Don't you have physical therapy today?
Danny: Yeah, yeah. That's what I'm getting ready for.
Lindsay: (giving Danny an incredulous look)
Danny: What? You see Lucy lately, huh? She's standing up in her crib, cruising along the walls of the apartment. She's going to walk soon, Lindsay.
Lindsay: Danny, please tell me you're not competing with our 10-month old daughter.
Danny: No, I'm not competing with our daughter. I'm just sick and tired of being in this chair. I wanna run through Central Park with my daughter on my shoulders, ok? I wanna chase down boys who try to hit on her. I wanna dance with you, and her, at her wedding. So if you don't mind.....
Lindsay: (pulling him close, she kisses him and gives him a rub on the neck before she walks away) I don't mind at all.
Danny then continues to do his chin-ups.

Lindsay studies the handwriting samples with discontent; Danny wheels into the room.

Danny: I know that face!

Lindsay: What face?

Danny: The 'I don't like what I see' face. Kind of like the way you look at me when I'm trying to change Lucy's diaper.

(Lindsay chuckles)

6x04 (Dead Reckoning) The first Dantana moment is when Danny is at rehab and he is ready to give up. Hawkes gives him a pep talk and convinces Danny to keep trying.

(I know this is between Danny and Hawkes, but I thought it was really important to include)

Danny: Doc. What are you doing here? Where's Lindsay?
Hawkes: Working. I volunteered to come by and get you. So what was that?
Danny: What?
Hawkes: Danny, you gotta try way harder if you're gonna get up out of this chair.
Danny: Doc, you know what? I got a policy, buddy. I don't take advice unless I ask for it.
Hawkes: I got a policy too. I'm always upfront with my friends. With an injury like yours, you should have been up out of that chair weeks ago. You're not pushing yourself.
Danny: You kidding me? I'd give you five minutes with the pain that I feel every time I take a step.
Hawkes: Danny, I've treated hundreds of trauma patients that would trade places with you in a minute.
Danny: Look, you came here to take me to work, right? Let's go.
Hawkes: There was a fireman that came into emergency one day, big strong guy. Just hit a walk off home run at the department softball game. Rounded the bases, crossed home plate. His whole team piled on top of him in celebration. Broke his back. I never met anybody with a heart like this guy. Now it took a lot of sweat and pain and perservance, but eventually, yeah, he walked again.
Danny: Is that the end of that story?
Hawkes: He said "Pain is the payment for each precious thing". Try harder, Danny.
Danny: (angrily) Let's go! Come on, let's go!

The next day, the physiotherapist walks into the room the next day and is surprised to see Danny already out of his chair, at the practice bars. He tells her that he has some "precious things to pay for".

At the end of the episode, Lindsay is awoken by Lucy on the baby monitor. She gets up and makes her way to Lucy's room. She peers in and sees Danny's wheel chair and gets a curious look on her face. When she gets to the doorway, she sees Danny, standing, holding Lucy in his arms. Lindsay starts crying out of happiness. The episode ends with Danny holding his daughter.

6x05 (Battle Scars) October 21 Lindsay is neither featured nor spoken about in this episode. However, Danny is walking around quite well, although he is using a cane. When talking about which pieces of evidence he'd like to examine with Adam ("Door number one or door number two?"), Danny chooses door number one because "it's closer."

6x07 (Hammer Down) Lindsay and Danny are examining the cab of a semi truck. Danny has a questioning look on his face when Lindsay asks what Danny is thinking about. He replies with "Other than the fact that we didn't take a honeymoon?"

6x08 (Cuckoo's Nest) Lindsay is once again, neither featured or spoken of in this episode. Yet, this is the first episode this season where Danny can finally walk on his own two feet.

6x09 (Manhattanhenge)
At the end of this episode, the team is having dinner together, celebrating the fact that they solved the Compass Killer case.

Waitress: Ok. We've got spaghetti and meatballs, Chicken Parmesan, sauteed vegetables, garlic bread...
Adam: Pass the garlic bread
Stella: Here you go
Mac: Thank you.
Waitress: And a bag of ice.
Danny: Ah! Graci, Graci!
Danny puts the bag of ice on his back. Lindsay's hand is on Danny's back.
Waitress: Enjoy
Danny: Alright
Lindsay: Thank you!
Mac: Alright.
Lindsay (to Danny): Got it? You Ok?
Danny: Yeah.
Mac: Here's to a great team. And to getting Hollis Eckhart off the street.
Stella: And to reminding us that life is fleeting and we should hold on to the people we love while we can.
(Danny rubs Lindsay's back)
Everyone: Cheers!
Mac: We did good.
Flack: We did. I think each and every one of us is gonna sleep well tonight.
Adam: Yeah.
Hawkes: Starting tomorrow I will be sleeping in my own apartment.
Adam: Nice. Score a new pad?
Lindsay: Please tell me it's not underground.
Hawkes: Well actually it just a rent control studio off Bleaker.
Lindsay: Nice!
Flack: Good for you.
Mac: This mean I get my couch back?
Hawkes: Well actually, it's unfurnished.
Everyone laughs. Then everybody starts serving themselves and in the middle of that you can see Danny and Lindsay kiss. Short but sweet.

6x11 (Second Chances) In this episode the team is trying to catch a murderer who ran over a guy with a car, slowly. During the investigation Lindsay and Danny are trying to find out what car was used as a murder weapon.
Lindsay is in the lab, looking over the autopsy photos.
Danny: (whistles) How's it going?
Lindsay: Ah, better than I expected. The undercarriage left a pretty distinct sub-dermal bruising pattern all over Manning's torso.
Danny: Nice, I got a very usable tire tread impression from that crook who robbed Santa.
Lindsay: Great. I should be able to get a partial match to an undercarriage in our database.
Danny: Hopefully between the both of us we can narrow it down to a specific make and model. Teamwork.
They both turn around and Danny winks at Lindsay.

The second scene was with Stella and Danny looking over the car Lindsay found.
Stella: Steering column's intact, wasn't hot-wired, definitely started the old fashion way, with a key. Hey Danny, I'm waiting for your boom.
Danny:(under the car) Ah, no more booms, Lindsay made me promise. She's afraid it's gonna be Lucy's first word.
Danny looks around for a minute, then finds what he's looking for.
Danny: Boom.

At the end of the episode Mac has a little "volunteer" work for them. They end up dressed as elves and handing out presents to children. During this Danny and Lindsay sneak in a quick hug.

6x12 (Criminal Justice) Danny and Lindsay are in the locker room at work and Lindsay confronts him about his back:
Lindsay: Hey. What is that? (referring to Danny's back brace)
Danny: It's nothing. It's precautionary. My back's been acting up. Probably just pulled something.
Lindsay: When?
Danny: A few weeks ago, when Flack and I were chasing Hollis Eckhart.
Lindsay: You know, Danny, maybe you came back to work too soon.
Danny: What are our other options, Linds? Take any more sick days and they'll force a medical leave on me.

Lindsay: Well, look at the bright side. You'd get to spend more time with Lucy.
(Danny smiles)
Lindsay: You are her favorite.
Danny: I'll be fine. (leans in to kiss Lindsay on the cheek).
(Gets up and puts his pills in his locker)
Danny: Don't worry about it. (turns and leaves the locker room).
Later Danny is at an acupuncture studio. He comes out and looks into his locker and see's his wallet is missing, he goes through the locker looking for it mumbling to himself. Finally he calls Lindsay.
Lindsay: Lindsay Messer
Danny: Hey babe, it's me.
Lindsay: You still at the acupuncture studio?
Danny: Yeah, no I'm still here and um I think somebody just lifted my wallet.
Lindsay: Are you sure you had it with you?
Danny: No, no I'm sure it was in here. They got everything. My, my, my, my, wallet, my, my cards, my money, even my grandfather's dogtags. My badge.
Lindsay: Can you talk to the owner? Maybe he saw something.
Danny: They've got my badge Lindsay. What am I gonna do?
Lindsay: Alright, look we'll find it Danny, kay, don't beat yourself up, just come back here. We'll figure something out.
Danny: Alright.
Danny then punches his locker and swears

6x13 (Flag on the Play)

In this episode Danny and Lindsay are once again working the same case.
Lindsay: This fleck has some molecular properties of paint but there's some kind of metallic trace in it as well.
Danny: Metallic Paint?
Lindsay: I don't know. It was wedge in the fabric of here sports bra. I'm thinking maybe the killer transpired it when he dumped our vic in the tub.
Danny: You could be right. The locker room was glass, block and tile. Nothing consistent
with metallic paint.
Lindsay: Any luck finding your badge?
Danny: No. Acupuncture joint hasn't found it anywhere and they looked through the place
a bunch of times.
Lindsay: Danny you could get a command discipline if you don't report it. It's been a week.
Danny: I know how long it's been. Trust me.

Later Danny makes a witty comment to Hawkes about being married.
After that Danny finds his grandfather's dog tag and tells Flack someone stole his badge. When he's processing it to find fingerprints Lindsay walks in.

Lindsay: Any luck?
Danny: Hey. Couple of prints. Probably belong to the guy at the pawn shop though.
Lindsay: Oh I forgot we need diapers.
Danny: Yeah. What else is new?
Lindsay: And we need wipes.
Danny: I'll pick them up on the way home. I'm gonna be here for a little bit though.
Lindsay: Sure. Bye.
Lindsay kisses Danny. The computer beeps.
Danny: We've got a hit here.
Lindsay: Shane Casey? How did his print get on your dog tag?
Danny: I have no idea. This guy's supposed to be serving a life sentence.

6x15 (The Formula) Many little moments and comments between Danny and Lindsay.

6x17 (Pot of gold) In this episode Danny and Lindsay work the case together. Lindsay is in the lab looking a microscope, and Danny comes in and looks another one next to her and says "What ya looking at". Lindsay smiles. Later Lindsay catches up with Danny in the hallway and is telling Danny about some green algae on the victims shirt, she says "i ran it through GCMS and found 3 other ingredients", Danny says, "Oh do i think were talking about what i think were talking about?" then Lindsay says something about one pod in New York that uses algae to make green organic beer. Danny puts hes arm around her and says "bottoms up".

6x18 (Rest in peace, Marina Garito) Danny is looking at a piece of fabric, when he sees Lindsay walking down the hallway and yells "Lindsay Messer!" she smiles:)

6x23 (Vacation Getaway) When well known serial killer Shane Casey is arrested by Flack and held at the District Attorney's office but he attacks the officer that guards him and escapes. Mac and Stella follow the clues left by the assassin and find themselves at the Guggenheim Museum looking at a Andy Warhol painting, one made out of $1 bills. Danny, Lindsay, and Lucy on the other hand are on vacation in Long Island. Shane Casey follows them there where he attempts to kill Danny. Shane Casey then falls off the lighthouse where their fight began. Thinking all is well, the Messers return home and go to sleep. Danny is awoken in the middle of the night by Lucy's crying. He walks into her room only to discover that Shane Casey is holding Lucy. Meanwhile, Lindsay wakes up and discovers Danny isn't in bed. Shane points a gun at Danny. The screen goes black and you hear a gun shot.

Season 7

7x01 (The 34th Floor)
Lin dsay is referred to as "Lindsay Monroe-Messer" in this episode. This is also the episode where we FINALLY get a really great close-up shot of Lindsay's wedding rings, as well as Danny's NEW wedding ring (his old one was thicker and had kind of a gap running around the middle. His new one is simple and solid).Lindsay is still having trouble dealing with the fact that she killed a person, much less Shane Casey. She is taking a moment on the rooftop when Danny comes upon her:

Danny: Thought I'd find you up here. This your new spot?
Lindsay: Did I have an old one?
Danny: Yes, you did. Right here. (putting his arms around her) (Lindsay smiles)
Danny: Talk to the department therapist.
Lindsay: Danny, I am not going back there. I'm done.
Danny: I know that. I'm not asking you to. But, uh, baby, you deserve this, ok? (pulling the Combat Cross out of his pocket) You deserve it. And not for the life you took-but the life you saved. You saved our daughter. You're my hero. (kisses her head)

7x02 (Unfriendly Chat) Lindsay and Danny are talking about the influence of technology in the 21st century:

Danny: What are you listening to?
Lindsay: Sass Dumont. This is the track that the professor and Adam were talking about. I downloaded it from her website. It's pretty catchy, don't you think?
Danny: It's not bad. She definitely had some talent.
Lindsay: Yeah, not to mention technology.Think about it-a few of these (Ipads) and a laptop, and she's able to write, record her own music, post it online, millions of people to hear, and then text and video-chat with god-knows how many more.
Danny: That's great. But how long before more is too much?
Lindsay: (laughing) I don't know, but, you know, we already opened the 21st century, Danny. I think it's too late to send it back.
Danny: Yeah, well, you're probably right about that. But just to be clear, though-Lucy is never going near a computer, ok? Just ever.
Lindsay: Ok, but she does have a laptop lab at her preschool and she can use my Iphone better than I can.
Danny: Dammit

7x17 (Do or die) Lindsay and Danny are working a crime scene at a top rated high school and are discussing Lucy's future.
Lindsay: can you imagine Lucy at a school like this?
Danny: a girl was just murdered here so I’ll try not to
Lindsay: it’s a 5 star education, courses built around the specific developmental needs of your child. An equal emphasis on arts and science and a college acceptance rate that’s in like the 90th percentile.
Danny: you memorised the brochure?
Lindsay: I’m just trying to be prepared. Its our daughters future
Danny: well I got news for you sweet heart. Lucy’s going to go to an old fashion nice public school like I went to ok? That’s her future not with these kids
Lindsay: (laughing) ok

7x18(identity crisis) lindsay danny and adam are looking at evidence when adam gos on the age progestion to see what lindsay looks like.
adam: (laughts) hahahahaha
danny: (laughts) phahahahaha, hey come on thats not right, dont do that, stop it.
lindsay: what?
danny: hes messing with the age progestion sofeware, i wouldnt look
lindsay: is that me! thats not funny
danny: i didnt do it
lindsay yea but your laughing
danny: well....
lindsay: your going to married to her
danny:oh omg
lindsay: were growing old together
danny: yes
(boss walks in)

The Lost Kiss

Reasons Why We Think Danny Is The Perfect Guy For Lindsay and Why They Are Together! (a.k.a Why We Love Him).
1. They have a Love/Hate relationship but now its love.
2. 'Mr. and Mrs. Messer' sounds perfect!
3. He calls her "Montana" because he has a ginormous crush on her.
4. He perked up when Lindsay started talking about phone sex.
5. He went with his instincts and flew to Montana for her.
6. They nearly kissed in a court house...but conceived a child in his home.
7. Helllllllooooooo. They kinda...you know...did the naughty on his pool table.
8. He is super hot!
9. Love the jokes he makes.
10. Love the comments and smart-alack wisecracks he makes to Lindsay
11. They have "Chemistry."
12. Has a special smile for her.
13. He asked her to marry him.
14. Offers to give her a ride home.
15. He feel in "Love with his Montana."
16. He calls her honey/hon.
17. She fell in love with him.
18. Danny loves the baby so much he reads to it while Lindsay's working.
19. He's a child at heart (he still reads a comic book every now and then).
20. He's excited about the child that's coming into his life.
21. He always wants to connect with the baby, through touching Lindsay's huge belly.
22. His protective tendencies are coming out already, and the baby's not even here yet ("If this is a girl, no guy's gettin' close enough to her to get her pregnant")
23. Danny wears his heart on his sleeve. He's not afraid to admit how he's feeling or say what's on his mind.
24. Danny likes to surprise Lindsay any chance he gets.
25. Danny is always looking after Lindsay's physical, emotional, and mental health. Especially now that a baby is coming.
26. He said she was what he's always wanted and he wanted to be with her.
27. He doesn't function when she is not around.
28. Danny was the only one who would sit by her while she ate bugs/insects for dinner.
29. He's always looking for away to connect with the baby-usually through caressing Lindsay's expanding belly.
30. He loves it when she talks trivia.
31. He always wants her to be safe, especially for the baby's sake-for example, not allowing her to visit the scene of the bombing because of the fumes from the blast and the dust from the house.
32. He misses her when she is not around.
33. He lost his mind while she was in Montana.
34. He doesn't want to disappoint her or their child.
35. He knows that he can be the guy that she wants him to be.
36. He KNOWS he is the guy that Lindsay wants him to be.
37. Danny cares enough about Lindsay to not tell her that he almost died after being involved in a gunfight with a suspect.
38. Danny clears loves being married to Lindsay, and it's clear he really values his marriage, because the first thing he did after returning to the lab after the gunfight was to clean the blood off of his wedding ring.
39.He is always there when she needs him the most.
40. Danny always has been, and always will be, very protective of his GIRLS (Lindsay and Lucy.)
41. He has a baby girl with her!!
42. He is a great father to baby Lucy!!
43. He is the only man for his little girl.
44. He makes it so easy to realize that even Sid knows that he likes Lindsay!
45. He always says exactly the right thing to cheer Lindsay up when she is upset.

Reasons Why We Think Lindsay Is The Perfect Girl For Danny and Why They Are Together! (a.k.a Why We Love Her).
1. She likes it when he calls her "Montana."
2. She smiles every time they talk.
3. She still loves him after everything he put her through.
4. She's having his baby!!
5. She smiles when he touches her belly.
6. She fell in love with him.
7. She sticks up for Danny.
8. She supports the decisions he makes.
9. She is always there when he needs her the most.
10. Lindsay taught him that a world exists outside of New York City-e.g."wheat fields of Montana."
11. Lindsay taught him (and showed her adventurous side) that it's ok to do crazy things-like eating meal worm spaghetti, grasshopper chutney, wasp tamale, and fried tarantula.
12. Lindsay showed Danny that she's tougher than she looks and that she's not as fragile as she appears to be-she survived the massacre of her 3 best friends, which must have been the worst event in her life that has ever occurred.
13. Lindsay constantly forgives Danny whenever he makes a mistake.
14. She didn't totally shut out the idea of marrying Danny.
15. She DID marry Danny.
16. She planted the first kiss on Danny (see the unaired scene-or watch the end of "Green Piece").
17. Every once in a while, she kisses him first (such as when they made love on his pool table or when they got engaged).
18. She kicked his butt in pool.
19. She always brings a smile to his face.
20. She always expresses her feelings.
21. She knows he can be the guy that she wants him to be.
22. She knows that Danny IS the guy that she wants him to be.
23. She likes him a lot.
24. She always worries about him.
25. She's comfortable enough to talk about phone sex around him.
26. Lindsay's humorous stories make Danny chuckle-such as finding a dead beaver on her parents' property, and resisting the temptation to rope off the scene with crime scene tape and start processing.
27. She's the only one that truly makes him happy.
28. She's having his baby girl!
29. She's adorable and he knows it!
30. She has a baby girl with him!!
31. She is a great mom to baby Lucy!!

32. She knows enough about football to make Danny want to marry her.
33. She's one of Danny's precious things.

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521: NIGHTLIGHT

iPancakes — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:21:36 CST

Rated: M: for a whole lot of swearing and violence and stuff.
NOTE: THIS IS NOT FINISHED! ive been working on this behemoth for like two years or something so it's changed quite a bit but i am finally off to a good start with it and i hope to finish it soon.
basically this is the first actual "case" of my own that ive completely written out. merrick zacharov is an OC, obviously, and im currently working on her info page which is here. but yeah i hope you guys like it c:
beware sappy lovey stuff because i am a hopeless romantic at heart
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Merrick’s eyes snapped open. She’d heard a noise. Where did it go?
And then there it was again. That tell-tale buzzing that drove her absolutely insane. Being a detective for the NYPD, she was used to getting a lot of phone calls throughout all hours of the day. She sighed and reached for her bedside table. She found her glasses first, and then her phone. As she expected, it was Adam. Her boyfriend and coworker for almost five years, and he still insisted on calling her every morning when she didn’t stay with him. She didn’t mind, though. She loved waking up to his voice, especially since there weren’t a lot of people in her life without the rounded vowels and nonstandard resonance of the stereotypical New York dialect, indigenous to those who grew up here. Merrick wasn’t born here—her last name gave that away. She was what was referred to as a “Diesel Russian,” since she immigrated to Brooklyn from Zakamesnk when she was four years old. But still, she had the speech pattern of a true New Yorker. Adam, on the other hand, was from Phoenix.
“Morning,” he said when she’d answered. “S’good to hear you’re still alive.”Late night, huh? Sure is nice to hear you’re still alive.”
She smiled. It was almost nine o’clock. She’d slept in. And Adam was a practical joker who loved nothing more than to tease her about little things like that, especially since the “late night” that he had mentioned was reference to how she’d been keeping him company around his apartment until he’d gotten called in for the grave shift. She wasn’t officially on the clock until noon, but she was fine with going in early since it meant she’d get to see Adam.
“What’s the word?” She asked.
“Well, let’s see,” Adam said, “district attorney shot dead in Central Park. Single gunshot wound. No ID. No witnesses. No murder weapon. You know; the usual. So you better hurry your cute little butt over here, ‘cause we really, really need your help on this one.”
“I’m sure you do,” she replied, getting to her feet. “I’ll be there in a bit, okay?”
“Alright, baby.”
She flipped her phone shut, slipped it into her pocket, and ran both hands down her face. She stopped in front of the mirror propped against the wall. Staring back at her was the sleep-deprived, wild-haired girl who she saw every morning. Porcelain skin spotted with the ink of multiple tattoos across her collar, thighs, and the backs of her hands. The rest of them were on her back and down her legs. Her green eyes, framed by glass lenses and reddish-brown hair, stood out in the sunlight. The ring in her bottom lip felt heavy as she grimaced, turning sideways. Despite being in her late 20’s, she still had the body of an 18-year old. Most women her age and older would have no problem with that. Her upper torso was small, and her stomach wasn’t as prominent as she may have liked it. Most of what little weight she had was concentrated below the waist. At five foot five, she didn’t have a lot to offer. Adam was probably five or six inches taller than she was. But he didn’t mind. He would always say that his favorite part of her was her petite stature.
Walking away from the mirror, Merrick noticed something. The place was pretty quiet, which surprised her. Otter and Harlot were both early risers. Maybe they’d left already.
This was day three that her two brothers had been staying with her. Together they ran a brokerage firm up in Jersey, but were in New York on business. She didn’t see them much, so of course she offered to let them stay with her. The three of them were probably closer than was expected. Their parents had both died before Merrick was 15, so Otter and Harlot, already in their 20’s, legally became her guardians. Though once she got to college, the two of them went off to start a business in Jersey, leaving Merrick with the house that she’d grown up in.
She yawned as she was walking out into the hallway. She felt a draft. One of her brothers probably left a window open. But as she made her way to the front of the house, she spotted something that was unusual. There was a dull, red smudge on the knob of the front door. She came a bit closer. Something wasn’t right. She made her way downstairs, and the breeze felt stronger. She shivered. The door in front of her had been left ajar. She pushed it open and peered around it.
There was blood everywhere; on the walls, the furniture, and pooling in the carpets. There was more than she’d ever seen at any crime scene. In the middle there were two bodies; both men.
Otter and Harlot; her brothers.
Merrick didn’t make a sound. She felt her eyes go wide and her heart stop. One hand flew to her mouth; the other was in her pocket, fumbling for her cell phone. She turned around and pulledshed the door closed. Holding her phone in front of her face, she could barely see the keys through her tears. But there was only one that she needed to find. Adam was second on her speed dial.

“This sucks.”
Danny looked over at Adam and raised an eyebrow. The lab tech glanced upward as he pulled his rubber gloves off. They’d been processing their murder victim’s clothes for probably an hour, now. The only thing they’d found was blood, and a lot of it. Not particularly surprising, considering that the victim had been shot in the stomach. The bullet had entered low, passing straight through and then out the other side. CSI hadn’t picked up the bullet yet, so all they had was the victim’s suit. There was nothing in the pockets—no concealed weapons, drugs, treasure maps…
Danny adjusted his glasses. He’d seen this kind of thing before. This was almost his eighth year as a detective. Everything and everyone he had to lose was courtesy of this job. He’d met his wife, Lindsay, when she transferred from Montana three years ago. Sometimes he felt like he’d been doing this too long. Lindsay was eight and a half months pregnant. Too bad he didn’t have the kind of money to retire at 34. Adam wasn’t usually the first to lose patience.
And Adam was usually the optimistic one. Especially considering that lately he’d been out in the field more often. He’d specifically asked Mac about it. And of course, having the ability as the supervisor, Mac stuck him with the jobs that nobody wanted. For example, he’d been sent to process the drainpipes on a 747 a while back. More recently, he and Merrick had scoured vulture’s nests on an abandoned rooftop. Since then, things had been easier for him. He was practically a CSI. He definitely had the smarts for the job. His area of expertise, however, was in computers and the genetic analyzers. He liked to refer to himself as ‘a scientist without a badge.’ Either way, it seemed like, at the moment, he wasn’t into it so much.
But Adam didn’t have the attitude. He was like a teenager trapped inside the body of a 30-year old. He was only mature when he needed to be, and even then it seemed like he always had something to smile about. Danny was certain that the something in this case was Merrick. His world revolved around her. Danny had known Merrick since they were kids. They grew up together, and dated once or twice when they were in college. But he’d never loved her the way Adam did. If he had, maybe it would’ve saved her an abusive relationship.
After she and Danny had broken up, she went on to meet a man while she was at the police academy. His name was Kelly, a college student studying to be a biologist. Danny had a chance to meet the guy. The two of them almost immediately became friends. For the first four or five months, Kelly was good to Merrick. On the eighth, they were engaged. But then he hit a rough patch, and was kicked out of school after getting caught, multiple times, and arrested once on possession of ecstasy and Absinthe. Afterwards, his drinking got worse, and when Merrick tried to console him, he’d taken everything out on her. Danny couldn’t remember how many times she’d come in with a black eye or a split lip. For the next year after she’d left Kelly, she lived in constant awareness as to who she got close to. But everything changed when she met Adam. The two of them immediately “clicked,” according to Danny.
Danny hadn’t realized that he’d zoned out. He looked up when he noticed Adam waving at him.
“Seriously,” he said, smiling a little, “there’s—there’s nothing here, I mean…No wallet, business cards, cash, nothin’. And I know…I know Macs’ always, like, ‘dig deeper, dig deeper,’ uh… ‘have faith in the evidence,’ ‘everything’s connected.’ but I don’t think we can go any deeper than we have.”But, um, I think we’ve pretty much uncovered all that there is here. Which…which is nothing.”
“Believe me,” Danny said, “I’m not having any luck over here, either.”
“This guy gets shot in the middle of Central Park,” Adam went on, “early morning, so there’s plenty of people there, and nobody sees or hears anything. I don’t get it Danny. I really don’t.”how does nobody see what happened? It’s as if all our witnesses are suddenly blind. And deaf, I mean, it’s a gunshot. How the hell do you not hear a gunshot, man?”
Danny laughed once. Adam was so new to this.
“Welcome to my world, buddy.”
Adam smirked, unsatisfied. Before he could make another smart remark, his phone was ringing in the pocket of his lab coat. He looked away and back again before he answered it.
“Hi,” he said with a smile. The way his whole face lit up assured Danny that it was Merrick. After a moment, his smile vanished, and his eyes grew darkclouded with concern. “Mer? Baby, what’s wrong? Why are you—?”
Danny’s eyes narrowed. Adam glanced over at him for just a second.
“Mer, I can’t—slow down, what—what happened, sweetheart, what’s goin’ on?”
Merrick said one last thing that Danny couldn’t hear. Adam looked over at him once again before he turned, not saying a word, and headed out the door.Merrick must’ve said one last thing that sent Adam over the edge. He looked at Danny one last time before he turned and headed out.

Merrick just watched. She watched as NYPD roped crime scene tape in front of her house. A few officers, the first on the scene, had come to talk to her, but of course she’d insisted that she was fine. It was at least 20 minutes ago that she’d called Adam. It felt like a century. She’d found a hoodie of his in her bedroom, and had slipped into it just so she had something that reminded her of him and not the bloody mess in her home. She couldn’t grasp what had happened. Otter and Harlot couldn’t be dead. This was probably just a dream. Nothing but a bad dream.
“Merrick?”
She didn’t move. She knew it was Adam behind her. Tears streaked down her cheeks, and she knew how much he hated to see her upset. She sighed, trying to slow down. Though she longed to see his face, his light hair and blue eyes and his smile, she couldn’t turn around. He’d stopped behind her and touched her shoulder.
She’d felt it. This was real.
“Oh, God,” she breathed. She turned to throw her arms around him, her tears coming back. He hugged her close, kissing her temple. “Adam, what happened? What happened? Who would do this?”
“Shhh, okay,” he crooned, “okay, it’s alright. Shhh, it’s alright. I’ve got you.”
She pushed her face against his chest. His touch and presence was usually enough to make everything go away. But this was too much. He nuzzled her and kissed her and told her that everything would be okay. But she didn’t believe him.
“No,” she said weakly, “no. Not when something like this has just happened.”
He pulled away, just a little. His hands came up and framed her face. He shook his head.
“This is hard,” he murmured, “but I’m gonna take care of you. I’m gonna be…right here. Okay?”
She looked up at him. She could see all her pain and heartbreak reflected in his steady blue gaze. She let out a soft sigh and pressed her face to his shoulder. He had no idea. No idea how much he meant to her.
“Promise?” She whispered.
“Promise, Mer,” he replied. “I promise.”
She felt herself sigh, and let him do what he did best; he freed her mind. For a moment, she felt nothing; nothing except him. But it didn’t last, as she felt reality slowly fill in the blanks around her. It was too hard. She took a few steps back and turned away. She held her hands to her mouth and bit her sleeves. Her eyes squeezed shut and tears rolled down her cheeks. It was only a moment until Adam was behind her again, his arms around her shoulders. She shuddered.
“I’m sorry,” she said, her words muffled by the fabric at her lips. “This is just…”
“Shhh. Don’t,” he said, cutting her off. “You don’t ever need to apologize to me, Mer, never.”
She knew to listen to him. He always knew what to say in situations like this. One would never expect that from him, especially since he was normally the wise-cracking sarcastic. He was the one who could put a smile on your face. He could always make you laugh, no matter how down you were. That was one reason why Merrick loved him so much. But she’d loved her brothers, too.
“What am I gonna do without them?” she said. “My family’s all gone, Adam, you’re all I have left.”
“I know, Mer,” Adam replied, “I know, baby, I know. This hurts. Okay, but I’m right here. I’m not goin’ anywhere.”
“Merrick?”
Merrick looked up. It was Mac. Danny was right behind him. They both wore a looks of deep concern, though Danny’s was much more obvious. She was quiet. Adam took both her hands in his. She glanced over her shoulder at him and then back at Mac.
“Merrick, what happened?” Danny asked. She shook her head.
“I don’t know,” she said. “I just…this morning, I…”
Mac waved her off. He looked at Adam and then Danny. Merrick knew what he was doing.
“Danny, why don’t you and Adam check out the house?”
Adam nodded a little. Merrick grabbed his arm before he could move.
“No,” she said, “no, please don’t make him go.”
His eyes met hers. He was torn. He smiled a little.
“It’s just for a minute, sweetheart,” he said. She hesitated, looking back at Mac. His face was drawn. He’d been in her family for longer than she could remember, having been in the Marine Corps with her father. In November of 1983, their base in Beirut had been bombed, and Merrick’s father was killed. Since then, Mac had been a father-figure to her. This loss was his loss as well. But he trusted Adam to take care of her.
After a moment, she felt herself nod as her hold loosened. He kissed her forehead before turning to follow Danny. She felt her heart cracking down the middle as he left. She pulled her sweatshirt around her, suddenly realizing how cold it was; even more so, now that he was gone.
“He’s all I have left,” she whispered. “He’s all I have left, Mac.”
“I know,” he said, bringing an arm around her shoulders and turning her away from the scene. “Merrick, what were Otter and Harlot doing in New York?”
“They were, um, in the city,” she replied, “on—on business. They were staying with a friend until just the other night, I called them over.”
“Okay, okay,” Mac said. “Alright, just take it slow.”
Merrick hadn’t realized she’d been talking fast. She took a short breath and nodded. Mac nudged her a little.
“I want you to stay at Adam’s place,” he said, “okay?”
Merrick nodded again.
“This isn’t home anymore.”
“Okay,” he replied. “I’m also gonna need you to stick around. IAB’s sending an Inspector to ask you some questions.”
It had started to rain. She shivered and looked away.
“That’s fine,” she muttered. “Fine. I mean—it’s only natural that they’d expect I had something to do with it, right?”
Mac had moved in front of her.
“It’ll be fine,” he said. She felt herself smile just a little. He did, too. “You wait here, okay?”
“Okay,” she said softly as he turned and left.
The rain was coming down harder, now. She didn’t care. She couldn’t feel it. The only thing she felt was Adam as he came behind her. His arms were around her waist. She placed her hands over his.. He kissed her neck. Her hands fell over his.
“I love you,” she whispered. She didn’t know if he’d even heard her. “I love you. I love you, so much.”
“I love you, too,” he said, nuzzling her softly. “You’re my entire life, babe.”
“Detective Zacharov?”
She recognized a voice that she didn’t want to hear. She looked up at: Deputy Inspector Finn McCail. Go figure, IAB would send the same inspector who had questioned her years ago when her ex-fiancé, Kelly, was a suspect in a murder investigation. She felt Adam take a step back.
“Oh, no,” she breathed.
“Isn’t that the guy who…?” Adam started.
“Inspector Finn McCail,” she replied as Finn stopped in front of her. He exchanged a nod with Adam before his icy glare locked on to Merrick.
“I’m sorry for your loss,” he said. There was no sympathy in his voice, but she wasn’t expecting any. Not from him. “We need to talk.”
Adam was still behind her, dragging his palms down her arms and back up again.
“Now?” he said. Finn raised an eyebrow.
“Now.”
Merrick nodded. Finn crossed his arms over his chest and tapped his elbow with two fingers. His eyes flicked back and forth.
“I spoke with the coroner,” he continued. “He’s fixed time of death around eleven last night—“
“—What?” Merrick cut him off. “You mean…they’d already been dead for hours by the time I’d gotten home?” Finn was quiet. She felt her tears coming back. Adam noticed, too, and pulled her against him. She hid her face against his shoulder. “Oh, God.”
“Hey, hey,” he murmured, “shhh.”
This all hurt so badly. Her guilt was as strong as the drumming rain around her. She was frozen. Adam held her close. His warmth was comforting, but she was still shivering.
“And where were you?” She heard Finn ask. She was going to turn around, but Adam didn’t let her go.
“She had nothing to do with this,” he said sharply.
Finn paused and said, “It’s protocol.”
“She was working.”
Merrick pulled away.
“Merrick?” Finn said, impatient.
“Okay,” she said to Adam. “It’s okay.” His eyes met hers. His fingers traced her jaw line and he even smiled a little.
“You know I’m on your side, sweetheart,” he said softly. “I’m not gonna let him blame you for anything.”
She gave him a smile in return and looked back at Finn.
“You were working?” he said, “Anyone who can vouch for that?”
“Sure,” she replied, “Stella Bonasera, the lead Detective on my last case. I didn’t leave until…I think, like, 12:30.”
Finn’s eyes narrowed.
“This place is a crime scene, as I’m sure you’ve realized by now,” he said, “so we’re gonna have to tear it apart.”
“Go ahead,” she said hotly. “I’m not going back in there.”
His phone rang. His gaze switched on them one last time before he turned and answered it, walking away.
Merrick sighed. She was freezing. Adam stepped in front of her and took her face in both hands. She looked up at him and he smiled. That smile she’d fallen so hard in love with. He closed the distance between them and he kissed her. Tears rolled down her cheeks. Again, she tried to slow herself down, but she couldn’t stop, now. She just wanted to forget everything as he placed his mouth over hers. But she couldn’t. She pulled away, her breath shaking.
“Merrick,” he said, “Merrick, I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.”
The pain and sincerity in his words made her heart crumble into a million tiny pieces. Over his shoulder she could see the gurneys, covered by white sheets, being rolled into the coroner’s van. She hid her face against his chest.
She felt him shift in front of her. His mouth caught her temple and he whispered, “Are you sure? About the house?”
She nodded against him. It’d been five years that they’d been together. They already shared everything. But it was about time it was all under one roof.
“Adam, you’re my home,” she murmured. “You’re my best friend, my…my life, now. Besides…Otter and Harlot, they died here…”
“Shhh, it’s alright,” he said as she trailed off. She let out a shaky sigh.
“It’s okay, right?” She asked. “I just—I don’t wanna be alone ever again.”
“Of course it’s okay, Mer,” he replied, “baby, I love you. I love you more than anything, and, I mean—half my place is already yours.”
She smiled a little. She felt his hands against the back of her neck, his fingers dragging gently through her hair.
“I’m sorry,” she said, “that it’s taken me so long to ask. I know you’ve been meaning to talk about it for a while.”
He pulled away slightly, brushing her hair from her face, and he said, “It’s fine, really. What’s most important to me right now is that you’re safe. Okay? And that whoever did this doesn’t come anywhere near you.”
Merrick felt more tears. He wiped them away and held a kiss to her forehead.
“Everything’s gonna be okay,” he assured her. “I promise.”
This time, she believed him.

Merrick had been into the ME’s office more times than she could remember. It was part of her job to be around dead bodies all the time. But tonight, it seemed so different. It was unfamiliar. The door in front of her felt tons heavier when she pushed it open. She didn’t know how ready she was for this, but still she stepped into the morgue. It was empty, aside from the hollow presence of ghosts on the autopsy tables. And for once, it scared her. She dragged her palms up and down her arms.
She’d been called here in regards to her brothers’ autopsies. She had to see them one last time. Adam didn’t want her to leave, not alone at least, but it was her decision and not his.
“Sid?”
Nothing moved. She looked away and back again. A door on the other side of the room opened. She turned. Sid looked back at her.
“Oh, Merrick,” the old medical examiner said softly, “um, you’re here for the…” He trailed off. He must’ve noticed that she was holding back tears. He took a step closer. “Merrick, honey, I’m so sorry.”
“Have you finished with them?” She asked, trying to ignore his concern. She didn’t want to have a breakdown right here in front of him. She would try to hold herself together at least until she got home. She’d insisted that Adam let her go alone, for no reason other than to have him to go back to. Despite how much she loved him, and how hard this was for her, she wasn’t a child. She could take care of things on her own, without his help.
Sid had nodded wordlessly. He turned and motioned for her to follow. He led her past a row of steel tables until they’d reached the last two. The ghosts under these sheets were the ones she’d come to see. Sid stopped in front of the first. His fingers tapped the steel table lightly. She sighed.
“Whenever you’re ready,” he said.
She hesitated, preparing herself. She thought back to how many times she’d been right next to Sid while he said the same thing to a victim’s loved ones. It was never easy to see their reactions when he pulled up the sheet. She could only imagine what it would be like for Sid to see hers—especially having known her for so long as the smiling cynic of the NYPD. She would try not to let him see her at her weakest. After what seemed like hours, she nodded, and Sid lifted the sheet to reveal the porcelain-white face of her dead brother, Harlot. She felt knives in her heart, slicing it into pieces. But at the same time, she felt something else. Harlot looked so still, eyes closed. His dark curls framed his face perfectly. Though she wished she could see his eyes; his familiar two-toned gaze. She wished she could see him smiling again. But she never would. She reached down and touched her fingertips to his forehead. He was cold. Her hand shot back and covered her mouth. Her eyes were brimming with tears.
“Merrick?” She heard Sid say as he pulled the sheet back. “Sweetheart, I…”
She shook her head. This was too hard. She turned and walked back to the door, pulling it open and escaping into the hallway. She made it halfway across the tiled floor before she stopped. Her vision was blurred by her tears. She stepped backward, eventually hitting a wall, and sinking to the ground. She didn’t know where she was. She was lost in the situation.
She tried to slow down, taking long, deep breaths. This wasn’t the place. It may have been the time, but she wasn’t about to lose herself here in this building. She stood up again, wiping her eyes, and headed for the staircase, determined to try and walk it off.
She never heard another door opening behind her. She never heard someone else slowly creeping towards her. And as a result, she didn’t have a chance when a hand came over her mouth, and she was grabbed and forced back against an unfamiliar body.

“Mac, you’re not gonna like this.”
Mac looked up. It was Lindsay who’d spoken. She was standing in the doorway, one small hand over her baby bump, the other clutching a file folder. But she didn’t have that glow that she usually possessed.usually radiated around her. Something was wrong. Mac knew that for sure, because Lindsay was supposed to catch a flight to Montana in less than two days. He’d given her time off until then. But here she was, and Mac couldn’t help but assume it had something to do with Merrick’s case.
“I thought you were supposed to be packing,” he said. “You’re leaving in a couple days, aren’t you?”
Lindsay nodded and said, “Yeah, but I heard, about Merrick’s brothers. I wanna catch the guys who did this, even if it means missing my flight.”
“Guys?”
She came closer, handing Mac the folder she’d been holding.
“Danny and Stella found all sorts of prints where Otter and Harlot were found. Most of them… were in their blood, and we’ve identified two perps. One had a hit in AFIS. The other profile is still running.”
Mac looked at the name on the report and felt his blood boiling.
“Are you sure this is right?” He asked, his voice unintentionally hostile towards her..
“Prints belong to DJ Pratt,” she replied, nodding again. “Broken out of prison almost six months ago.”
Even though she’d just said it, Mac’s name struggled with a name.
Rapist.
Murderer.
Cop-killer.
“Son of a b-tch,” he hissed, “he’s going after Merrick.”
“He’s been dodging us for months,” Lindsay said. Mac was dialing Merrick’s cell phone. “Do you think he’s been plotting this whole time?”
“I wouldn’t put it past him,” he said. The other end kept ringing.
“Boss?”
That was Adam. Mac felt his heart skip a beat.
“Where’s Merrick?” He asked.
“ME’s Office,” Adam replied. “She left probably an hour ago.”
“She went alone?”
“She insisted. I—y’know, of course I offered to go with her but she…Wait, what—has something happened?“
“I have a hunch,” Mac said. “But we need to find her, first.”
Adam paused.
“Boss, what is it?” he said. “She’s not…she’s not in, like…danger or anything, is she?”
“How fast can you get here?” Mac cut him off.
“Okay, uh—I’m leaving right now.”
Mac flipped his phone shut. Lindsay was worried, now.
“Where is she?”
He looked up at her.
“Don’t know, yet.”

“Hey, Sid?” Adam said, pushing the door open. Sid turned and suddenly looked confused.
“Hey,” he said, “y’know, your girlfriend was here earlier, and she’s…”
“Yeah, I was just, actually, um—“ Adam went on and stopped. “You haven’t seen her, have you?”
“Since she left?” Sid replied. “No, no. The poor thing. She came in to—to see the bodies, and she just broke down. Barely said two words the whole time she was here.”
Adam bit his lip and shook his head. He took a step back and let the door shut behind him. He made it halfway down the hallway before he pulled his phone out of his pocket and started to dial Mac. His mind was racing. This wasn’t like her—she would never do something to scare him like this. Especially not now, not with her brothers dead.
Where the hell could she be?
The other end had just started to ring when the answer to his question came out of nowhere. There were small, shaking hands on his shoulders. He spun around and faced a pair of horror stricken grey-green eyes.
Merrick.
She’d been beaten worse than any of the murder victims Adam had ever seen. Both of her eyes were ringed with dark reddish bruises, though her left was practically black, sending tendrils down her cheek; as if ink had been injected into her skin. Her lip was torn where her ring had been ripped out, and also split in multiple places on the top as well as on the bottom. Her clothing was in shreds—no doubt it had been torn away and then put back on in haste—stained and streaked with fresh blood. Her snowy skin was patched with red, mostly across her neck, arms, thighs, and her stomach, where she held a mangled hand. Her arms, stomach, and thighs were spotted with blue and purple. Her clothing was in shreds. She held a hand to her stomach. Blood was seeping through her fingers, which Adam noticed were curled around the handle of a short knife. Tears streaked the blood on her cheeks. He held her waist to stabilize her.
She’d been kicked and beaten nearly to death, probably just moments ago. And where the hell had he been while this was happening…
“Merrick?” he said, his voice faltering. “Oh God, Merrick—what happened? What happened, sweetheart, who did this to you?”
She was wheezing and falling to the floor. He went with her, taking her face gently in one hand.
“I’m sorry,” she whispered, “I’m sorry, I never—I never…should’ve left…”
“Baby, who…who hurt you?” he asked. “How did this happen?”
Her eyes were rolling back. He tipped her face to his.
“Hey, hey—baby, look at me, look at me.”
“Adam, I can’t—“ she was gasping, “can’t…breathe. I can’t…”
She was dying. She was dying right in front of him. He knew that, but he didn’t want to believe it.
“No,” he said, “no, no, no, Merrick—baby, please, stay with me, okay? Look at me, hey—look at me. Don’t…you can’t die on me, baby, please.”
His phone was still in his hand. She had fallen against his shoulder. His free arm pulled her closer. He could feel her rapid heartbeat and her delicate, battered frame; her cracked and broken ribs. She was shaking hard. His eyes stung.
How could he have let this happen?
It was just this morning he’d told her that everything was going to be okay. He’d spent the whole day by her side, just holding her and doing his best to reassure her. He must’ve told her how much he loved her at least a hundred times, but even that wasn’t enough for him. Maybe two hours ago, she’d gotten a call from Sid about her brothers’ autopsy, and she’d left for the ME’s office. She’d insisted on going alone. Adam never wanted her to leave, though it’s not like he expected something like this to happen here, in the lab. The both of them had been around this place for years. It was a damn secure facility. Only someone with passwords and an ID could’ve gotten inside. He couldn’t help it as the thought of someone, like a coworker, doing something like this, crossed his mind.
“I’m gonna get you outta here,” he said firmly. “I promise. You hear me? I promise. But you…hey, you’ve gotta fight it, okay? You have to fight for me. Because I…” he trailed off, holding a hand to her hair and keeping her close. He pushed his face against her shoulder. “I need you,” he whispered. “Please…Mer, I need you to fight it, just until I get you outta here. Everything…everything’s gonna be okay.”
He didn’t know if he was telling the truth or not. She was bleeding everywhere. But for the sake of them both, he tried to be at least a little optimistic. She’d been through Hell already, and now she was dragging him down with her.

Hawkes pushed the door open and stepped quickly into the long marble hallway of the ICU. There was something nostalgic about this place. Probably the fact that he’d worked here for years as a surgeon, before he’d taken a job at the ME’s office, and then one as a CSI. He’d been up and down all of these hallways at least a hundred times. But it was always patients that he’d come to visit—never his best friend’s girlfriend; never a friend of his own.
Adam was easy to spot; maybe twenty feet down the hallway, sitting outside the ER. There was blood all over him—Merrick’s blood, mostly on his hands and arms and the front of his shirt. But as Hawkes drew closer, he saw that it was streaked down his face and chest. With the amount of it, Hawkes assumed that Merrick must be in pretty bad shape. Knowing that, he didn’t want to have to break the news that Mac had given him.
“How long have you been here, man?”
Adam looked up. His eyes were bloodshot.
“I dunno,” he replied. “All…all night. I mean…I can’t just leave her. Not after seeing her like that.”
“Right,” Hawkes said, “no, I know. I know.”
Adam buried his face in his hands and then stood up, looking away and back again.
“She came outta nowhere,” he said, “bleeding…bleeding everywhere. And this wasn’t just happenstance, y’know? This has to be connected with Otter and Harlot’s murder.”
“We think we know who killed them,” Hawkes put out. Adam’s gaze shot over at him. “Lindsay ran prints. It took us awhile, but we found…well, a potential match. His name is Jet Parker—sound familiar? We don’t have anything definitive yet.”
“I don’t know him,” Adam said, shaking his head. “I’ve never heard Merrick bring him up, either. What does he…?“
“He’s a known associate of DJ Pratt’s.”
Hawkes already wished he hadn’t said it. Pratt was a rapist. He’d evaded prison time on two accounts of rape, both due to an acquittal. The first was credit to a witness who refused to testify, and with the second, no evidence was presented. Pratt was finally thrown in jail three years ago after he’d killed a former CSI, Detective Aiden Burn. She’d been let go after tampering with evidence pertaining to his second rape charge. She was a close friend of Merrick’s. Six months ago, Pratt was allegedly broken out of jail by a long-time friend. Jet Parker must’ve been that friend.
Adam’s voice didn’t work right away.
“That’s…”he started and trailed off. “No. No, no, there’s no way.”
He took a few steps away, shaking his head, and turned back again. He bit his lip.
“Son of a b-tch, if he did this,” he hissed. Then he stopped. Hawkes looked over at him, sympathetic. His voice softened. “She doesn’t. She doesn’t deserve…to have to go through this again. Not after what happened with Weatherly and his—and his…goddamn chop shop.”
Hawkes nodded, suddenly feeling even worse. Three years ago, Merrick had fallen prey to the head of one of most widespread trafficking rigs on the east coast. She had been grabbed in the parking lot of the NYPD crime lab and then beaten and drugged over the course of eight days. Weatherly, the man in charge, had used her status as a Detective to gain some leverage over the NYPD. During this time, an FBI agent by the name of Kevin Trainer had stalled Mac and his team until Weatherly saw it fit to pack up and move shop; taking his operation on the road once again to some other state. But Trainer had been revealed as a fraud before it could happen, and the NYPD then succeeded in tearing Weatherly’s business apart.
In the time that Merrick had been missing, Adam had worked himself to the ground. Mac had not even been able to force a leave on him. He’d stayed at his computers and gone home maybe twice, doing anything and everything that he possibly could in order to find out where his girlfriend was. It had been Adam who had discovered Trainer’s true identity, which indirectly lead to him giving up the location of Weatherly’s warehouse. When CSI had finally picked up Merrick in Rochester and brought her to the hospital, Adam didn’t leave her side. Eventually, they’d both recovered. But now, this was happening again. And it would be even harder for them this time.
“Adam, listen,” Hawkes said, “Merrick is as tough as they come, but she is gonna need your help. You gotta remember that, ‘cause she may not ask for it.”
“Of course I will,” Adam replied. “You know she’s my whole life.”
Hawkes knew that. Everyone knew how much Adam loved Merrick. She was everything to him. And he wouldn’t leave her by herself until he knew that she was safe. After all, with her brothers dead, Adam was quite literally all that she had left.
“How is she?” asked Hawkes, changing the subject a little. “Have you heard?”
Adam shook his head. By now, she was definitely out of surgery. Flack would be here soon to talk to her. But the doctors didn't have any time for progress reports.
“I’ll wait all night if I have to,” he said.
Suddenly Hawkes remembered the reason he was here.
“Adam, there’s not an easy way to say this,” he said, “but Mac needs you outta here.”
“What?” Adam looked skeptical, but Hawkes was serious. “That’s bullsh-t, man. He can’t expect me to leave her.”
“I’m sorry, I don’t make the rules.”
“That’s bullsh-t,” Adam said again. After a moment he turned, walking back down the hallway towards the door.
As much as he wanted to, he never disobeyed Mac’s orders. It was just in his nature. Still, Hawkes felt bad about making him go. But he knew that this wasn’t the end. He knew that Adam would stand up to Mac in order to make sure he’d see Merrick. That much was certain.

Merrick heard the door open and felt herself flinch. Her eyes cracked open and she saw Detective Flack. He was saying something to a nurse before he looked over at her, stepping inside the room and letting the door close behind him. Merrick winced and convinced herself to go slow as she pushed herself up. Pain exploded through her, starting in her wrists and shooting out to her whole body. She bit down on her bottom lip, and that hurt even more. The ring that used to be there had been torn out; leaving a deep gash that had been stitched shut. Her stomach hurt, too, but she couldn’t remember what had happened.
She just felt so lost.
Flack came closer and pulled a chair next to the bed.
“Hey,” he said softly, sitting down beside her, “how’re you feelin’?”
She couldn’t help but smile. Here she was in the ICU, of all places, and he was asking how she was feeling. He smiled, too. She moved to sit on the edge of the bed closest to him, desperately longing to be near someone familiar.
He was almost as familiar as it got for her. She’d been working with Don Flack for probably nine years, now, longer than she’d known her own boyfriend. She remembered the day that they met. He’d been the lead Detective on a murder case in the Bronx. When she’d shown up at the scene, she’d made a comment on the color of his eyes. Ever since then, those baby blues had always given her some reassurance.
“Rough night, huh?”
She laughed hoarsely. And then there were tears streaking down her cheeks. She held her hands over her mouth. She noticed that both were wrapped in gauze and tape, and one was in a brace. She looked down at her bare legs. Her thighs were cut up and bruised so badly that she could barely see the tattoos underneath the red and purple. When Flack laid a hand above her knee, it hurt. But she didn’t care. She placed both of her hands over his, her tears coming down uncontrollably at this point.
“Listen, hey,” he said, “sweetheart. You don’t have to worry about anything. Okay? You’re safe now.”
She pulled one hand away to wipe at her eyes. She looked up and around the small white room. Something was missing. Someone.
“Where’s Adam?” She asked. “Is he here?”
She could tell that Flack didn’t know what to say. And to her, that meant his answer was no.
“Mac didn’t want him to stay,” he said after a moment. “But he’ll be here. Alright? Once we’re done talkin’, I promise.”
Merrick nodded, but she felt her heart sink. She pulled her knees close to her chest. Mac had done this same thing, years ago, after CSI had found her in Weatherly’s chop shop. He’d kept Adam away because for some reason, he’d thought that either Weatherly or Agent Trainer might make a move while she was in the hospital. That never happened. Still, it was almost two days before Adam had been let in to see her. She hoped that this time it wouldn’t take as long. But for now, at least she had Don’s company. She wasn’t completely alone.
“So,” he said, “can you tell me what you remember?”
“I just remember going to the ME’s office,” she answered, “and I was leaving and he just…they came outta nowhere—“
“—whoa, whoa,” Flack cut her off, his eyes suddenly dark with concern. He moved a little closer. “Did you just say ‘they’?”
Merrick looked back up at him, as if, in all honesty, she didn’t know what she’d said. Then her hands came over her face and she shook her head.
“Mer? Sweetheart, what happened?”
Her gaze went past him, fixed on some invisible point in the distance. She raised a hand and touched her bottom lip, feeling for the stitches that were there. Then she was shaking her head again, her eyes brimming with tears.
“I don’t…” she managed. “I don’t know…” She trailed off, wiping at her eyes. She dragged her hands down her arms and then up again. She didn’t look as Flack stood, taking off his jacket and then draping it over her shoulders. She shivered, pulling it closer around her. “I wanna see him,” she said, “Adam. Please, I just…I just wanna see him.”
“I know,” Don said, looking sympathetic. She knew that there was nothing he could do. Mac’s word was law, and they all had to abide by it.

The phone rang. Once…Twice…
Mac just ignored it. He had been getting calls all morning, all of them regarding Merrick’s case. The first were the ones about the double homicide in her home. Her brothers ran a highly functioning business, so when word of their deaths leaked, coworkers and associates of the company had started calling. Next there were calls from the reporters and the press, which was the same as any other case. Though just the fact that the two victims were people so close to Mac, he couldn’t stand to have people asking for the details of their deaths.
People of the press had continued to call all day long, only now they wanted information on Merrick’s attack. At that point, Mac up and just quit answering the phone. Merrick was the closest he had to a daughter, and now the story of her attack would be all over tomorrow’s newspaper. But as much as he absolutely despised the idea, it was just the sort of thing that would always happen, and there was really nothing he could do to stop it. It’s not like he could just stop the printing of all newspapers in New York. Though there were times when he really, really wished that he could.
There was a tap on the door and Mac looked up. It was Adam. He’d showered and changed his clothes, but he still looked awful. He walked with his head down, and there were dark rings around his eyes. He was exhausted, having not slept since he’d brought Merrick to the hospital. Mac couldn’t blame him.
Adam’s eyes finally flicked up to meet Mac’s. When he spoke, his voice sounded drained. He was so unlike himself.
“Boss?” He said. “Is…is there a way—is it possible for you to get the media…off my girlfriend’s case?”
Mac knew it was just a matter of time before news of the press had made its way to Adam.
“Adam, I’m sorry,” he replied, “but you know the answer to that. It’s the press…”
“Right,” Adam said with a sigh. “Sh-t—this is not what she needs right now. This is hard enough already.”
Mac was just nodding slowly. He didn’t know what to say to Adam right now. Nothing could offer any kind of consolation in a situation like this.
“I still don’t even know what happened to her, Mac,” he went on. There was nothing but desperation in the way he spoke. When he looked up again, all that Mac could see was heartbreak. This attack on Merrick was an attack on Adam as well. “Do you know?” He asked. “I mean…have you heard anything?”
Mac was quiet. He’d been told everything. He’d seen Flack’s notes from when he’d gone to talk to her earlier. Adam should’ve been the first to know.
“You want the truth?” Mac said. Adam immediately nodded, and Mac nodded in response. “Alright,” he continued. “She…was raped.”
Adam hesitated, looking horrified, and Mac could tell that he was expecting to hear that. He shook his head and let out a shaky breath before his eyes darted back up.
“It was…really bad, wasn’t it?” He bit out, his voice straining. Mac gave him another nod.
“DNA analysis confirms two donors.”
“Holy sh-t…”Adam was shaking his head again. “Oh, God, Merrick…How could this happen to her, Mac? How could this…”
He trailed off and Mac said, “It’s our job to find out.”
“No, no, I mean how could I let this happen to her?” Adam said, turning away and burying his face in his hands. “I wasn’t supposed to let anyone touch her. I should’ve done something.”
“You want to do something?” Mac had gotten his attention now. He’d decided that nine hours was enough time that they’d been apart. He was what was best for her. “Go back to the hospital. She’s been asking for you ever since she regained consciousness. Get over there and call me if either of you need anything, and I mean anything. If the press gets on you, I wanna be the first to know.”
Adam didn’t say another word. He just nodded his acknowledgement and turned to leave.

Enter Merrick Zacharov

iPancakes — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:32:27 CST

im currently working on what is gonna go here. it wont be empty forever!

Misc.

iPancakes — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:21:34 CST

i'll probably put something here at some point.

CSI: NY Music | Season 8

kassapu — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:17:04 CST

Hello
I have been looking for the song in the beginning of the " Crossroads " episode, Its some where around the 4 minute mark. Here's some of the lyrics

I've been flying out of time, but nobody can see. All the darkness of my life, are shadows of me (chorus ) Just a run away......

any help would be greatly appreciated .... Thanks

If someone read this... I want to find all the songs on episode 805... please help...

CSI: NY Episode Guides

Sylvie26 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:51:15 CST

It's easy on the new episode of 2012 bring back Stella, because every fans love's her, and will like to see her with Mac Taylor

Calling all fans! Help build the ultimate CSI: NY episode guides!

Season 7 Help us by editing the pages as new episodes premiere.
Season 1 The sparks between Mac and Stella have always been there ever since Officer Blue. Share your expertise.	Season 2 Was the murder of Aiden Burn your ultimate episode? What do you think of Lindsay Monroe, the new member of the team? Help fill out the season's episode guides.
Season 3 Snow Day your favourite episode? Maybe Raising Shane? Add and let us know.	Season 4 Was Stella telling Mac that he had no game your favourite part of season 4? Tell us.
Season 5 Was the death of Jessica Angell too much for Flack to handle? How about lil' Lucy; love a baby on the show? What do you make of Stella and Mac's trip to Greece? Share your opinions with others.	Season 6 How do you feel about the return of Shane Casey? And how do you feel about Flack's heartbreak over Angell and Sheldon's money troubles?

Honey waffles

amy_hugh — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:55:56 CST

Im a smacked fan...but im not a writer so be nice :)

Stella tossed and turned restlessly in the bed. She couldnt sleep. She wasn't suprised by this...she kind of expected it. For the past 3 months she had had trouble sleeping: whenever she closed her eyes all she could see where two eyes staring back with such rage it frightened her. Frankie. She sighed...possibly the longest sigh in her life.
It was only 5am, but she knew there was no point in sleeping anymore; she wouldn't be able to close her eyes without reliving that day, so she pulled herself up and sat on the edge of the bed rubbing her eyes. Tears started to flow from her green eyes, which had become more dim over the previous months. The tiredness had made her so emotional these days. Ergh.
Wobbling around the edge of the bed on stiff legs, she grabbed her phone from the bedside cabinet and with her eyes half open, she dialed the number that was etched into her brain.
"stella?" Mac answered. The worry in his voice made her sigh again.
"Hey Mac. Did i wake you?" she replied.
"Yes. But my alarm was set for 5.15 so its not like its early or anything."
"Sorry Mac...I dont even know why i called you. I had a horrible dream and i guess i just wanted to hear your voice."
"Stell, was it the same dream that you have rung me about almost every morning for the past 3 months?" mac replied.
"Yes. I know you protect me so i guess wanting to hear your voice makes perfect logic..." stella thought out loud.
"Put the kettle on stell. I'll be over in 20." mac simply said.
"Ok. see you then".
Stella stumbled to the bathroom...the first thing she was going to do was have a shower before her boss walked in the door and saw her with bed head so bad she looked like a lion. As she stood in the shower she relaxed: After a 15 minute destressing wash She finally stopped shivering from the nightmare. she wrapped her hair in one towel, and herself in another. She shuffled her way back to her room where she found clean jeans and a new purple blouse. Drying her hair on the way to the kitchen, she walked past the mirror and for the first time in months she looked exhausted. She had tried not to let the stress and her depression get to her, but today it looked like it had finally caught up. She put on the kettle and pulled out two mugs just as there was a knock on the door.
"Hey Mac" stella said as she opened to door to a very concerned looking man.
As soon as she saw the expression across macs face, stella knew she had roughly 5 minutes before the "your struggling" lecture. A smile spread across her face and she let him in. It gave her heart a slight jitter to know that she could call him anytime and he would come, no matter what. She had to secretly admit that she liked these lectures. It showed her how much he cared for her! She knew she loved him, and unfortunately there was nothing she could do about it. He was her boss!! Nothing could ever happen. Realising this made her smile drop, and her eyes looked sad once more.Noticing this Mac put his hand on her cheek.
"Honey waffles stell?" Mac asked.
"Yes please." Stella mumbled the reply to the floor.

As Mac made the waffles, Stella made two coffees. She stirred for quite a while and let her mind wander randomly. She was just thinking about christmas pudding when mac interupted her thought proccesses.
"Stell?...your waffles are done."
"Thanks Mac." Stella smiled.
Mac had two forkfuls then sighed and placed his fork down. Stella raised her eyebrows...here it comes!
"Stell...I can see your struggling. I know you wont openly admit it but i can see it in your eyes. They dont sparkle anymore...and that makes me sad. I just want you to be happy and to get over this whole issue with frankie. Its affecting you so much. Im not sure that you realise how much Im hurting because you are. Partners protect eachother stell, and at the minute im not doing that!"
Stella didnt realise she was crying until her shoulders started to shake. "Mac im sorry. I know im struggling...I wouldnt be calling you if i wasnt, surely you know that. I never ask for help...and i guess me ringing you every morning is my way of saying help. I just feel safer with you around me. I know you will protect me from anything and everything...I just want to forget frankie...and all i want is to sleep and not wake up to frankies anger..." she couldnt talk anymore. the crying had gotten the best of her.
Mac got up and went over to her. stella was hunched in her seat at the table crying. Mac wrapped his arms around her shoulders and let her cry. He nestled her head into his neck to comfort her and it seemed to work a little. Macs heart was hurting so much. It was physically painful to watch her cry. He never liked her being sad, but crying was a whole new level for stella.
Mac could see stella was too weak to walk, so got one arm under he knees and another around her torso and scooped her up out the chair. He forgot the tell her so stella suddenly wrapped her arms around his neck. As he walked to the sofa he crying seemed to ease a little. Mac smiled. It was great to know that he could calm her down by just holding her.
Mac sat on the sofa with stella curled into his side. Her shoulders were still shaking so mac held her a little tighter, and to his suprise stella relaxed completely.
Mac sat there for a while with stella cuddled into his side. When she didnt say anything, he peaked a glance at her face and saw that she was asleep. Mac breather a sigh of relief. He kissed her forehead and watched her smile in her sleep. Mac knew then that he loved her. No one had made him feel so happy since claire.
Mac rested his head on the back of the sofa and thought of stella. He thought back through all those years and times together, and realised how many signs he had missed...he knew what he had to do..
Mac awoke with the thought of true love in his head. He looked at stella and saw that she was gazing up at him with a grin on her face.
"whats so funny?" Mac asked.
"No its not funny. I would say its more of a...pleasant suprise" stella replied, never taking her eyes of him.
"Well, do you want to tell me?" Mac was getting slightly worried.
" You talked in your sleep. You said, and i quote " I love her. So much. I didnt realise i loved stella."
Mac smiled. "Its true you know. I do love you stell. Why else would i come around and make honey waffles for you before 6.am?"
Stella leaned up and gently kissed him. stella locked eye contact and simply said "Thats my reply..."
Mac kissed her softly and felt his heart stop. God he loved her.
Eventually pulling away, mac put a hand on either side of her face. He looked deep into those sparkly green eyes of hers and simply said " I love you stella."
"I love you Mac."
after minutes of just holding eachother Mac broke the silence.
"Come on...I'll drive today".
They got up and gathered their things for work. Stella put her boots on, stood up and looked at the man she loved.
Mac took her hand and walked out the apartment into a new future.

Relationship Names

kaner88 — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:50:28 CST

Shipper Names for all Pairings.

For every relationship somebody thinks up, there comes a nickname somebody else (usually) thinks up. Here we have a list of some ships with their nicknames. Some names are a compilation of the characters' names (such as Smack or Dantana), some are a hint of what those characters do (HipHuggers, from CSI: Miami's characters Calleigh and Eric) and some are a random name that suit that ship well (The Love, from CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION).
If you know of pairings or names, please add them here!

Male/Female Pairings:
Mac/Stella: SMACked, MSR
Mac/Peyton: PMAC or PAC, Mac Pac
Mac/Lindsay: MeLty
Mac/Aiden: Maiden
Stella/Danny: Bon A' Messer, Daniella, Stand Up
Stella/Don: Fiesta, Slack, Stack
Stella/Sheldon: Stawkes, Shella, Steldon
Stella/Sid: Stid, Boneback
Danny/Angell: DAng, My Angell

Danny/Lindsay: Dantana or M&M's, D/L
Danny/Aiden: DnA or Daiden
Danny/Kaile: Make a Mess, Maka/Messer
Lindsay/Don: FM Radio
Don/Angell: Dangell, FAng, FLAnNEL, FLangell, Angellack, International Relations, DJ
Adam/Kendall: One Night Stand, Adam and Eve, Chocolate
Hawkes/Angell: Wings
Mac/Claire: Taken (Taylor/Conrad)
Don/Aiden: Flack's Aid, Back Burn
Sheldon/Lindsay: Mohawks
Don/Samantha: Red Rain

Slash Pairings:
Mac/Danny: Manny
Mac/Don: Tack
Mac/Sheldon: Taylor Hawkes
Mac/Sid: Taylorback
Don/Sheldon: Flackeldon
Don/Danny: Fanny, Brotherly Love, Bromance, D&D
Stella/Lindsay: Stinsey
Stella/Aiden: Sturn, Staiden, Burning Stars
Lindsay/Aiden: LAID
Stella/Angell: Starry Heavens, Angella
Don/Adam: Floss
Danny/Sheldon: Shanny, Dawkes
Sheldon/Adam: Lab Rat Love
Angell/Aiden: Burning Heavens

Threesomes:
Mac/Stella/Peyton: The Smack Pack, SPaM
Mac/Stella/Danny: The Family
Mac/Danny/Don: Every Girl's Dream
Mac/Stella/Sheldon: Mellon
Mac/Stella/Don: Inferno
Danny/Lindsay/Don: The Love Triangle
Danny/Lindsay/Stella: The Threesome

Foursomes:
Stella/Peyton/Mac/Lindsey: SPACKLE
Stella/Mac/Danny/Lindsay: Smantana

Danny/Flack/Mac/Peyton: Fanny Pack
Mac/Stella/Danny/Hawkes: Longtime Family

Flangellized, chapter 22

Runner043 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:30:18 CST

This chapter will conclude my re-write of S6, but I'm not finished with Flangell yet. My next story is pre-wedding and tentatively titled "The Wrong Kind".

This chapter includes the episode "Vacation Getaway" and is the 1st anniversary of the shooting at Tillary's Diner. Oh yeah, there's something in there about a ring, too.

My characters for this chapter; Peter Bishop, Judge Louise Hardisty, defense lawyer Richard Taylor, and Zachary Williams.

CHAPTER 22 .... "A FAMILY"

6:00AM....

"Aargh!" The response was mostly in Angell's head, her sheer determination and focus keeping it from escaping her lips, as a white hot searing pain ripped through her shoulder. She needed to hold her gun steady, but that was easier said than done as another bullet ripped through her flesh. But she got two more shots off before hitting the ground. 'This can't be happening, not today, I'm supposed to see Don today' she thought to herself as she lay there, her body starting to feel cold. 'What a silly thought' she chastised herself, 'I'll be dead soon and it won't matter what day it is', then she realized she wasn't in any pain. 'That can't be a good thing, it really can't.'

Angell suddenly bolted upright in her bed, breathing hard and grabbing her side in an instant reaction. Today was the first anniversary of the shooting at Tillary's Diner and she already knew it was going to be one hell of a day. The dreams, well, nightmares actually, had been increasing in detail and intensity as the last few weeks had progressed, but none had been that vivid, that real. It really was like being back there that morning, watching herself get shot all over again.

As her breathing slowed and returned to normal she found herself feeling cold, like she had that morning as the blood seeped from her body. She didn't even realize she was rubbing the scar on her shoulder. Yeah, it was going to be one hell of a day.

MEANWHILE AT FLACK'S APARTMENT....

Flack swung blindly at the annoying noise coming from the general direction of the night stand. Having not opened his eyes yet, he wasn't sure if he would successfully hit the alarm clock, but it's annoying beeping was not what he wanted to hear right now.

Between Shane Casey interrupting his dinner plans with Angell last night, not to mention the mountain of paperwork it created, and the proposal plan he was working on, he'd stayed up later than he should have.

After successfully silencing the nasty alarm clock, he opened his eyes. Looking first at his hand, a habit he'd developed over the last few months, he spun the Claddaugh ring on his pinky finger. He still wore it to bed every night. It made him feel close to her, and lately it had made him think more and more about proposing. He'd wanted to wait until after the anniversary of the shooting because he could tell it was bothering her, a lot. But the more he thought about it the more he was second-guessing that idea and he began to wonder if maybe now would be the perfect time. Maybe it was some sort of reverse psychology, but could it be that if he proposed on that date that it would give her a positive connection to it instead of a negative one to dread year after year? Only one way to find out.

'No, that's no good.' He said to himself as he put the ring box in the pocket of his suit jacket that lay on the bed. 'Too bulky, she might see it too early. Besides, as soon as I pull it out, she'll know what it is.' He took the Claddaugh out of the ring box and slid it into the pocket of the pants. 'No, that's not good, either. Feel like I'm going to lose it that way.' Realizing he was going to have to think on this a bit, he heads for the shower.

Flack stood in front of his dresser several minutes later, a towel still wrapped around his waist. 'Hmm, I need it secure, but nothing bulky.' He though as he looked around his dresser, hoping for an idea. 'What if I did this?' He asked himself, pulling the old necklace out of a box. He slid the ring onto the chain with his St. Michael's pendant. He'd received it from his parents upon his graduation from the police academy. 'The Patron Saint of Law Enforcement. That's kinda fitting.' He thought as he clasped the chain and put it over his head.

Flack was soon dressed for work and spent his few extra minutes picturing himself proposing to Jess. He had everything set up and knew what he wanted to say to her, now he just had to figure out the ring part. He didn't want her to see it too soon. 'Wait a minute. I don't wanna be fussing with a clasp to get the ring off the chain. Knowing me, I'll be all thumbs.' He decided, then headed back into his bedroom and stood once again in front of his dresser. After a moment of looking, he'd come up with a better idea. A different necklace was stripped of it's current decor and the ring put on the flexible woven cord with a simple Lark's Head knot. Flack smiled, he was pleased with this option. 'It will lay flat under my shirt that way. Will be fast and simple to get off. It's perfect.' he decided with a smile, pulling the necklace over his head and tucking it into his shirt, then grabbing his jacket and heading out the door.

Today was going to be a very special day; go interrogate Shane Casey and send him back to prison - preferably maximum security this time, finish up all the paperwork that catching him last night had caused, then spend the rest of the day with his soon-to-be fiance to keep her distracted, then his proposal plans would kick in. Yes, today was going to be a very special day.

Or, maybe not.

10:00AM, IN A COURT ROOM....

It had already been a very busy morning for Detective Jessica Angell; starting much earlier than she wished it had given the late night she'd had, then she had kept her promise and met Samantha Flack for breakfast, and now she sat in a court room, or more specifically on the witness stand, listening to the irritating monotone voice of a defense lawyer.

"Your honor, I would like to place into evidence these photographs, still frames taken from the footage of the in-house camera at the restaurant." Defense Lawyer Richard Taylor said in a smug voice to her Honor Louise Hardisty, as he ceremoniously whipped 2 8x10's from a folder on the table in front of where the defendant was seated. Taylor was a tall lanky man with a bad comb-over job and glasses that kept sliding down his nose.

Judge Louise Hardisty attempted not to roll her eyes at the Defense Lawyer's animated gestures. "And what are these photos in regards to, Mr. Taylor, that makes it evidence worthy?"

"Your Honor, these photographs clearly shows Miss. Angell partaking of alcohol the night my client was falsely accused. This brings her judgment into question, not to mention her aim." Taylor said, handing the judge the photographs.

Judge Hardesty was an attractive woman in her fifties with silver streaks in her long black hair that she wore pinned back. Her dark skin was flawless and her warm brown eyes had a deceptively friendly look to them. She was still a judge and didn't take crap from anyone in her court room. She examined the photos that showed Angell and a tall handsome man seated at a small round table for two in the fine restaurant, sipping wine by candlelight. The judge handed the photos back to Taylor with permission, "You may enter them as evidence."

The smug look returned to Taylor's face, "Miss. Ang-"

"Detective Angell." Judge Hardisty interrupted. "You will properly address Detective Angell, Mr. Hardesty. I won't warn you again."

"Of course, your Honor. My apologies." Taylor forced out, before turning again to Angell. "Detective Angell, are you aware of how alcohol can effect one's judgment and ability to react?"

Angell had to keep from rolling her eyes, and wished this two-bit lawyer had any other name than Taylor. At least that was all he had in common with her colleague. "Of course I am, Mr. Taylor." She answered politely and professionally. She would not lower herself to be rude to the man or disrespect the court.

"And are you aware of how much alcohol it takes to impair one's judgment and reaction time?" Taylor asked.

"Yes, I am." She answered simply.

"Really?" Taylor asked as he faced the Judge, then spinning on his heels to look at her again. "Because according to the American Medical Association it only takes a woman of your size; oh, let's say 5'5" and 120lbs, about 8 ounces of alcohol to be effected. And clearly you consumed more than that."

"You are correct. I did consume more than that." Angell stated. "But for the record I am 5'7" and 135lbs." She added. She didn't care that he was low balling the numbers to make it look better for his case or flatter her. Maybe he even thought she was one of those women who wouldn't want to admit to weighing more. She was a solid 135 from hitting the gym and packing on the muscle, and it didn't matter to her what she weighed.

"Alright, Detective." Taylor agreed. "The photographs clearly show you consuming two large classes of wine, as evidenced by the time stamps. And even at the numbers you just gave us, you still consumed enough alcohol to impair your judgment and reaction time, as evidence by your stumbling from your table, practically tripping over your equally clumsy date, and missing with your shot." Taylor pulled out his chair, apparently to sit, as he spoke, "No further questions, your Honor."

"You may return to your seat, Detective Angell." Judge Hardesty said.

"Your Honor." Angell said, returning the judge's attention to her, "You had me swear on a Bible to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."

"Are you saying you haven't, Detective Angell?" Judge Hardesty asked.

"I have told the truth, and nothing but the truth. So I'm two for three. I would like the opportunity to tell the court the 'whole truth' part, your Honor." Angell said.

"I see." Judge Hardesty said, setting her pen back down. "What else would you need to add that would complete your oath, Detective?"

"Your Honor." Taylor said, jumping up from his seat. "This is highly irregular! I must ask-"

"Sit down, council." Judge Hardesty ordered. "This is my court room, and the truth will be told. All of it."

Taylor slowly slid back down in his chair, an expression of irritation on his face.

"Continue, Detective." Judge Hardesty ordered.

"Yes, Ma'am. First off, my date was Detective Don Flack, Jr. of the NYPD's 12th precinct. He sends his apologies for not being

here today, but he is currently heading up the Shane Casey investigation. Anyway, at the restaurant, I heard the gun before I saw it. That unmistakable sound every cop knows; a gun being cocked. In searching for the location of that sound, I saw that the defendant was holding a gun under the table he was sitting at. He had it aimed it at his wife, whom he had been arguing with. I quietly said, "gun" to Detective Flack and indicated it's location in the room. He then saw it, too. Only a moment later the defendant raised the gun above the table and again aimed it at his wife." Angell gave only a brief pause before continuing, "Second, my 'equally clumsy date' and I were not 'tripping over' anything, but rather, pushing an innocent waiter out of harm's way." She paused again, "And finally, I can assure you, my reaction time was not off by even a second and I did not miss. In fact, the bullet the bullet from my gun entered exactly where I aimed it to."

"You aimed at the defendants... um, backside?" Judge hardesty asked, her smirk well hidden.

"Yes, your Honor. I shot him in the butt. Intentionally. He had stood and turned, clearly intending to flee the scene, the restaurant was full of patrons and I didn't want anyone hurt, but I certainly wasn't going to shoot him in the back. I just needed to take him down. So, yes, I shot him in the butt." Angell stated, very matter-of-factly.

Judge Hardesty simply nodded. "Is there anything else you have to say, Detective?"

"Just one more thing, Ma'am." Angell said as she took out her phone and Binged an image. "This." She added, handing her phone over.

Judge Hardesty looked at the image on Angell's cell screen. "I see."

"Detective Flack and I were both finished with our shifts, but I was still on-call until midnight. So he had arranged for a nice glass of non-alcoholic carbonated Black Cherry cider to go with our dinner." Angell said, remembering the smooth taste....

~FLASHBACK~

"You remember our first date here?" Flack asked as they were seated at the little table for two in the Italian restaurant.

Angell smiled immediately at the memory. "Of course. You wore a nice black suit with a burgundy tie."

"I like to think of it as wine colored, since it matched the pumps you wore." He said. He'd always had a thing for noticing her shoes, and to this day those were still his favorites. He saw her smile again and wondered if she wasn't blushing a little, too. "We were both on-call that night, so wine with dinner wasn't an option."

"I remember that, too. But you came up with a nice alternative." Angell said, remembering the smooth taste of the sparkling black cherry cider. She had been prepared to drink it, just because of his thoughtfulness, not expecting to really like it. But it had surprised her how much it really did taste like red wine.

"I'm glad you liked it." He said, as the waiter set the two wine glasses in front of them. "Because you're on-call again."

Angell picked up the glass and gave it a tilt, slightly swirling the dark red liquid in it. "You remembered."

~END OF FLASHBACK~

"I've gotta remember that brand." Judge Hardesty said referring to the image of the bottle on Angell's phone, then handed it back to her. "It sounds good."

"As you can see, your Honor, neither my judgment nor my reaction time were impaired by any alcohol consumption." Angell said as she pocketed her phone.

"Anything else you need to add, Detective?" Judge hardesty asked.

"No, your Honor." Angell answered.

"In that case. The defendant is denied bail and hereby held over for trial." Judge Hardesty announced to the court room with a bang of her gavel.

Angell exited the court room with a heavy sigh. She knew she should have a smile on her face, or at least be very pleased, after all, the defendant was going to be held over for trial without bail and would not be able to scare his estranged wife again. But today was also the first anniversary of that horrible day at Tillary's, a day she was lucky to have survived. A day that left her scared inside as much as out.

One thing she was at least pleased about was the effort her boyfriend had made to keep her busy. 'Effort' being the key word here. It had started last night, their dinner plans ruined by a sighting of Shane Casey. Instead of sharing a creme brulee via candlelight, they chased Casey down an alley. Yeah, that was a fun way to top off a nice romantic evening. "This guy's insane!" She'd heard Officer Nicholas Henderson say, but was pretty sure he could have been referring to Don as she watched him take a three story free fall on a window washing ledge to take Casey down. Of course Psycho-Casey had found a psycho way of escaping, so that meant Don in charge of finding him. Oh well, she'd be helping him, so at least they'd be spending time together which should help take her mind off Tillary's. She hoped.

MEANWHILE, AT THE 12TH PRECINCT....

Flack followed Mac out of the interrogation room, both men letting out heavy sighs of frustration over Officer Henderson. Had Henderson been more forthcoming of the true events of his spotting of Shane Casey the previous night this little interrogation would not have been necessary.

"We need to get to the Old Cash Bar." Mac stated.

"You and Stella go ahead. Angell should be done in court by now, so I'll swing by and pick her up and we'll meet you there." Flack said, before the two men went their separate ways and he headed back into the bullpen.

Flack shoved a few files into his desk drawer as he spoke on the phone, "Glad to hear it, Jess." He paused to look down at his watch, "Listen, I'll be out the door in just a few. Can you be waiting out front?" He paused again, but only because he had that strange feeling of someone staring at him. "Yeah. Okay. Love you, too. Bye." He said as he turned to look at the woman staring at him. "Hello, Rachel."

"Hello, Donnie." She purred as she stepped closer, but got no verbal reply. "So, was that Detective Angell you were talking to?"

"What brings you here, Rachel?" He asked, wanting to get to the point and get out of there.

"She's a pretty girl." Rachel commented on Angell.

Flack knew Rachel had a jealousy streak a mile wide, especially when it came to physical appearances, and considered this before speaking. "Yes, Jess is a very beautiful woman. So, what brings you here?" He repeated, a cool tone to his voice.

"I was in town a while back, but when I stopped by here to see you, they told me you had been injured. I went to the hospital to see you, but, well, it's just not the same when you can't look back at me." She said, taking another step closer into his personal space. "I've finished my photo shoot, so I decided to stop by again, hoping to be seen by those baby blues of yours this time."

Flack knew her game. She hadn't changed one bit. "Well, it was nice of you to be so concerned about my health, but I'm back on duty and right now I've got a psycho killer to hunt down and arrest. So if you'll excu-"

"So, when's the wedding date?" She interrupted as if he wasn't trying to leave, sure that if he was not interested in her that just maybe that Detective lady was telling the truth. But if not, she was going to find out.

'Why was she asking about the wedding date?' He wondered to himself, casually touching the ring through the fabric of his shirt to make sure it wasn't showing. It wasn't. "October." Was his answer as he turned and walked away, leaving a surprised Rachel just standing there. He wasn't sure how she knew he was going to propose to Jess, and he decided that he just didn't care.

THAT EVENING, JUST AFTER SUNDOWN....

From visiting the Old Cash Bar, to finding Ethan Ganz hanging in the park, to feeling like they were violating the Messer's apartment, to riding in Coast Guard chopper 623 in a mad rush to Amagansett Point in Long Island, it had truly turned out to be a crazy day from hell. She wasn't even sure she was all that surprised to find herself now racing up the steep, narrow steps of the lighthouse, right behind Don in a race to save Danny.

Don held up a closed hand, signaling to stop and for silence. They could hear Messer and Casey arguing. "It felt sexy!" they heard Casey shout. Who the hell thinks killing someone feels sexy? Sick psycho, indeed. "Do it, you sick son of a *****!" they heard Messer yell back. Well, he got that last part right. Then suddenly the place lit up with near-blinding light, followed by the sound of glass shattering. She and Don took the last few steps as fast as they could, reaching the platform in time to realize Casey had fallen. They didn't care though as they both reached for Messer to secure him, all that mattered in that moment was that their friend and colleague didn't fall too, and Angell was happy to be able to give him a reassuring hug as they brought him safely back inside the lighthouse.

As they took the last few steps they could already hear Lucy's cries, and noticed Messer pick up his pace. They stopped to stand with Stella as they all watched the family embrace before silently departing. Words were certainly not needed at this moment. They were safe and they were together, and nothing else mattered.

Angell and Flack followed behind Mac and Stella as they made their way back to the C.G. chopper. It was over. It was time to go home.

Angell sat in the back of the chopper next to Stella, their men in the seats in front of them. Despite the headphones she wore, the chatter she heard had became background noise as she stared at the stary sky outside her window, her mind continually repeating her earlier thoughts; 'They were safe and they were together, and nothing else mattered.' Perhaps, on this first anniversary of the shooting at Tillary's, that was all she could ask for her and Don as well.

TWO HOURS LATER....

Angell had assumed they would call it an evening after the crazy events of the day from hell, but now she found herself being led by Don out of the precinct and down the steps. "Where are we going again?" She asked him, again. Wherever it was, it was within walking distance, as they were clearly not headed for either one of their cars.

Flack took her hand as they took to the sidewalk, lacing their fingers together, "Nice try, Jess." He said, looking over at her with a mischievous smile.

Her ploy hadn't worked, because he had never told her where they were going in the first place, that part was a surprise, and he obviously wasn't giving in. 'Oh well,' she thought to herself, 'he probably still wants to keep me distracted'. His efforts to do so were hardly well hidden, and she appreciated him for it.

"I heard you had a visitor today." Angell said, resigning herself to another topic. The beautiful woman that came to see him in the precinct earlier was quite the water cooler buzz for the day. She noticed him shrug with a slight 'Hmff' sound, and she wasn't sure if he didn't care or didn't want to talk about it. "She's quite beautiful." She added, remembering her from the hospital. Anyone with eyes could clearly see she was a model for a reason.

"Not nearly as beautiful as you are." Flack replied, turning to her with a warm smile as they continued walking. He'd received several comments from colleagues already about Rachel's visit, mostly on her beauty. But he didn't see her that way. Sure she had what it took to be a successful model, but that was all on the outside. But when he saw her, he saw someone who was unfaithful and couldn't be trusted, someone who was insecure and needed constant reassurances from others. She was nothing like his Jess; his Jess was beautiful inside and out both, his Jess was honest and trustworthy; his Jess was the love of his life; and his Jess was about to get proposed to... he just hoped that no one in the precinct had heard that part and said anything to her about it.

She noticed that he hadn't denied Rachel's beauty, who would. But she also remembered what that woman had done to betray him, to cause him pain. She simply could not understand doing that to someone you loved.

"Here we are." He said, pulling her from her thoughts and gesturing to the steps to the apartment complex.

"Here?" Angell asked in surprise at their destination as they took the steps.

"Yeah, here." He answered as he opened the door to the lobby. "There's someone I want to introduce you to."

"You know someone who lives.... here?" She asked. Still surprised at where they were.

"No, Jess." He said, as they entered the elevator. "I'm going to pick a random floor." He said sarcastically as he swirled his index finger around in front of the numbered panel before pushing the button for the 10th floor and turned to her again, "And when we get off, I'm going to pick a random apartment door to knock on and introduce you to whoever happens to answer." He added, also in an obviously sarcastic tone as the elevator doors slid closed in front of them.

She have him a joking punch to the arm because she just couldn't come up with a witty comeback to his smart ass remarks.

The elevator dinged and they got off on the 10th floor, then headed left to the end of the corridor. "Serious, Don, where are we going?" She asked with a slight laugh to her voice.

"I told you, Jess," He said, as he stopped them in front of apartment #1018, "There's someone I want to introduce you to." He knocked lightly before slowly opened the door.

Angell thought it strange that he seemed to be going on in without waiting for someone to come and answer the door for them. She felt his hand take hers again as they walked into an entrance hall lined with cabinets, which she assumed were for coats and such. This entrance hall alone has more storage space than her entire apartment does.

He lead her down the hall, which took a sharp right at the end, then down just two steps into a huge living space. She noted the light fixture hanging from the ceiling at the nearest end of the room, so she assumed it was meant for a dining space. It would be easier to tell for sure if there were actually a dining table there. The center of the room was where she could picture a couch and chairs for seating. She assumed that, not because there was a couch or chairs there, or any other furniture for that matter, but because of the fire place centered on the long wall. The far end of the room she imagined as more of a cozy reading area, not that there were any books there, but the far wall was full of built in bookcases.

A dining area, a sitting & tv area, a reading area.... and a man. One man standing in the middle of the huge room.

"Jess, I'd like you to meet Zachary Williams." Flack said. Zachary Williams is a tall man, not quite as tall as Flack, but close to it. He had dark brown hair, a gottee, and wore glasses. He had a college professor look to him, she thought and guessed he was near sixty.

"It's nice to meet you, Mr. Williams." Angell greeted politely with a hand shake.

"It's nice to meet you, too, Detective Angell." He greeted in return, shaking her hand, "And, please, call me Zach."

"Alright, Zach." Angell agreed, still not sure what they were doing there.

"Come on, I'll show you around." Williams said as he headed into the kitchen, which was separated from the living room by a large cooking island.

After pointing out the features of the huge kitchen, including a separate laundry room at one end, and a walk-in pantry at the other, he led them down the hallway and into first one bedroom and bath, then another bedroom and bath. "Pretty nice, huh?" He asked.

"Oh, yes. It's very nice." Angell agreed, wondering where his wife and family were. Surely a single man wouldn't have bought an apartment this size for just himself, and she did see a wedding ring on his hand. Of course he was old enough that his kids were probably grown and gone. Although, the bedrooms were more of a two master suite set-up, so maybe they were planning on having a lot of guests. Who knew.

"So, is everything ready, Zach?" Flack asked the older man.

"It is." Williams confirmed with a slight nod. "I'll look forward to hearing from you soon. It was nice meeting you, Detective Angell." He added with another hand shake before walking out of the room.

Angell just stood there confused as she and her boyfriend watched as Williams walked out. They could just barely hear his footfalls across the living room's hard wood floors and on the steps, then the tell tale sound of the front door closing to confirm his departure. Leaving the two of them stood there alone in the middle of the last room they had been given a tour of.

"Don." Was all Angell said. He'd know what she meant.

"Jess." He responded simply. Yes, he knew what she meant.

"Fine." She said before clearing her throat. Fair enough, she'd play his little game. "So, I take it Zachary Williams was who you were so insistent I meet."

Flack nodded in confirmation. "Nice guy, huh." He wasn't ready to give anything away, not just yet.

"Um, well, not that I got much more than get an introduction. But yes, I suppose he did seem like a nice man." She added, not sure how long this game was going to go on.

"So, what do you think?" He asked, gesturing to the room.

"What do I think?" She paused, looking at him, "I think it's gorgeous. What else is there to think? This is the master bedroom right? Ya know, I'm pretty sure my whole apartment would fit into this one room." She rambled, still not quite sure why there were there. The apartment was beautiful, there was no denying that.

"Yes, Detective, I believe it is the master. Actually, it's similar to a two master set-up. Although the other bedroom is slightly smaller, and this one connects to the wrap-around balcony." He said, watching her look around the space as she checked out the window seat. "Now, I know most women go ga-ga over bathrooms, but I've gotta admit that I love this one." He said, going from one room to the next.

Angell followed, first peeking her head around the corner before entering to see him checking out the double vanity set-up. The look on his face told her he wanted to turn the faucets all on, just to see if they worked. She wasn't sure why they would work yet, since the Williams family obviously hadn't moved in yet. "Uh, Don." She said to get his attention, "Shouldn't we be going now?"

"I thought you liked the place." He stated, as if surprised, but still just playing along for now.

"I do." She said, then paused, "It's just that, well, it's kind of weird wondering around someone else's home like this."

"Ah, I see." He said, walking over to her, which seemed to settle her a bit. "Come here." He took her hand and gestured for her to follow him. She did, and they were then back out in what would be the living room.

Flack took a deep breath. This was the moment he'd been waiting for. Well, at least the beginning of the moment he'd been waiting for. "This isn't 'someone else's home', Jess." He clarified.

"It isn't?" She asked in confusion. Normally she could come up with some sort of witty comeback, but she just wasn't sure of what to say at the moment as something seemed to be really, well, off, at the moment.

"I bought it." He admitted.

"You... you... bought it?" She stumbled out with wide eyes.

"Yeah." He confirmed with a nod. Then he took her by the shoulders and turned her to face the kitchen, "Now, all I need is for you to tell me which you prefer. This kitchen comes with the natural wood cabinets, or maybe they're just a very light stain, whatever. But the apartment across the hall, that is otherwise identical to this one, comes with dark coffee colored cabinets, 'espresso' I think they're called. Then there's the one upstairs that comes with white cabinets, although, that's the three bedroom version, but it doesn't come with the wrap-around balcany like this one does." He explained, as he turned her around again. Sure enough, there were French doors on either side of the fire place that went out onto a balcony, and from the looks of it, it went to the left where she assumed it connected to the French doors if the master bedroom they'd just been in. Corner units definitely had their advantages.

"You bought it." She repeated, still in surprise. They had toured these apartments a while back when there had been an open house, but there was no way she could afford one of them, not even the smallest one in the building. In fact, she didn't know how any cop could afford one of them.

"All you have to do, Jess, is decide if you are happy with this one, or if you want one of the others. The one across the hall is also ready to move into, but the one upstairs is still being built. But that's okay, because if you want that one, you can choose all your own paint colors and stuff." He rambled. He was just a bit nervous. Yeah, just a bit. He wondered if she could tell.

"Me?" She asked in surprise. "Why do I have to decide if it's your apartment?" She was flattered that he would want her input, but these places were big bucks and he'd better like every tiny detail in there for that kind of money.

Flack took a deep breath and opened his mouth to say some very important words, but he was cut off.

"Wait." She said, holding up a hand, "I have another question. I mean, I have another question, ya know, first, before you answer that question." She paused, to make sure her words came out tactful, "How on earth, unless you are making about five times as much as I am, did you manage to afford an to buy an apartment in this building?" Okay, so it didn't exactly come out as tactful as she had wanted. "I mean, Don, I remember touring this place at the open house. I remember all the perks; being so close to the precinct, -"

"Jess." He said.

"... green construction and energy efficiency, -"

"Jess."

... private parking spaces, and-"

"Je-"

She held up a finger, indicating to let her finish, "and I also remember the huge price tag that no one in the NYPD could afford."

She had paused and was looking at him expectantly, so he took that as an okay to go ahead and speak now. "You're right. No one in the NYPD could afford it."

"Ah, you've been holding out on me. You've won the lottery and didn't tell me." She teased.

He gave a light laugh at her teasing before speaking, "Actually, they lowered the prices."

"They did?" She said in surprise.

"Mhmm." He mumbled with a nod, "It was the open house we attended that made them realize the people they had in mind when they built this place were the ones who couldn't afford to live here. So, they lowered the prices. A lot."

"Oh." She said, with an arched brow. "So you didn't win the lottery, huh?"

He answered via a slight shake of his head. "I did however, have some money my parents had set aside for me that I'd never touched."

"Oh?" She said, her brow arching up again, "Do tell."

"Well, when Sam and I were little, our family lived in an apartment." He began, and she could almost see the wheels of memory turning in his mind, "The complex was sort of U-shaped, with a play area in the center. There was construction going on behind the complex and they had guard dogs, so there was a chain link fence all around it." He paused, and she wasn't sure what the expression on his face meant, "Since our apartment was on the ground floor, that meant our patio door opened up to the play area, and mom would have me take Sam out there after her nap because she liked the swing sets. We'd usually stay out there and play with other kids until dinner was ready or Dad got home, whichever came first. One day Sam and I had just gone out there, but there weren't any other kids yet and all the construction workers were leaving, so I was up on top of the play structure watching a delivery truck unload lumber. Anyway, a few pushes on the swing and a few trips down the slide later, we hear the dogs barking, really loud. I looked up, and realized all three of them were coming over the fence. Typical guard dogs, Dobermans I think they were. They were coming at us fast and Sam was screaming by then."

He paused at hearing her gasp. "Oh, Don, that must've been terrible." She said at the thought of two little kids being so scared.

"Being a tall kid never came in so handy, because I got down on my knees and told Sam to get on my shoulders, then I was able to hoist her up to where she could reach the bar above the swings. She had to hold on until I could climb up the chains and get up on the bar myself, so I could finish pulling her the rest of the way up onto the top of the structure."

"So, how, who-?" She was at a bit of a loss for words at the moment.

"You ever met a cop, or a cop's wife, who didn't carry pepper spray? Nah, me either." He both asked and answered, "My mom was out there with her broom and her pepper spray, screaming her head off until every neighbor in the building was out there to help." He paused, "Mom blamed every grey hair she had on those dogs for years." He added with a smirk.

"Yeah. Yeah, she would do that." Angell agreed at his teasing words and glad he was able to think back at the event so calmly.

"Well, anyway, turned out the lumber delivery was placed near the fence where the dogs could climb up onto it and reach the top of the fence. The foreman hadn't notice, because everyone was trying to leave right when the delivery was arriving. He felt bad, the construction company's owner felt bad, so they offered a settlement to our family. Mom and Dad used some of the money for a down payment on the house in Queens, so we could move. Mom just couldn't stay there any more, not without being scared, anyway. The rest of the money was split between me and Sam. Dad put it into trust accounts and such until we were old enough. I think Sam spent most of hers on college courses she never finished and probably wasted the rest. Me, aside from buying my first car, I never touched it."

"You had all that money and never touched it." She repeated in surprise.

"Nope." He confirmed with a slight shake of his head, "I figured one day, there would be something special I'd need it for."

"And you finally found something special." She said with a smile.

"No." He countered, "I found some-one special. Jess-" He paused again and cupped her face, "I bought this apartment for you."

Angell's mouth kept opening and closing, but no words were coming out. Of course the fact that she now had her hand over her mouth probably didn't help. She tried to slow her breathing and get her thoughts to focus. "Why?" She eventually managed to say.
Flack laughed slightly and she hoped that her response hadn't come out as unappreciative or, well, anything other than shock, really. "I mean, uh... wow, Don." She managed to say as he slipped his arms around her waist. "Don, it's beautiful. And obviously you remember how much I wanted an apartment in this place, but this is huge and not all the birthday gifts, all the Christmas presents, all the Valentine's Day gifts, and all the Groundhog's Days for decades to come.. all rolled into one... oh my gosh, Don. It just wouldn't equal something like this."

"Groundhog's Day, huh?" He teased with a warm smile, leaning his forehead down onto hers and locking eyes with her. "That's cute, Jess. But I was actually think more along the lines of ... early wedding present."

Angell froze. She was pretty sure her heart had just skipped a beat. Well, maybe several beats. She leaned back slightly to look up at him. "Early," She began, but no more words came out.

Despite the fact that Flack's heart was beating so fast he could hear his own pulse in his ears, he managed to nod and hold up a finger to both shush her and as if to say, 'just a minute'. He released his hold on her, hoping his nervousness wasn't showing through sweaty hands, and took his cell phone out of his pocket as he walked over to the fire place. She heard the sound of music playing as he set his phone on the mantle, then took a few steps back towards her as he held out his hand, asking her to dance with him. The music played as they held each other close....

"Marry Me" by Train

Forever can never be long enough for me

To feel like I've had long enough with you

Forget the world now we won't let them see

But there's one thing left to do

Now that the weight has lifted

Love has surely shifted my way

Marry Me

Today and every day

Marry Me

If I ever get the nerve to say "Hello" in this cafe

Say you will

Mm-hmm

Say you will

Mm-hmm

Together can never be close enough for me

Feel like I am close enough to you

You wear white and I'll wear out the words I love you

And you're beautiful

Now that the wait is over

And love and has finally shown her my way

Marry me

Today and every day

Marry me

If I ever get the nerve to say "Hello" in this cafe

Say you will

Mm-hmm

Say you will

Mm-hmm

Promise me

You'll always be

Happy by my side

I promise to

Sing to you

When all the music dies

And marry me

Today and everyday

Marry me

If I ever get the nerve to say "Hello" in this cafe

Say you will

Mm-hmm

Say you will

Marry me

Mm-hmm

As the music played, Flack took the opportunity to slow his breathing, to calm himself and focus. He was only doing this once in his life, and he wanted it to be perfect. So he let himself be drawn in to the feel of her slender frame in his arms, to her hair that was brushing against his neck, and to her fingers that were laced together with his. He wondered if she had picked up on the lyrics about the 'cafe', if it would even register with her. It was a small detail, but it added to the meaning, or at least it did for him. He wanted this to be, from here on, a happy day to remember.

As the music played, Angell took the opportunity to slow her breathing, to calm herself and focus. She had been anticipating this event for a long time now and yet she was still surprised it was finally happening. She let herself lean into him, the feel of his strong arm wrapped around her waist, one hand on her back, the other laced with hers, and his rhythmatic warm breath on her neck almost in time to their movements. She tried to focus on the music, she'd have to wait until the next chorus to be sure, but she thought there was something in there about a cafe. Wouldn't that be ironic, given the date. But then again, she would probably never think of Tillary's again. Or at least she hoped she wouldn't, now that today had a new meaning.

He took a small step back as the music faded, pulling the necklace out from under his shirt and over his head. He slipped the ring off it's cord, the Lark's Head knot releasing the object easily, before getting down on one knee in front of her. He took her left hand in his and could feel it shaking. Or maybe it was his hand that was shaking, he wasn't quite sure. "Jess, I love you more than anything. Will you marry me?"

Her right hand instinctively went over her mouth as she gasped at finally hearing those words. Knowing that question was coming didn't stop her heart from beating so fast she could barely speak, and at first she could only nod, before managing to say, "Oh yes, Don, I will marry you."

Just before he slipped the ring onto her finger, she took a deep breath and closed her eyes. It was such a sweet and precious moment, a moment she wanted to feel. In all the closeness they had experienced, in all the times they had come so close to making love to each other, nothing felt more intimate than the feel of him sliding that ring on her finger.

Flack made sure to place the Claddaugh ring on in the correct direction - the bottom point of the heart turned towards her wrist - before sliding it onto her finger. He then stood, wrapping his arms around her and taking her up off her feet in the process, and began kissed her.

With her arms wrapped tight around his neck, Angell returned the kiss, conveying as much of her love for him as she could in that moment.... a moment that eventually yielded to the need for oxygen. Although their lips parted to gain access to air, their arms continued to hold each other tight as they began exchanging softly spoken confessions of their love for each other, and soon they were dancing again even though there was no music this time, holding each other close seemed to be the only thing that mattered.

"How long have you had all this planned?" Angell finally asked in a quiet voice, not lifting her head from his shoulder.

"Seems like a long time." He answered quietly. "I've had the ring for months now, just waiting for the right time to ask you." He paused when she lifted her head to make eye contact with an 'are you serious' look on her face, "Yeah, I know, today of all days, right." He saw her slight nod in understanding, "I almost lost you that day, Jess. I've been thinking about that so much lately, and suddenly 'till death do us part' meant something entirely different to me." He paused to cup her face, "I was going to wait until after today had passed, but then I decided that maybe today needed a new meaning. For both of us." He tried to explain, finding it difficult to convey everything he wanted with words.

"And now it does." She said with a slight smile and still holding his gaze. She'd hoped for something more memorable sounding in the vocabulary department, but those were the words that came at the moment. He must have sensed what she meant, regardless, as he was now kissing her again. "Now all we have to do is pick a date." She said in a soft and dreamy tone when their lips parted and they'd made eye contact again.

"October." He stated without hesitation. "Now all you have to do is pick your cabinets." He said without skipping a beat, and since that needed to be done right away so he could tell Zach which apartment they wanted.

"That's all, huh?" She teased, laying her head back onto his shoulder. He made it sound so easy, like they were ordering from a dinner menu. 'Must be a guy thing.' She thought to herself.

"Yep. That's all." He assured her. "I'll break it down for you; light stained cabinets, dark 'espresso' stained cabinets, or white painted cabinets?" He asked, then paused, "No wait, I'll ask 'two bedrooms or three' first, because that will -"

Angell didn't hear the rest of what he had to say, as her mind was suddenly in a flashback to almost a year ago.

"- narrow it down further." Flack finished and waited for an answer, but wasn't really surprised at not hearing one, as he had sensed the sudden tenseness in her body only a moment ago. "Jess?" He added softly when he saw the blank stare in her eyes. "Jess?" He repeated when she still didn't answer.

She gave a sudden and heavy sigh as she shook the thoughts from her mind, but he could see that she was still anything but relaxed at the moment. She took a deep breath before speaking, "Come with me." She said, then lead him into the master bedroom. She sat in the window seat and without letting go of his hand gestured for him to sit as well. "I need to tell you something."

'There was that sound again', Flack thought. That loud swishing of his pulse in his own hears. His heart was beating fast, not out of fear or adrenaline, but out of concern for the woman he loved who was obviously greatly troubled by something at the moment. He sat next to her in the window seat and took a moment to glance at the great view they would have out of their bedroom, or what he hoped would be their bedroom. He hadn't come right out and said it, as he wanted the final decision to be her's, but he really did hope she picked this apartment over the others. But more than anything he wanted her to be happy, so whichever one she chose would be okay with him. At looking back into her beautiful brown eyes, even with only the moonlight from the window, he could see they held a look he was unfamiliar with. He still didn't speak, just waited, even as she broke their gaze and looked down at his hand she had began nervously toying with. He raised his other hand to rest on her shoulder and caress her hair until she was ready to talk.

She was soon rubbing her thumb across his palm, still clearly nervous, but the rhythm of her actions seemed calming. "You already know what happened 365 days ago." She began, still looking down at his hand despite the almost dark room, "But what I need to tell you happened 362 days ago. When I woke up."

She looked up at him as she spoke those last words, a look of what he could only think of as 'resolve' now in her eyes. He still didn't speak, but gave her a gentle smile as he continued caressing her hair. He knew she would continue when she was ready.

It didn't take long and her thumb continued it's random paths across his palm as she spoke, "When I woke up, after the shooting, when the doctor came and talked to me for the first time, about my injuries -" She began, recounting it for him, telling him something she wished she had told him a long time ago.

"Dr. Rawles was really worried about you." Flack said after she had finished recounting via her version. He had sat by her bed, refusing to leave, and was pretty sure he had remembered a few details she had forgotten, or maybe she never knew. "She was really worried about how you were going to take it."

Angell just looked at him for a moment, "You knew." She breathed out as the realization hit her, then saw him nod. "But how?"

He gave a slight shrug and sigh at having to think back, "Well, Dr. Rawles had asked me a lot about you by then. About your personality and what you were like as a cop. I was always under the impression that she was trying to assess how you would take the news about our injuries, about how she would tell you when you woke up. She didn't come right out and tell me any specifics, patient confidentiality and all, but I ... uh... I might have see a chart that one of the nurses left behind when she had to rush out for an emergency." He explained.

Angell didn't know what to say. At his previous question about two bedrooms or three, it had immediately lead her mind to ponder what a couple would want three bedrooms for; kids. Then the flashback began. Then she knew it was time to tell him.

"Why didn't you say anything?" She asked.

He brushed a stray loc of hair off her face and tucked it behind her ear as he spoke softly, "I know you'd tell me when you were ready."

"And it... it, doesn't bother you?" She asked, needing to know where he stood on the matter.

"Of course it bothers me." He answered honestly. "It bothers me that you were hurt. It bothers me that something was taken away from you. It bothers me that it bothers you." He paused, sliding his hand from her shoulder to the back of her neck, "I love you, Jess, and nothing will ever change that." He said before kissing her, then resting their foreheads together.

"We've talked about kids, Don. How could you even talk about kids, knowing I can't-"

"First off, Jess," He said, cutting her off, "First off, the doctor never said you can't have a baby. She said you lost an ovary, and last I knew, women had two of them." He said in a teasing manner to lighten the mood a bit.

She have a slight nod as she looked down and began to play with his hand again. He could tell she was still sad about it all.

"Jess." He began, lifting her chin so their eyes met again, "I want you to know one thing.... we are going to be a family, you and me. As far as I'm concerned, as soon as we say 'I do', that makes us a family. Because a family of two is still a family. And maybe our family size will grown some day, either by us having a baby ourselves or by adopting, or maybe it won't, but no matter what, you and I are going to be a family." He said, driving the point home with her and making sure she understood where he stood on the matter.

With her mind finally at ease, Angell let him pull her into his lap and rested her head on his shoulder as they sat there for a long time.

"Oh my God!" She suddenly exclaimed, raising her head.

"What?"

"Oh my God, it's beautiful!" She said, holding her hand up further.

Flack suppressed a laugh, "You're just now noticing?" He question.

"Well, um, yeah." She admitted. "I had my eyes closed when you put it on, then we were dancing again, then we were kissing again, then we came in here, so, yeah, I just now saw it in the moonlight."

"It was my Grandmother's." He informed her, then paused "I had tried shopping..." He began, going on to tell her the story of how he ended up with the ring and her options of keeping it or picking out something herself.

Angell was quite taken aback at his recounting of the ring, especially the way he tricked her father into shopping with him. It was all so much more than she ever expected and she loved him dearly for it all.

"I would be honored to wear your Grandmother's Claddaugh ring, Don. It's more special than any ring in any jewelry story. Besides, it looks like something I would pick out for myself." She said, laying her head back on his shoulder.

"I've been wearing it at night." She was surprised at this revelation but didn't move. "Slipped it on my pinky finger. It made me feel close to you." He admitted. "But I still have the wedding band that goes with it for now."

"Don't worry, we'll get you a pinky ring to replace it, so you can sleep." She teased.

"Won't need it." He declared. "I'll have you to sleep next to me then." He added with a wink, which made her blush slightly, but brought a smile to both of their faces.

They'd sat there in the window seat, just holding each other and enjoying the view for quite a while. "I want this one." She eventually said.

"Hmm?" He inquired without moving.

"The apartment. I want this one. Two bedrooms and light cabinets." She clarified. "This is the one where you proposed, the one where we're going to be a family."

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THE END

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The flashback reference to Flack & Angell's date during the courtroom scene was from my story "A Real Date". And yes, black cherry sparkling cider really does make for a nice alternative to red wine.

The original story of Rachel Layne, although she has been in subsequent chapters, was in "Flangellized" chapter 11 titled 'Winter Ball'.

The reference to Flack & Angell attending the open house at that same apartment complex is from "Flangellized" chapter 19 titled 'Apartments'.

This is also the same apartment Flack refers to in my story "365 Days".

The reference to Dr. Rawles' conversation with Angell is part of my story "Pay Up (Runner's version)" chapter 8.

The references to Flack getting his Grandmother's ring is from "Flangellized" chapter 18 titled 'Limit of 3'.

Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoyed "A Family".

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313: Obsession

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Original air date:
January 17, 2007

Written by: Jeremy Littman

Directed by: Jeffrey G. Hunt

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Episode recap: A man found dead in the snow with a price tag hanging from inside his stomach leads the CSIs to the annual Idiot Run race where young New Yorkers in creative costumes race decorated shopping carts from Brooklyn to Manhattan as if they were dog sleds. Meanwhile, when a successful real estate agent is found dead inside a Manhattan brownstone by some young kids, Mac, Flack, Lindsay and Stella investigate what appears to be a possible kidnapping turned deadly.

The crimes:

Victim(s): Alex Martin- Realtor (crime #1), Bruce Abbott (crime #2)

Suspect(s): Artemis Hunt- parolee (crime #1), Rita- Bruce's teammate (crime #2), Carla- racer sabotaged by Bruce (crime #2), Hector- horse handler (crime #1), Liz Grayson (crime #1),

Witness(es):

Whodunit: Terry- Liz Grayson's ex-husband (crime #1), Homeless guy with a mannequin leg (crime #2)

Connection the evidence:

From the field:

duct tape (crime #1)

rope (crime #1)

smell of rosemary (crime #1)

broken high heel (crime #2)
footprints in snow (crime #2)
cigarette in snow (crime #1)

footprints in snow outside window of brownstone (crime #1)
knife with blood wiped off (crime #1)

From the morgue:

nail polish (crime #2)
$0.89 price tag (crime #2)

strawberries in stomach (crime #1)
sub-dermal bruising caused by a foot (crime #2)

From the lab:

brunette hairs on tape and suit (crime #1)
lipstick on tape (crime #1)
wood shavings from trunk of rental car (crime #1)

traces of horse manure (crime #1)
strawberries and champagne trace on tape (crime #1)
white dog hair on shopping cart (crime #2)
"delfina's market" cart, which is now an $0.89 store (crime #2)

Turning point in the investigation: Crime #1- Liz Grayson lied about being kidnapped and raped.

Familiar locations in NY: Central Park

Personnel issues:

Guest stars:

Best episode quotes:

Danny: So our murderer is a one-legged, barefoot woman, whos got serious kung-fu skills?

Flack: "A couple of kids came into the 3-5, said a friend's football may have accidentally killed a man. I locked them up for fun."

Danny: Stop shiverin' like a girl, Adam. It's not even that cold out.
Adam: I'm from Phoenix. 85 degrees is considered freezing.
Danny: Cupcake.

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CSI NY Trivia Game

greyscsinyfan — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:05:25 CDT

Hello fellow CSI NY geeks, we used to play this on the CBS boards and I thought I'd start a fresh game over here... so the game basically goes like this. Someone posts something to do with CSI NY - for example the name of a character, an actor, a quote, suspect, location, pieces of evidence etc etc and the next person posts something that begins with the last letter of the previous post... for example someone posts MAC TAYLOR this ends in an R so the next person would post something beginning with R for example Rope - What Hollis Eckhart used to hang his victims in S6. SO the next post would begin with an E and so on and so forth. So lets Start...

Don Flack - passing a 'K'.

CSI: NY Music | Season 6

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Season 6

Epi #/Title	Artist	Song Title	Description
601: Epilogue	We Fell To Earth Fink Freeland King Roc Antony and the Johnsons	"The Double"	-CSI's investigating the crime scene/Sid examining the body -Beginning scene after intro (Mac in lab, Don in club and scene with Stella and Adam) -Hawkes in the sample library -Sid undressing the victim/Hawkes in the lab -at the end
602: Blacklist	Juster	"Boom Boom Boom"	-Plays while Hawkes is printing the car
603: Lat 40° 47' N/Long 73° 58' W
604: Dead Reckoning	King Roc	"Lunar People"	-Sid examines the stomach contents of the victim
605: Battle Scars	Madcon	"Beggin' "	-During the street dance scene
606:It Happened to Me
607:Hammer Down	Fever Ray	"Keep the Streets Empty for Me"	-Autopsy
608:Cuckoo's Nest
609:Manhattanhenge	Bill Withers ?	"Ain't No Sunshine" "Sundown" (Gordon Lightfoot cover)	-plays while Mac and Flack find the underground house. -Closing scene
610: Death House	Peter Fox	"Schwarz zu Blau"	-Sid examines the victim
611:Second Chances	Train Train	"Hey Soul Sister	-Scene with Stella and Danny at Sam Bakers studio -Ending
612: Criminal Justice	Holly Miranda Imogen Heap	"Slow Burn Treason"	-Danny and Lindsay in the girls room looking for evidence -Ending
613:Flag on the Play	Far East Movement Hot Chip	"Like a G6" "Keep Quiet"	-The New York players celebrating their victory -Sid processing the body
614:Sanguine Love	Ceesau Ours	"Tear To Spare" "Fallen Souls"	-Scene where Hawkes and Flack were at Billy James tattoo place. -While Hawkes was processing evidence
615: The Formula
616: Uncertainty Rules
617: Pot of Gold	The Ambience Affair Neil Ormandy with Rushmore	"Parting Patterns" "Blue Velvet Sky"	-Autopsy scene/Danny and Lindsey at the crime scene; near the beginning -Mac and Aubrey in the restaurant
618: Rest in Peace, Marina Garito
619: Redemption	Ozzy Osbourne Corinne Bailey Rae	"Scream" "Like a Star"	-During the prison riot -The end of the episode when Hawkes visits his sister's grave
620: Tales from the Undercard
621: Unusual Suspects
622: Point of View
623: Vacation Getaway	Lisa Hannigan	"Ocean and a Rock"	-The Messer family going for vacation (1st song)

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Background

It can be inferred that Danny grew up on Long Island, in a family under surveillance (as hinted at in the episode "Tanglewood". As a result, he formed his own set of hybrid ethics, caught between the world of lawbreakers and law enforcers. Though very little is known about the Messer family, Danny openly admits that he has had a very rocky relationship with his older brother, Louie, since a fateful night in 1991. After promising to take Danny to Atlantic City with some of his friends, they stopped off at Giants stadium where Louie and two others began to severely beat a drug dealer, telling him it was an initiation into the Tanglewood Boys gang. When Danny protested, Louie called him a disgrace and told him to leave. It was later revealed that Louie sent Danny away to prevent any involvement in the subsequent murder of that drug dealer (episode 220, "Run Silent, Run Deep"). Despite the strained relationship that resulted, Danny would later come to lend money to Louie on more than one occasion (episode 211, "Trapped").While Danny and his older brother grew apart in their teenage years, it can be said that they were close as children, since Danny fondly recalls rowing in "the bay" with his brother in their grandfather's boat to dive for bottles (episode 402, "The Deep"). He goes on to say that on one occasion their boat drifted into the harbor, and they were taken home by the Coast Guard, much to the dismay of their mother who, in turn, didn't speak much to her youngest son for a week thereafter, he describes it as "the quietest week ever."After graduating first in his class at the NYPD Police Academy, (episode 122, "The Closer"), Danny was chosen by CSI team leader Mac Taylor to join his team, an honor and a responsibility that he attempts to live up to each day.

[edit]Outside the Lab

It has been implied that Danny is in his early 30s; Lindsay Monroe made a reference to his 30th birthday (episode 208, "Bad Beat"). Danny attended college and played minor league baseball until his wrist was broken during a baseball game that he was playing in. He took a ball in the head, and before he had a chance to do the same to the pitcher, the benches were cleared and he got caught up in the pile-up, shattering his wrist and ending any hopes for a career as a baseball player (episode 509, "The Box"). He is a very good handball player, once using his skills to acquire evidence (episode 216, "Cool Hunter"). He grew up in the same neighborhood as the Tanglewood boys, but maintains he was never a part of the gang like his brother, Louie, was (episode 220, "Run Silent, Run Deep").

[edit]On the Job

On the show, Danny has displayed a tendency to follow his intuition when solving a case, rather than relying on the evidence, for which Mac has reprimanded him (episode 105, "A Man a Mile"). He was also once reprimanded for working to solve a case even after being ordered by Mac to move on to another one due to the victim having died a natural death (episode 119, "Crime & Misdemeanor"). Danny is a very suspicious person; though he gets along well with the rest of the CSI team, Detective Don Flack is one of the few people he truly confides in.Danny is given control of his first crime scene in season 1, episode 6 "Outside Man." Mac tells him and Aiden that the crime scene at a robbery homicide is theirs, that Danny's in charge. The end of the episode says that Danny is on a promotion grid.Almost a year after a episode featuring a case that involved the Tanglewood Boys gang (episode 113, "Tanglewood"), Danny was implicated in a 15-year-old cold murder case. Louie is severely beaten by the gang and left in a coma after attempting to prove Danny's innocence. With Mac's help, Danny eventually clears his name, thanks to a taped confession from the real killer (episode 220, "Run Silent, Run Deep"). Louie's condition is still unknown, though it is widely presumed that he is still comatose.It seems that Danny is particularly sensitive when it comes to suspects who act out on the loss of a loved one. In episode 304, "Hung Out To Dry," Danny tells murder suspect Shane Casey that he understands Shane's desire to clear his brother Ian's name, but does not agree with Shane's methods. Danny's words come back to haunt him later when, during the events of "Raising Shane" (episode 311), Shane tries to exploit Danny's sympathy for his situation, as well as Danny's concern for Louie, to get Danny at gunpoint to process the since-abandoned crime scene to obtain evidence that would prove Ian's innocence. To Shane's despair, the CSI brings evidence with him that proves Ian's guilt, and the police take Shane into custody without incident.In the episode "On The Job" (episode 121), Danny's relationship with Mac becomes strained when, during a critical case, Danny fires his weapon blindly in a shootout that resulted in the death of a police officer. Ultimately, it is determined that someone else actually fired the fatal shot. Nevertheless, Danny is taken off the promotional grid after talking to Internal Affairs when Mac specifically told to him wait until the preliminary evidence report was in. The mistrust fades by the end of Season 2, when Mac talks to him outside the hospital after the events that leave Danny's brother Louie comatose (episode 220, "Run Silent, Run Deep"). Danny is annoyed when he discovers he is evidently the last to learn about the romantic relationship between Mac and Medical Examiner Peyton Driscoll, especially that "even Flack" knew about it before he did (episode 316, "Heart of Glass").Danny takes it upon himself to trade shifts with Lindsay Monroe in episode 324, "Snow Day," taking her place to assist lab tech Adam Ross at a warehouse crime scene. When he arrives, he is taken hostage and held along with Adam by Irish mobsters who hope to use the situation to distract the NYPD while others of their clan break into the lab to retrieve a huge cocaine seizure from earlier in the day. Danny is badly beaten during his captivity (taking a total of 4 blows to the head, one to the spine and having his left hand broken), but with Adam's help, manages to take down their captors in time to be rescued by the officers gathered outside.

Relationships:

Cindy - a woman that likes to talk a lot (according to Danny) but we never meet.

Lindsay Monroe (wife episode 5x17, dated season 3-5) -

After Rueben's death in Season 4 Ep 11 - "Child's Play" he starts to become distant from Lindsay. In Ep 16 "Right Next Door" we see Danny and Rikki (Rueben's Mother) the morning after one of their nights together. Danny doesn't see anything wrong with "trying to make each other feel better" but doesn't say clearly whether he wants this to be a fling or something more. Later in this same episode, Lindsay, who has been getting bad vibes from Danny through the whole ep, says that she doesn't want to be a clingy girlfriend, she just knows what its like to lose someone you're close to and wants to be there for him. She feels like she's lost her best friend since Rueben's death (because Danny is acting differently). She says the problem is that she's fallen in love with Danny and now she has to figure out how to get over it. (Which I guess means shes breaking up with him, or giving him a sort of ultimatum a 'prove you want me/deserve me and maybe we can still save this'). Danny does nothing in this episode. Danny and Lindsay also have a daughter together in the episode "Greater Good."

In Ep 17 "Like Water For Murder" there is a moment in the lab where Danny and Lindsay laugh together at a joke but then when Danny says they should rent a movie together she says the situation was just too weird. She's obviously uncomfortable and leaves the room but forgets to put away a piece of evidence. The team is being observed for accuracy during this ep and the inspector sees the exchange and the evidence left out. The inspector brings up the exchange to Mac, but Mac says he tries to stay out of his team's personal lives. The inspector presses that these are the mistakes that can hurt a case in the future. Knowing the inspector is right Mac brings it up to Lindsay, (just the part about leaving evidence out), she first tries to say that Danny was there, but then corrects herself by saying that she knows she should have put it away. Mac says he is worried about her. She then confesses to Mac that she should have never gotten involved with Danny, and then walks away. (And I bet Mac wonders what Danny did, and whether he should kill him for upsetting her. :) )

Season 4 Ep 19 - "Personal Foul" - Danny decides he needs to break off relations with Rikki but when she comes to the door he finds out she's moving anyway. They part with no ill blood between them but Danny sits at his counter looking at Reuben's memorial paper again. Later in the episode Lindsay is walking in the rain and Danny calls her. He wishes that he hadn't pushed her away and misses her "more than he can say". She asks if he has any idea how hard he is to love" to which he asks if she can come over in person and explain it to him. She says she has to go. (Could this be a turning point in their relationship?)

Defining Cases (or Episodes):

Season 1
Tanglewood Ep 13 - While investigating a dead body in the park they find that a tattoo has been sanded off the back of the body. The team discovers that it was a gang tattoo and Mac asks Danny what he knows about the gang. Danny admits that he used to hang with the gang and was invited to join but declined because he didn't like what they were into. Later in the investigation Danny seems to be struggling with this confession to Mac and tries to talk to him but Mac says he made the right choice to not join the gang and Danny lets the subject drop. Will Danny's affiliation with the gang come up under the investigation and is he actually hiding more details?

On the Job Ep. 21 - While Danny is checking a house for blood splatter a perp dashes out of a closet hitting Danny in the face with the door. Danny follows him into the subway and a shoot out occurs. When the shots stop a dead undercover cop is on the ground, the perp gone, and Danny looks like the murderer. Danny struggles to clear his name but his account doesn't add up with evidence. Mac tells Danny not to talk to IAB for 48 hours but Danny desperately wants to tell his side of the story to clear his name. Will the evidence clear Danny or will he damn himself before the evidence has a chance to?

Season 2
Trapped - Ep 2x11 - While working the case on a reclusive billionaire found murdered inside his bedroom/panic room Danny becomes trapped inside with the dead body. The man who built the panic room says it will be at least 13 hours until he can get the door open and that it will get hot inside the panic room. Stella presses Danny to find things inside the room to use as a crime kit to process the scene before they lose evidence due to the heat.

Run Silent, Run Deep Ep 2x20 - Tanglewood resurfaces on the crime scene when a tip about a body in an end zone is reported by a man who then shoots himself in his car. Mac tells Danny to stay clear of the investigation but when it turns towards Danny and his brother Louie can he stay out of trouble?

Heroes Ep 2x23 - Aiden is found dead in a torched car. Danny is upset about her murder and is really tempted to beat up suspects but Mac keeps him busy with a Marine body found in a park during Fleet Week.

Season 3
Raising Shane Ep 3x11 - Sheldon gets pegged as the murderer of a bartender but the team believes he didn't do it. Even though they are not allowed to handle evidence from the case they gather as much information as they can and try to piece together what really happened. Danny pushes the line by pressing the eye witness for information on the shooter. The team discovers that Shane is framing Sheldon and that he wants the team to exonerate his older brother's name. Danny has to try to convince Shane that his older brother really did murder a bartender. But how will he react?

Sleight Out of Hand Ep 3x18 - Danny and Lindsay almost kiss.

Snow Day Ep 3x24 - Danny switches shifts with Montana so that she can sleep in at his place. When he goes to join Adam at processing the largest drug seizure in city history he discovers the drug lords might not be over their loss. He gets captured and tries to make the best of his situation by taking the kidnappers eyes away from the already tortured Adam. But can he figure out to save them both?

Season 4

Child's Play Ep 4x11 - Danny takes his next door neighbor's kid Reuben to get his bicycle blessed at church. On their way back home gunfire breaks out a shop. Danny sends Reuben home while he helps the wounded shop keeper. Later at the morgue he sees Reuben dead on the table and breaks down. He tries to figure out what went wrong and how to tell the son's mother what happened. (Heartbreaking episode for him).

Season 5

The Box Ep 5x9 - Danny finds out that Lindsay is pregnant with his child.
Green Piece Ep 5x17 - Danny marries Lindsay.
Communication Breakdown 5x19 - Danny finds out that he and his wife are expecting a baby girl.
Greater Good 5x23 - Lindsay gives birth to a baby girl named Lucy.

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Epilouge Ep 6x01 - Danny is shot and is paralized from the waist down.

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Indelible Ep 8x01- Danny went from Detective Messer to Sergeant Messer

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Has a brother named Louie
Was going to play baseball till he hurt himself
Knows a little about the music business

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"My favorite kind of wine is beer.
"There's one thing I hate more than running...leaping."
(Before setting Mac's arm on fire) "Sold, but if you go up in flames, I get your office?"
"Do you know that waterproof mascara dries out your eyelashes? Amazing!"

Mac: Could happen to you, you know.
Danny: What, marriage?
Mac: Love.
Danny: Don't even say stuff like that Mac, is not funny"
(Til Death Do We Part 1x15)

(First glance at crime scene in a tunnel 700 feet under Manhattan)
Mac: You bathophobic? (fear of depths).
Danny: No I'm not anything phobic. Just a few things that shake me up and
one of them is 700 feet between me and daylight. I don't know how these guys
work down here.
(A Man a Mile 1x5)

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Original air date: January 17, 2007

Written by: Jeremy Littman

Directed by: Jeffrey G. Hunt

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