Mac Romances The Lab Tech

Mac Taylor will get back in the relationship game in the second half of CSI: New York's freshman season.

The detective is set to begin romancing DNA lab tech Jane Parsons, according to TV Guide Online. Played by Sonya Walger, Parsons made her debut in episode eight, "Three Generations Are Enough", and also appeared in "Officer Blue".

But executive producer and showrunner Anthony Zuiker said Mac's attempts to rebuild his life after his wife's death in the September 11 attacks will hit a brick wall in the last episode of the season. "Just when it looks like he has jumped over the hurdle, he'll get a piece of news [in the season finale] that will shake him into oblivion and force him to move forward [in] Season 2." As for the possibility that Mac's wife could still be alive, Zuiker issued a "No comment".

Expect New York to get a cosmetic makeover in 2005 as well. After complaints the show was too dark and dour, CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler wants to turn the lights on. She said the show will be focusing on many different areas of the Big Apple instead of just the "darker underbelly". "New York's a vibrant, bright, colorful, multicultural place," she said.

The original article can be found here at TV Guide Online.

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