Mac Taylor Goes Up Against 'Corporate Warriors'

See Also: 'Corporate Warriors' Episode Guide

Next season on CSI: New York, Mac Taylor and his team investigate a double murder at an oil company that seems to take the phrase "Corporate Warriors" far too literally.

In the thus-titled fourth episode of the season, Mac, Stella, Danny and Lindsay all have to work on the case of Jared Palmer, an extremely promising junior executive at oil behemoth American Pacific International. When Mac and Lindsay go through his belongings, they quickly discover why Jared was so well-liked by his superiors -- he was involved in an Enron-like scam to keep the company's stock price up. On his body, they find a memo outlining the entire plan, and so Mac and Lindsay decide to take that to API's CEO for a little chat.

Upon arriving at the API officies, company head Paul Andre finds Mac's accusations ridiculous. Jared wasn't simply any executive, he ran half the company, and would certainly never engage in any fraudulous behavior like that. If the CSIs believe otherwise, that just shows they don't know an awful lot about how the financial markets work. Mac isn't convinced, but he doesn't want to argue the point -- instead, his attention is drawn by the very extensive collection of martial arts weapons Andre keeps on display in his office. There's a kama, a Chinese sickle-like weapon; a fighting fan, on the surface a decorative object, but with deadly blades inserted in the tips; and a Chinese spear, sporting red horse hair to absorb the victim's blood and keep it from dirtying up the blade. It's Mac who's able to rattle of all these details at the top off his head, and when he produces a warrant to take all the weapons back to the CSI lab, it's hard not to think he may be looking forward to having them all in his own office, even if only for a little while.

Further investigation suggests that Jared was indeed killed by one of Andre's weapons; specifically, a razor-sharp katana. However, it turns out the possible securities fraud may not have anything to do with the murder, as a second body shows up: that of executive Greg Thompson. Still, Paul Andre has to remain the primary suspect -- the katana and the rest of his weapons would be extremely difficult to use by anyone without the proper training. In any other company, that would severely narrow down the list of suspects. But not at API, as it turns out Andre has shared his hobby with the rest of the company, making it practically mandatory to study martial arts for anyone hoping to climb the corporate ladder. Now, the CSIs must find the killer among a corporate cadre made up exclusively of kung-fu experts...

While most of the CSIs work on the API case, Dr. Hawkes and Det. Flack team up to investigate the case of James Wheeler, a teenager who loved to spend his time behind the computer, playing video games and chatting with friends. Earlier today, a fire erupted in his apartment building while James was home alone, and as he was glued to his screen, he didn't notice the smoke seeping into his room until it was far too late. By the time he became aware of what was going on, the hallway had become an inferno, and James didn't stand a chance.

James is survived by his mother, Karen Wheeler, who's inconsolable, and beating herself up over leaving her son home alone. Dr. Hawkes takes pity on her -- after collecting all the evidence, he hands her his card, and tells her she can get in touch with him whenever she has any questions. This immediately gets him into hot water with Flack, who tells Hawkes that's his job. Hawkes gets annoyed -- he got out of the morgue to help the living, not to get involved in political turf wars. But he'll soon realise that out on the field, he'll have to learn to rely on Flack if he wants to solve any cases..

Please note that the above plot details have not been confirmed by CBS, Alliance Atlantis or Bruckheimer Films, and until such time you should treat this information as you would any other rumour. The above information comes from early script drafts and the details of the episodes are liable to change before the episodes are shown.

"Corporate Warriors" is expected to air on the 12th of October, 2005.

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