Love & Romance in CSI: NY

MANILA, Philippines - CSI: NY ended last season under a rain of explosive gunfire. A faceless gunman targeted the CSIs in their weakest moment: A memorial for the passing of detective Angell (Emmanuelle Vaugier), brutally slain on the job by mercenaries. What more lies in store for the tragedy-struck team on AXN’s CSI: NY for a sixth season tonight at 10.

As the dust settles in the opening, key team member Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo) has been hit. Injured in his spine, Danny is suddenly faced with paralysis waist down. He is confined to a wheelchair and is faced with only 10 percent chance of recovery. Will his disability be too much for his new family - baby Lucy and wife Lindsay Monroe (Anna Belknap)?

CSIs are plagued by the perils of love and romance. Having lost love to crime, Don Flack (Eddie Cahill) goes on a rampage for vengeance that can’t be satiated until blood is shed. Meanwhile, Mac Taylor’s (Gary Sinise) rather non-existent love life will be spiced up this season when he opens up his heart to emergency room doctor Dr. Aubrey Hunter (Madchen Amick). Just as he gets cozy in his new relationship, the return of old flame Peyton Driscoll (Claire Forlani) will leave him torn between the new and old. Not to be left out is tough Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes), affectionally dubbed by fans as Rambo Stella, who gives in to a surprise office fling. Who might it be with?

New cast members and guest stars bring fresh dynamics to the CSI: NY team this season. Sarah Carter joins the cast as Haylen Becall, a crime scene clean-up technician aspiring to be a CSI who, while enthusiastic to be working with the forensic team, harbors a secret that will only be revealed later this season. Harold Perrineau of Lost shoots a harrowing death scene as a death row inmate, caught along with Dr. Sheldon Hawkes (Hill Harper) in a prison lockdown. The list of guest actors also include Gary’s daughter, Sophie Sinise, racer Danica Patrick, Antonio Sabato Jr. and Kim Kardashian.

A new serial killer will strike this season in the culmination of a multi-episode mystery, killing two seemingly unrelated victims before leaving antique compasses behind as hints to his next crime. Mac and his team are stumped by this mysterious madman dubbed as the Compass Killer (Skeet Ulrich), especially when the latest compass he leaves behind spins wildly in all directions.

Premiering tomorrow, May 25 and airing Tuesdays at 11 p.m. on AXN Beyond, The Prisoner follows Michael, an ex-employee of a surveillance firm who becomes trapped in a mysterious, utopia-like settlement in the middle of nowhere called The Village, with seemingly no escape. Known only as the number 6 among Village residents identified also by numbers, Michael contends with the omnipresent leader of the community known as the number 2 who has control over the surface-deep peace and order, as well as almost everyone and everything else around him.

Attempting to make sense of the memory flashes of his real life in New York City, 6 tries to find a way out of the mindlessly obedient and sterile community. In doing so, 6 is engaged in a dramatic battle of wills and wits against 2 who tries everything to assimilate him into The Village.

The Prisoner comes packed with the panache and star power to match the cult status of its predecessor by pitting actors Jim Caviezel and Sir Ian McKellen against each other. The former plays the protagonist in captivity 6, while the latter is the captor and antagonist 2. Indeed, just as the original series, The Prisoner unravels best through the dramatic tension between both, tracing the slow erosion of the Village leader’s false friendly front into impatience, and the inward and outward struggles of 6 that personify desperation and anguish.