Episode
CSI: NY: Communication Breakdown
Overview
When a Native American chief is shot on the subway, the CSIs struggle to translate which one of the several foreign suspects may have caused his death.
Details
- Series
- CSI: NY
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 2009-03-25
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Communication Breakdown is Episode 19 in Season 5 of CSI: NY. It aired on 2009-03-25. The runtime is 43 min.
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