Note that when Mac gave Reed the pictures of Claire in season 3's " Sweet Sixteen," the pictures show a different woman, that's likely due to the person in the photos not being an actor or being unavailable and no one being able to know at the time that Claire would have to appear on-screen later. Mac tells her to stay out where its safe, and then the call is cut off. She told Mac during their phone call that she was out of her tower and safe, but that she wanted to go back in. Christine runs a small restaurant and spent a lot of time with Mac when he was recovering from being shot (818 'Near Death'). She may have been killed on the street when the second plane hit, or she may have gone back inside the tower and died while trying to help others. The character's first name, by the way, is after Gary's son, McCanna, whose nickname is Mac and who, in turn, is named after one of his own uncles. Sinise says he gave the character his last name in tribute to that character. Back when Mac was still in uniform his partner, Stan, was Christines brother. Detective Mac Taylor shares last names with Gary Sinise's most famous role, Lieutenant Dan Taylor of Forrest Gump. He also held onto the opera tickets they were to have used on the night of 9/11, eventually releasing them into the ocean in 8x1 'Indelible' as a symbolic goodbye.Ĭlaire was portrayed in the flashbacks in the season eight premiere " Indelible" by Jaime Ray Newman. Christine Whitney (played by Megan Dodds in seasons 89) is an old friend and new girlfriend of Mac Taylor. Even years later, Mac still mourns the loss of his wife, frequently visiting the site of the former World Trade Center, as well as keeping pictures of her, and a beach ball, which she blew up. Mac tells her to stay out where it's safe, and then the call is cut off. A February episode of CSI will see Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) arrive in Las Vegas, with D.B.
She may have been killed on the street when the second plane hit, or she may have gone back inside the tower and died while trying to help others. CSI and CSI: NY are to stage a new crossover episode.
She was killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, as she was in the World Trade Center at the time. Christine asks Mac if he recalls an incident where they all got drunk and something embarrassing happened, but though Mac remembers, he won't talk about it. Portrayed by Melina Kanakaredes, Stella appeared in. It's also revealed that she and Mac were both friends with Christine Whitney and her brother, Stan, and they once all went on vacation together to Myrtle Beach, SC. Detective Stella Bonasera is a fictional character and a co-protagonist of the CBS crime drama CSI: NY. We know that, due to Mac mentioning Claire to his father right before discharge from the Marines (' Blacklist'), that they must have met during his time of service. She later married Mac, but the two did not have children. At a fairly young adult age, she gave birth to Reed Garrett, and gave him up for adoption.