See Also: 'Consequences' Episode Guide

Gary Sinise shows more of Mac Taylor's private side in CSI: New York's third season.

Sinise explained that discussions at the end of New York's second season included romantic relationships that would start in season three. Claire Forlani was cast as Mac's love interest, Dr. Peyton Driscoll. Sinise told the Daily Mail that the relationship was not something that Mac was used to and that Peyton "brings something out in him." The characters knew each other in the past, but Sinise said that, as they started to have romantic feelings for each other, "they do not know how to manage it."

While Mac tried to make his relationship with Peyton work, he faced the added complication of his stepson coming into the picture. Reed Garrett (Kyle Gallner) came to meet the biological mother who put him up for adoption, but Mac had to break the news to him that Claire was dead. "Mac felt like he was moving beyond this tragedy in his life, and then this living breathing symbol of his deceased wife comes back into the picture and he's not sure how to deal with it," Sinise said.

In addition to Mac's personal relationships, Sinise also discussed the character's professional relationship with Detective Don Flack (Eddie Cahill) during the episode "Consequences". "Don is a good cop," Sinise explained, "but there are police units and divisions all around the country and this presents a tug-of-war of how things should be done and Don finds himself caught up in that." He said that the two butted heads over the investigation, but in the end "they both do the right thing. Don finds a new respect for Mac and learns a lot. In the end of season two Mac saves his life so he can't be that mad at him."

The original article is from The Daily Mail.

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