See Also: 'Hostage' Episode Guide

It's time for the truth to come out.

According to CSI Files sources, the premiere of CSI: New York's fifth season will be called "Veritas". At the end of the season four finale, Mac Taylor was at the mercy of the mysterious gunman from the bank, and the rest of the team realized that he was truly in danger. "Veritas" picks up where "Hostage" left off.

Mac is on the side of the road in New Jersey, injured and trying to flag down a car for help. Most of the cars just pass him by. Finally, Mac steps out in front of one car and forces the driver to stop in order to avoid hitting him. He approaches the window and looks inside at Lauren Santana.

Lauren is cautious and won't roll the window down to let Mac speak to her. He tells her he's with the NYPD and just needs to use her phone to call for help. When she sees that he's really injured, she reluctantly agrees, telling him he'll have to stay outside the car. Mac is trying not to fall over as she reaches for her phone. In no time at all, a helicopter is circling over Freedom Way, and Mac waves to let them know he's there.

Jersey City and New Jersey State police officers rush around with uniformed officers and detectives. Reporters gather just beyond a barricade. This is a crime scene now. Mac is with a paramedic, and Stella stands by. He has a headache, he's dizzy and his vision is blurry. The paramedic tells him that he's got a complex concussion. He bandages Mac's head wound and tells Stella that he already tried to convince Mac to go to a hospital--Mac won't budge, not even for Stella.

Meanwhile, the Jersey police are hard at work. The unmarked police car Mac was in at the end of "Hostage" is pulled from the water, its doors open and water spilling from the inside. Nearby, two divers emerge with a body: it's Derrick James (Dayo Ade), the man who robbed the bank and killed the bank manager in the season four finale. There is a gunshot wound near his jaw-line, and Flack can tell that something isn't adding up.

While the team tries to find the missing gunman, "Joe"/Douglas (Elias Koteas), things become more complicated when another dead body turns up: Lauren Santana, the woman that let Mac use her phone. Flack tells Adam to give him two hours before reporting an important piece of information: the car Lauren was driving belonged to his sister, Melanie.

Flack goes to visit his sister, a bartender in her early twenties, to see if she might be involved in whatever is going on. Melanie has no idea what Flack is talking about, and she tells him she just let her friend Lauren borrow the car. The relationship between the two siblings is obviously strained, and Flack tells her that he won't bail her out if she's in trouble again.

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.

"Veritas" is expected to air in September.

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