History Recap / CSINYS05E08

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Had David Oka gone to the police with the car of the Mac Taylor who killed his girlfriend when he discovered it, they would have arrested MacQuinn Taylor and the other two Mac Taylors Oka killed would still be alive.

* PlanetOfSteves: Adam locates 23 individuals who go by the titular moniker.

* SelfImmolation: Distraught over the loss of a loved one, the perp sets himself on fire near the end of the episode. His fate is left hanging.
* ShirtlessScene / WorkoutFanservice: Mac is seen swimming at the local rec center.
* SignificantNameOverlap: To avoid major confusion, each "Mac" Taylor is revealed to have a different actual given name ([=MacDonald=], Machiavelli, etc).

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Had David Oka gone to the police with the car of the Mac Taylor who killed his girlfriend when he discovered it, they would have arrested MacQuinn Taylor and the other 2 Mac Taylors Oka killed would still be alive.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Oka found information that would have definitively led to the identification and arrest of the hit-and-run driver who killed his girlfriend had he turned it over the police. Instead, he wants her killer dead. This leads to 2 innocent men getting killed (one a straight up murder, another by accident while Oka is struggling with him to see his keys to determine the make of his car).

* VigilanteJustice: Oka sets about to kill the person responsible for his girlfriend's death rather than report what he knows to the police and let them handle it. Because he only knows the culprit's name, he ends up killing two innocent people and injuring another before he himself is stopped.

* "CouldHaveAvoidedThis!"Plot: Had David Oka gone to the police with the car of the Mac Taylor who killed his girlfriend when he discovered it, they would have arrested MacQuinn Taylor and the other 2 Mac Taylors Oka killed would still be alive.

MacQuinn=] is not legally responsible for Oka's decision to pursue vigilante justice.

* VillainHasAPoint: [=MacQuinn=] Taylor, the Mac Taylor responsible for the hit-and-run that killed David Oka's girlfriend, rightfully points out to Mac that he didn't make Oka kill anyone. In the end, Oka chose to take the law into his own hands rather than report the car model and the owner's name to the police, which could have easily allowed them to find and arrest [=MacQuinn=]. While his actions set the episode's events into motion, [=
MacQuinn=] is not legally responsible for Oka's decision to pursue vigilante justice.----

* VillainHasAPoint: [=MacQuinn=] Taylor, the Mac Taylor responsible for the hit-and-run that killed David Oka's girlfriend, rightfully points out to Mac that he didn't make Oka kill anyone. In the end, Oka chose to take the law into his own hands rather than report the car make and the owner's name to the police, which could have easily allowed them to find and arrest [=MacQuinn=].
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* VillainHasAPoint: MacQuinn Taylor, the Mac Taylor responsible for the hit-and-run that killed David Oka's girlfriend, rightfully points out to Mac that he didn't make Oka kill anyone. In the end, Oka chose to take the law into his own hands rather than report the car make and the owner's name to the police, which could have easily allowed them to find and arrest MacQuinn.

* SelfImmolation: Attempted by the perp, whose fate is left hanging.

* TitleDrop: Surprisingly averted by Mac in *this* episode, as he introduces himself in this manner quite often throughout the series.

* SelfImmolation: Attempted by [[spoiler: the perp, whose fate is left hanging.]]

!Recognizable Guest Stars:
* Creator/BruceWillis' daughter, Rumer, plays "Mackendra Taylor."
* Music/{{Nelly}} returns as Terrence.
!Trivia for the episode:
* In a nod to this being the series' 100th episode, the first doors the man running in the opening tries to open are marked "100." Numbers are shown counting down to 94 in various other places.
* The Ford Thunderbird in the storage area has a hood ornament with the letters M and T, for Mac Taylor.

* TitleDrop: Surprisingly averted in *this* episode, as Mac introduces himself in this manner quite often throughout the series.

* SignificantNameOverlap: To avoid major confusion, each "Mac" Taylor is revealed to have a different actual given name (MacDonald, Machiavelli, etc).

* This is the series' 100th episode. The first doors the man running in the opening tries to open are marked "100." Numbers are shown counting down to 94 in various other places.

* Creator/BruceWillis' daughter, Rumer, plays "Mackendra Taylor."

* ShirtlessScene / WorkoutFanservice: Mac is seen swimming at the local rec center.