Post by Vincent on May 2, 2007 16:18:31 GMT 1
(Sue me >_>)
Gender: Male
Hair color: Dark Blond
City: New York City
Job: Crime Scene Investigator
Rank: Detective 3rd Grade
Current status: Alive
Known relatives: Louie Messer (brother)
Portrayed by Carmine Giovinazzo
First appearance MIA/NYC NonStop
Background
Danny grew up on Staten Island, in an "Italian Mafia" family under surveillance (as hinted at in the episode "Tanglewood"). As a result, he formed his own set of hybrid ethics, caught between the world of lawbreakers and lawmakers. Though very little is known about the Messer family, Danny openly admits that he has had a very rocky relationship with his older brother, Louie, since a fateful night in 1991. After promising to take Danny to a party in Atlantic City with some of his friends, Louie pulled over beside a football stadium where he and two others began to severely beat a drug dealer, telling him it was an initiation into the Tanglewood Boys gang. When Danny protested, Louie called him a disgrace and told him to leave (episode 220, "Run Silent, Run Deep"). Despite the strained relationship that resulted, Danny would often lend money to Louie (episode 211, "Trapped").
Danny attended college and played minor league baseball until he got into a fight and broke his wrist, after which he went to the police academy and graduated first in his class (episode 122, "The Closer"). CSI team leader Mac Taylor personally selected Danny for his team, an honor and a responsibility that he attempts to live up to each day.
On the Job
Danny has displayed a tendency to follow his intuition when solving a case, rather than relying on the evidence, for which Taylor has reprimanded him (episode 105, "A Man a Mile"). Danny is a very suspicious person; though he gets along well with the rest of the CSI team, Detective Don Flack is one of the few people he truly confides in.
Almost a year after a case that involved the Tanglewood Boys gang (episode 113, "Tanglewood"), Danny is implicated in a 15-year-old cold murder case. Louie is severely beaten by the gang and left in a coma after attempting to prove Danny's innocence. With Mac's help, Danny eventually clears his name, thanks to a taped confession from the real killer (episode 220, "Run Silent, Run Deep"). Louie's condition is still unknown, though it is widely presumed that he is still comatose.
Danny is particularly sensitive when it comes to suspects who act out on the loss of a loved one. In episode 304, "Hung Out To Dry," Danny tells murder suspect Shane Casey that he understands Shane's desire to clear his brother, Ian's, name, but does not agree with Shane's methods. Danny's words come back to haunt him later when, during the events of "Raising Shane" (episode 311), Shane tries to exploit Danny's sympathy for his situation, as well as Danny's concern for Louie, to get Danny at gunpoint to process the since-abandoned crime scene to obtain evidence that would find Ian innocence. To Shane's dispair, the CSI brings evidence with him that proves Ian's guilt, and the police take Shane into custody without incident.
During "On The Job" (episode 121), Danny's relationship with Mac becomes strained when, during a critical case, Danny fires his weapon blindly, which supposedly leads to the death of a police officer. Ultimately, it is determined that someone else actually fired the fatal shot. Nevertheless, Danny is taken off the promotional grid after talking to Internal Affairs when specifically told to wait. The mistrust fades by the end of Season 2, when Mac talks to him outside the hospital after the events that leave Danny's brother Louie comatose (episode 220, "Run Silent, Run Deep"). Danny is annoyed when he discovers he is evidently the last to learn about the romantic relationship between Mac and medical examiner Peyton Driscoll, especially that "even Flack" knew about it before he did (episode 316, "Heart of Glass").
Gender: Male
Hair color: Dark Blond
City: New York City
Job: Crime Scene Investigator
Rank: Detective 3rd Grade
Current status: Alive
Known relatives: Louie Messer (brother)
Portrayed by Carmine Giovinazzo
First appearance MIA/NYC NonStop
Background
Danny grew up on Staten Island, in an "Italian Mafia" family under surveillance (as hinted at in the episode "Tanglewood"). As a result, he formed his own set of hybrid ethics, caught between the world of lawbreakers and lawmakers. Though very little is known about the Messer family, Danny openly admits that he has had a very rocky relationship with his older brother, Louie, since a fateful night in 1991. After promising to take Danny to a party in Atlantic City with some of his friends, Louie pulled over beside a football stadium where he and two others began to severely beat a drug dealer, telling him it was an initiation into the Tanglewood Boys gang. When Danny protested, Louie called him a disgrace and told him to leave (episode 220, "Run Silent, Run Deep"). Despite the strained relationship that resulted, Danny would often lend money to Louie (episode 211, "Trapped").
Danny attended college and played minor league baseball until he got into a fight and broke his wrist, after which he went to the police academy and graduated first in his class (episode 122, "The Closer"). CSI team leader Mac Taylor personally selected Danny for his team, an honor and a responsibility that he attempts to live up to each day.
On the Job
Danny has displayed a tendency to follow his intuition when solving a case, rather than relying on the evidence, for which Taylor has reprimanded him (episode 105, "A Man a Mile"). Danny is a very suspicious person; though he gets along well with the rest of the CSI team, Detective Don Flack is one of the few people he truly confides in.
Almost a year after a case that involved the Tanglewood Boys gang (episode 113, "Tanglewood"), Danny is implicated in a 15-year-old cold murder case. Louie is severely beaten by the gang and left in a coma after attempting to prove Danny's innocence. With Mac's help, Danny eventually clears his name, thanks to a taped confession from the real killer (episode 220, "Run Silent, Run Deep"). Louie's condition is still unknown, though it is widely presumed that he is still comatose.
Danny is particularly sensitive when it comes to suspects who act out on the loss of a loved one. In episode 304, "Hung Out To Dry," Danny tells murder suspect Shane Casey that he understands Shane's desire to clear his brother, Ian's, name, but does not agree with Shane's methods. Danny's words come back to haunt him later when, during the events of "Raising Shane" (episode 311), Shane tries to exploit Danny's sympathy for his situation, as well as Danny's concern for Louie, to get Danny at gunpoint to process the since-abandoned crime scene to obtain evidence that would find Ian innocence. To Shane's dispair, the CSI brings evidence with him that proves Ian's guilt, and the police take Shane into custody without incident.
During "On The Job" (episode 121), Danny's relationship with Mac becomes strained when, during a critical case, Danny fires his weapon blindly, which supposedly leads to the death of a police officer. Ultimately, it is determined that someone else actually fired the fatal shot. Nevertheless, Danny is taken off the promotional grid after talking to Internal Affairs when specifically told to wait. The mistrust fades by the end of Season 2, when Mac talks to him outside the hospital after the events that leave Danny's brother Louie comatose (episode 220, "Run Silent, Run Deep"). Danny is annoyed when he discovers he is evidently the last to learn about the romantic relationship between Mac and medical examiner Peyton Driscoll, especially that "even Flack" knew about it before he did (episode 316, "Heart of Glass").