| Main Character: New York | |
| Name | McKenna Llewellyn Taylor Jr. |
| Gender | Male |
| Birth Date | November 1, 1965 |
| Family | Claire Conrad (wife, deceased) McKenna Boyd Taylor Sr. (father, deceased) Millie Taylor (mother) Reed Garrett (Step-son) |
| City | New York |
| Job | CSI |
| Rank | Detective 1st Grade |
| Status | Alive |
| Portrayed By | Gary Sinise |
| First Appearance | MIA/NYC NonStop |
McKenna "Mac" Llewellyn Taylor is the Head Supervisor of the New York City Crime Lab.
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About
Mac is single-minded when it comes to catching the bad guy. Mac is also very intent on the integrity of the lab. He fired Aiden Burn for even considering planting evidence, even though she never did. [1] Mac holds all military personnel in high esteem, considering the uniform itself a badge of honor. He often dressed in fatigues as a child, indicating his interest in serving his country at a very early age. [2]
Although Mac doesn't have any kids of his own, he's very good with children. [3] Mac was a part of the military for many years, and still has proficient skills in fighting. He especially excels in unarmed combat, making it easy for him to take down suspects on the go. From his service, Mac has gained an intimate knowledge of a wide range of weapons, and is proficient in many of them (Corporate Warriors). Mac is a skilled bass guitar player, and has a standing appointment on Wednesdays to perform with a jazz group. (Stuck On You)
Early Life
Mac was originally from Chicago. [citation needed] He joined the Marine Corps, and was a veteran of the Beirut Bombings (where he was severely injured and has a scar quite close to his heart) and the the first Gulf War. After serving in the Marines, he was successfully discharged in March of 1992, having achieved the rank of Major. Mac moved to New York after his discharge. His father was a WWII veteran who took part in the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945. He died of cancer while Mac was still in the Corps.
He was once married to a woman named Claire Conrad who died during the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. [4]
Biography
Season 1
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Season 2
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Season 3
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Season 4
Having returned from London, Mac finds himself being stalked by the 333 Stalker. He reveals to Stella that the calls he had been receiving had actually begun while he was in London.
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Season 5
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Season 6
A week before the season finale in "Point of View", Mac is injured from chasing a murderer. During his recovery, he sits on a chair in his apartment, which is positioned at his window, allowing him to spy on his neighbors (in a Rear Window-esque way). In a Rear Window-esque episode, Mac recovers in his apartment following a fall from chasing a murderer. During his recovery, he witnesses some mysterious behaviour from a former university professor, in the apartment building which leads to a murder. With the return and help of Peyton Driscoll, Mac determines the former professor is plotting a chemical weapon attack. Before Mac injury his Wrist, He falls By Chasing a Murderer and He go to hospital with his injury.
Season 7
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Season 8
Mac is shot during a robbery gone wrong, he finds himself in limbo between life and death. As he fights for his life, the team struggles to keep their emotions in check as they process the evidence and bring the shooter to justice. The first and last “limbo” scenes feature Mac and Claire are great together. As with “Indelible”, the pair has a comfortable, believable chemistry that makes Claire’s death even more poignant. During her first scene this week, Claire explains to Mac that he’s dying. He isn’t ready, but she tells him it will all be okay. He wants to know why she is keeping her distance, so she comes closer and reaches out to touch him for the first time in more than a decade. Their second encounter at the end of the episode is very different. By then, Mac has come to terms with his situation and is ready to move on. Claire, however, tells him that he has to continue living. It isn’t like him to give up.
During the final scene with Mac and Claire, Mac confesses that he has met someone. He and Christine Whitney have embarked on a tentative relationship, and it’s clear that he has been struggling with what this budding love might mean for his past with Claire. Claire gives Mac and Christine her blessing, which symbolizes Mac forgiving himself for falling in love again and allowing himself to move on. What he shared with Claire will always be an important part of him, but he deserves to find new happiness. In fact, Claire’s final words to him are, “Be happy, Mac.”
While Mac deals with his internal struggles, Christine is waiting at the hospital to find out if Mac will live or die. Her brother Stan was Mac’s former partner, who died in the line of duty, and she is once again forced to face the reality of what it can mean to have a police officer in the family. However, she doesn’t run away. Instead, she stays at the hospital and waits, and she’s with Mac when he wakes up at the end of the hour. She has been praying over him, and she sheds tears of joy when he squeezes her hand and opens his eyes. The relationship between Mac and Christine has been a nice addition to season eight, allowing fans to see Mac in a different light as he makes an effort to have a personal life away from the lab.
Season 9
In Reignited, Mac learns from his doctor that as a result of his brain being without oxygen for some time after he was shot, he has started suffering from anomic aphasia, which makes it difficult for him to recall certain names of things.
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Appearances
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | # | |
| Season 1 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 23 | |
| Season 2 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 24 |
| Season 3 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 24 |
| Season 4 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 21 | |||
| Season 5 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 25 |
| Season 6 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 23 | |
| Season 7 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 22 | ||
| Season 8 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 18 | ||||||
| Season 9 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | - | - | N/A | 14 | |||||||
| Total | 194 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | N/A | 1 |
| Season 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Total | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | 1 | |
| Season 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | TO BE AIRED | N/A | 1 | |||||
| Total | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- Mac's father died of lung cancer before he joined the crime lab. His father was the one who made him promise to take the job in New York when on his death bed. (Blacklist - Episode 2 series 6)
- Mac is severely allergic to blueberries. (Clean Sweep)
- His address is 643 East Franklin Street, New York, New York 10008. (My Name is Mac Taylor)
References
- ↑ Determined to arrest the man who assaulted her friend, Aiden Burn had broken the seal on an evidence packet of hair, to plant it as fake evidence of the second rape. Although she never did so, her action earned her a severe reprimand from Mac, who was very focused on preserving the integrity of the crime lab. This being his priority, Mac fired Aiden. Aiden understood Mac's decision, and even agreed that she did not trust herself to be more responsible later on.
- ↑ Episode 109: Officer Blue.
- ↑ He was able to help a traumatized boy named Sam open up about a murder he witnessed in Necrophilia Americana .
- ↑ Mac mentions this in the pilot, Blink.