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Stella and Mac are long time partners and great friends. Could this lead to something more? They have a mutual respect for each other and respect each others opinions. They understand each other but Stella on occasion goes over Mac's head but he would understand by the end of it. Stella would confide things in Mac that she wouldn't say to anyone else.

TASK LIST: Within this page: 1. Record scenes where there was, uh hum, tension. 2. Talk about how their relationship could evolve or state your case about why they shouldn't be together. 3. Make comments. 4. Add photos of them together TASK LIST: Add your pages: 1. Add a pictures to the Mac and Stella Photos page. 2. Start a video mashup page! 3. Add an image to the Mac and Stella Fanart Gallery page ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac and Stella have always had a connection, whether people want to admit it or not, whether they are a shipper of SMacked or not, but these two go down deeper than portrayed on the show, they have the greatest amount of respect for each other and are a rock to the other. Mac was there for Stella when Frankie attacked her and when she thought she had HIV. Stella was there for Mac when Claire died and Mac wasn't able to do anything about it. Mac still cared for Stella deeply even when he was in a relationship with Peyton and would never let anyone hurt her.

What the Actors of CSI: NY have to say about SMACKed:

"Gary Sinise and I had lunch together way before we even started filming together. It was really nice because immediately we had a connection and were totally happy with one another." - Melina Kanakaredes

"They fit together. I always joke about the yin and the yang, it's a great team because they approach things differently, but at the end, you need each other. So, romantic or not romantic, I think there is that big brother kind of family thing... When you put two leads together, it's usually at the end of the run of the show, you know what I mean?" - Melina Kanakaredes

Defining Moments

Season 1:

1x01 - Blink: Stella is worried about Mac - asks when the last time he slept was, to which Mac responds, "I rest my head when I tire." Stella is obviously worried for him.

1x03 - American Dreamers: When a skeleton is found in a double-decker bus, Stella jokingly asks Mac, "How long is this tour?" He looks at her disbelievingly and Stella replies, "That's funny."

1x07 - Rain: When Mac and Stella are looking at a victim, Stella comments on how there's a "gooey" residue on the body. Mac makes fun of Stella for using the word "gooey", saying that it's a good forensic word. Later, back at the lab, Mac comments on how there's a "gooey" residue on the paper, and Stella smirks and says "Great choice of words."

1x09 - Officer Blue: (Note: Some people state this episode as "the birth of SMacked") Stella loads the gun right in front of Mac faster than he can say anything. "Surplus issued AR15 semiautomatic gas operated shoulder rifle. Capable magazine, 5-40 rounds. In Stella talk its time to get the bullet out of the horse. End of conversation." At the end of the episode Stella and Mac have a little "chat" in the locker room. After, Stella holds out her hand and asks, "Friends?" and Mac and Stella shake hands. Mac says he wouldn't do the job without her, Stella says he would, he just wouldn't be as good at it.

1x12 - Recycling: Mac takes Stella out to the dog show, giving Stella a hotdog. They bet on which dog will win, and Stella ends up winning.

1x15 - 'Til Death Do We Part: Stella is distressed about the case she's working on with Flack. When Mac comes in telling her that Flack called him, Stella starts ranting on Mac. When he finally calmed her down and told her what Mac was going to say, Stella realized she was overreacting. After getting good news, Stella kisses Mac on the cheek, leaving him smiling.

1x16 - Hush: Stella pushes Mac away from a moving container in the shipping yard that was going to kill him. Mac then thanks Stella for saving his life as she replies, "That's what partners do, we take care of each other."

1x21 - On The Job: Mac tells Stella she is the strongest person he knows and if any child needed someone right now, that person would be Stella.

1x22 - The Closer: As Danny and Aiden leave to work on Gilbert, Stella sees Mac is troubled. She starts saying things in Greek, which Mac can't understand. Stella then translates it to "What the hell's bugging ya, Mac?" He replies that it sounded much better in Greek.

1x23 - What You See is What You See: Stella comes to Mac's office after their case with a tight black dress on. He looks her up and down and she asks if he likes it. Mac then shows a paper that Hawkes wants to work at the field. Stella asks what he thinks, and Mac says he'll wait until tomorrow because she has somewhere else to be. Stella says she's impressed and then offers to fix Mac's tie. Though instead of fixing the tie, Stella takes it off, making Mac blush embarrassedly. She tells him he needs to loosen up. She touches his cheek and says to have a good time.

Season 2:

2x01 - Summer in the City: Mac walks with Stella through the lab as he gives information about female mosquitos. He then tells Stella Hawkes is a walking encyclopedia full of information. Stella then asks if Mac started "torturing" him yet, which was really "testing".

2x02 - Grand Murder At Central Station: When Mac finds out Aiden tampered with the evidence, he calls Stella in his office and they have a serious conversation about Aiden and the DJ Pratt case.

2x04 - Corporate Warriors: Mac and Stella walk to a crime scene full of celebration of San Gennaro. Mac says the best part of these festivals are the cannolis, and Stella makes a deal that if Mac solves this case, then the cannolis are on her.

2x07 - Manhattan Manhunt: There is a crossover with CSI: Miami when Lt. Horatio Cane visits New York, so him, Stella, and Mac work together on the same case. In this episode, Horatio and Stella are working side-by-side and they seem to be flirty with one another. When Horatio takes his leave he asks Mac to give his best to Stella, catching Mac off guard.

When Mac and Stella are waiting in front of Tiffany's for Alexa, they give flirty glances with each other.

2x10 - Jamalot: Stella jokes around that Mac cannot know about the roller derby. Mac then said he had a date to the roller derby game and said it was fun. Stella asks whether the date or the game was fun, then smirks and shakes her head when.

2x19 - Super Men: In a crime scene with someone dressed in a Superman suit, Stella asks if Mac ever played superhero, tieing a towel around his neck and probably calling himself the "Mac Man".

2x21 -All Access: Mac is in distress when he hears a call on the police radio and its Stella's apartment. Mac tries to revive Stella after she was attacked by Frankie. He is in obvious distress after he looks around Stella's apartment. Mac comforts Stella at the end of the episode and while she is in the hospital.

2x24 Charge of This Post: While Mac waits outside Flack's room, the team comes in. Stella says they don't all have to stay, so they leave, except Stella, who is getting coffee for Mac. She hands him his coffee, just the way he likes it, and sits down. Mac then says, "I'm glad you stayed," with his head down, showing he needs her there. Stella then replies, "That's what partners do, we take care of each other."

Season 3:

3x05 - Oedipus Hex: Stella reads a note in Choppers sock that says "In my darkest moment, when all seems lost, you are at my side." Mac comes up behind Stella and replies, "Well, I appreciate you too, Stella." as she turns around and smiles at him.

3x16 - Heart Of Glass: Mac worriedly calls after Stella when she leaves the interrogation room briskly after she was cut.

3x17 - The Ride-In: The episode opens when Stella tells Mac about possibly getting HIV from Emery Gable. She confesses to Mac that she doesn't have the strength to wait for a cure if she's HIV positive. Mac reassures her in Greek that she will always have the strength and reassures her that he's there for her.

3x20 - What Schemes May Come: Stella goes to Mac, telling him about the inspiring story of the kids with a terminal illness, and how they lived knowing they were dying. She asks for permission to run a government granted blood test that would give her an immediate result on whether or not she was HIV positive or negative.

Mac agrees and she kisses his cheek in thanks. He smiles and pats her arm comfortingly. He watches her leave and after she does, he looks over at his window and seems worried for her.

3x23 - What Goes Around Comes Around: When Stella is defending for Mac, she says "There's no one in the department that I trust more than Mac Taylor, both personally and professionally." At the end of the episode, Mac and Stella have a best friend talk about Sinclair while they walk outside.

3x24 - Snow Day: When drug lords fake a gas leak to get back their drugs stored in the lab, Mac and Stella are 2 of the only 3 people there to stop them. When Mac figures out it's a diversion he finds Stella. He sees her going for the elevator and grabs her from behind, covering her mouth (She trusts him enough that she doesn't react beyond surprised gasp). When Mac comes out of the building after the explosion, Stella runs up and hugs him. He hugs her back, turning his head towards her.

Season 4:
4x01 - Can You Hear Me Now?: Mac returns from London to New York and greats Stella on top of the Statue of Liberty, where blood has been poured down its front. When they are at the bottom of the statue, Mac tells Stella about a mystery person that calls everytime at 3:33am.

4x04 - Time's Up: After a long day of crime solving, Mac receives a letter from Peyton stating that their relationship wouldn't work long distance. Heartbroken, Mac suddenly heads out of his office. Then Stella comes in his office to give a case file to Mac, but he's gone. Stella then finds Peyton's letter, reads it, and heads to the bar where (apparently) Mac is playing his base guitar. Their eyes meet, and they exchanged knowing looks assuring Mac that Stella is there for him.


4x05 - Down The Rabbit Hole: When Mac and Adam are trying to find a suspect using Second Life, Stella comes in and watches Mac trying to catch "Don's" attention. As Mac asks "I like waterfalls, don't you?", Stella laughs and says that he has no game, and offers to play as "Taylor" for him so the suspect doesn't bail.

4x10 - The Thing About Heroes: Mac is taken hostage by Drew Bedford who had been pursuing Stella to get to Mac. When Drew begins saying how smart, beautiful and etc. Stella is, Mac glares at him. When Drew aims the gun for the door and says that the person (presumably Stella) coming through the door will get shot, Mac freezes and becomes pale, still glaring at Drew.

4x16 - Right Next Door: The apartment next to Stella's catches on fire and she gets everyone out. Mac comes and brings her coffee and gives her a hug, rightfully worried about her. He invites Stella to his apartment, saying that he has an extra room in his place. Stella turns it down because she says she snores. When she learns that her next door neighbors children were kidnapped from their homes and trying to get help, she feels guilty, and Mac watches her hug the boy asking for her help.

4x18 - Admissions: Stella talks with Flack about the dead man and Mac comes in unannounced. When he and Stella both ask at the same time "Who discovered the body?", Stella turns around and smiles at him. Flack then says, "You two have been working together too long." at which they both smile.

4x21 - Hostage (part 1): Mac is taken hostage by a man in a bank and Stella is worried sick. She pleads several times for more time to get Mac out, and when they find out it's all been a trap they go after them.

Season 5

Veritas (part 2): Stella asks Mac to be checked out by the doctor as she's worried about him.

Page Turner:

Turbulence:

Sex, Lies and Silicone:

The Cost Of Living: After Stella gets attacked by someone, she sits on the back of the ambulance as Mac asks if she's okay, and in his face it looks like he's worried for her.

Enough: After everyone in the team gets their schedule back in, Stella then comes in Mac's office and explains how everyone would work to keep Adam back in the lab. Mac asks how she did this, and Stella replies that she has a friend who has a friend, and so on. They walk out of the office with Mac saying that Stella herself is a good friend and invites her to have some dinner.

Dead Inside:

My Name Is Mac Taylor:

The Box:

The Trinagle:

Forbidden Fruit:

Help: After closing a case, Sid invites Mac and Stella to the subway to watch performers. Once in a while, Mac and Stella exchange looks to each other.

Rush To Judgement:

She's Not There:

The Party's Over:

No Good Deed: At the beginning, Mac is with Stella having coffee telling her about the chain of events with him and Ella McBride. A eyeball falls into Stella's cup of coffee and Mac smiles at her when she tells him it's a eye in such a loving way. Later, when Mac and Stella were having a heart-to-heart conversation about Ella McBride, at the end he says to Stella about going by the book, "I guess I just needed to hear it from you." Stella then walks out with a smile on her face, clearly delighted by what Mac said.

Green Piece: When Danny walks in with Lindsay, they confront Mac and Stella. Stella is holding a bouquet of flowers as she is standing next to Mac. They are the only ones who witnessed Danny and Lindsay's wedding.

Point Of No Return:

Communication Breakdown:

Prey:

The Past, Present And Murder:

Yahrzeit:

Greater Good:

Grounds For Deception: After Mac finds out Stella was working on the Diakos case, he confronts Stella and angrily asks why she kept working on the case and how this would affect the lab. Stella "makes it easier for him" when she hands in her badge so she could work on the case herself. When her investigation leads her to Greece, Mac follows her there. As they're walking down the streets of Greece, Stella apologizes for working on the case when Mac didn't tell her, though he says it's not about the job, and informs her that Mac cares about her. When the case leads to a Greek vineyard, Professor Papakota gets shot after explaining to Stella about the cups. She mourns for him, and Mac heads to Stella and gives her a consoling hug. At the end of the episode, Stella reads Mac's coffee grounds, and the grounds say that Mac's soul is troubled and that he owes a woman something, which was Stella's badge. Stella then comments on how lucky she has to have Mac in her life, and Mac asks about what's in the coffee grounds, ending the episode.

Pay Up:

Season 6:

6x01 - Epilogue: At the end of the episode when Mac is packing up the crime files in his office, Stella comes in and they share smiling glances to each other. With no words, Stella then helps Mac pack up the files.

6x06- It Happened To Me: After Stella tries to get fingerprints off the pen, Mac walks in. After a brief talk about the fingerprints, Mac asks Stella about Hawkes. They are concerned about why he is acting so strangely. They both state how they expect the most out of each other.








Reasons Why We Want Mac and Stella to Get Together:
1. They have been friends for so long.
2. Their chemistry is amazing on screen.
3. They have one the strongest relationships in the show
4. Even when Mac was with Peyton, he cared deeply about Stella when she was going through the HIV scare
5. They do what friends and partners do, they take care of each other.
6. Because he let Stella take his tie off
7. Because Mac's the only one in the department that Stella trusts the most, personally and professionally.
8. Because the cannolis are on her.
9. Because he offered Stella a room in his apartment
10. Because when all seems lost between Mac and Stella, they are always there by each other's side.
11. Because she was the first to know about the 333 caller.
12. Because she was the first one to hug Mac after the explosion (Snow Day)
13. Because nobody likes Peyton with Mac
14. Because he needed to hear it from her
15. Because they made 'gooey' a nice forensic word.
16. Because Stella's the strongest person he knows.
17. Because they define the 'true' in 'true friendship'
18. Because he's Stella's "Mac-Man"
19. Because he was so worried, he left a crime scene to see if she was alright
20. Because he invited her to an Argentinian restaurant
21. Because Stella Bonasera's a good friend.
22. Because they were the only one who witnessed Danny and Lindsay's wedding.
23. Because Mac said Stella could stay at his place.
24. Because the names Mac and Stella just sound perfect together.
25. Because they can carry on a silent conversation by just exchanging glances.