Writer:	David E. Kelley
Director:	Lou Antonio
Star:	William Shatner (Denny Crane),  Rene Auberjonois (Paul Lewiston),  Mark Valley (Brad Chase),  Julie Bowen (Denise Bauer),  James Spader (Alan Shore),  Candice Bergen (Shirley Schmidt)
Recurring Role:	Michael Ensign (Judge Paul Resnick),  Shelley Berman (Judge Robert Sanders),  Marisa Coughlan (Melissa Hughes),  Kerry Washington (Chelina Hall)
Guest Star:	Jason Blicker (A.D.A. Duncan Jones),  Alan Wasserman (A.D.A. Oliver Goldberg),  Jonathan Palmer (Public Defender Adams),  Page Kennedy (Dennis Pryor),  Randy Thompson (Officer Carl Ralston),  Zylan Brooks (Clerk),  Rowan Joseph (Foreman),  Peter MacNicol (Dr. Sydney Field),  Kurt Scholler (Bailiff),  Deb Hiett (Cindy)

This episode was originally intended to air as episode 18 of Season 1. When the season was cut short due to the success of Grey's Anatomy, the last 5 episodes of the season were held back until Season 2. For unknown reasons, Race Ipsa wasn't aired at the beginning of the season but instead held until near the end of Season 2, with a completely reworked story to eliminate the old characters and integrate the new ones. (edit)

Denny: I'll take over from here.
Alan: Don't you dare! And don't shoot anybody!
Denny: Oh, please... (edit) Denise: Tell me exactly what happened.
Brad: I told you. I was on a date. It was a terrific date.
Denise: With another woman? Where do you find all these women, anyway?
Brad: I'm a lawyer. I was a marine. Just do the math. I'm the complete package. (edit) Melissa: You and I are in a relationship, Alan. The fact that you don't realize it, doesn't give you license to be unfaithful.
Alan: You're mad as a hatter.
Melissa: When two people sleep together...
Alan: That was a night terror thing.
Melissa: I'm talking about the sex.
Alan: What sex?
Melissa: The sex you and I both know it's coming. (edit) Brad: I was wondering if I could join you and Denny on the balcony sometime. Just trying to diversify my life with some male bonding and I was wondering... you know.
Alan: Brad, any gathering of three or more men always seems like a team to me and I've never been much of a team player so if you're going to show, count me out. But is there something specific you'd like to talk about?
Brad: Are you a good kisser? (edit) Denny: It's total self defense. After I threatened to kill him, the bastard threatened to kill me. It's not right... (edit)

Peter MacNicol (Dr. Sydney Field) makes his second appearance in a David E. Kelley program.

He previously acted in Ally McBeal as John Cage. (edit)

Dr. Field: Anytime he doesn't like what he hears, yes, it's Dirty Harry time.

Dirty Harry is a 1971 crime film produced and directed by Don Siegel. It is the first film in the Dirty Harry series. Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his role as San Francisco Police Department Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan. (edit) Brad: I mean, a kiss is just a kiss, right? It's what the stupid song says.

Brad is referring to the song As Time Goes By written by Herman Hupfeld in 1931, which was later sang by John Lennon with the name A Kiss is Just a Kiss (As Time Goes By). (edit) In this episode's first dialogue between Alan and Chelina, they break character to alert the audience that they are using clips filmed during the first season and that since they last interacted (in the first season), Alan has changed nights (as Boston Legal did in season two) and Chelina (Kerry Washington) has started working in movies. (edit) Episode Title:
An allusion to the legal term "res ipsa loquitur" which means "the thing speaks for itself". (edit) Denny: (about shooting his therapist) Thought he was a quail.
This is a joking reference to Vice-President Dick Cheney, who made the news in an incident where he shot a friend while hunting for quail. (edit)