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Honor

Episode Number: 54    Season Num: 3    First Aired: Sunday November 20, 2005    Prod Code: n/a
When a box filled with POW support bracelets is found in an abandoned drug den, Det. Rush re-investigates the 1972 shooting of Carl, a veteran of the Vietnam War.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Craig Turk
Director: Paris Barclay
Star: Thom Barry (Det. Will Jeffries),  John Finn (Lt. John Stillman),  Jeremy Ratchford (Det. Nick Vera),  Danny Pino (Scotty Valens),  Kathryn Morris (Det. Lilly Rush)
Recurring Role: Tracie Thoms (Kat Miller)
Guest Star: Michael Mantell (Ken Westin (2005)),  Christopher Cousins (Ned (2005)),  Brynn Thayer (Janet (2005)),  John Allsopp (Carl (1972)),  Whitney Allen (Janet (1972)),  Sara Van Horn (Lady Neighbor (1972)),  Skyler Gisondo (Ned (1972)),  Larry Dorf (Ken Westin (1972)),  John Dalesandro (Wes Messina (1972)),  Christopher Hoffman (POW Eulogist),  Catheryn J. Brockett (Ice Cream Lady),  Rachel Quaintance (Ruth (1972)),  Jeff Campbell (Roger Raitt (1972)),  James Handy (Roger Raitt (2005)),  William R. Moses (Daniel (2005)),  Michael Welch (Daniel (1972))

Notes

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International Airdates:
- Denmark: January 11, 2006 on TV3+ (edit)
Guest star Michael Welch used to star in the series Joan of Arcadia as Luke Girardi. Christopher Cousins, who also appears in this episode, guest starred in two episodes of Joan of Arcadia. (edit)
Music Featured in This Episode:
- Rocket Man by Elton John
- Baby I'm-a Want You by Bread
- Doctor My Eyes by Jackson Browne
- Draggin' the Line by Tommy James & the Shondells
- Stranger in a Strange Land by Leon Russell
- Rock 'n Roll Star from MasterSource Music Catalog
- If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot (edit)

Quotes

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Janet: We'll dance later. When you're better. I don't want you to pretend it doesn't hurt.
Carl: Let me pretend! My arms were broken four times. They're busted. I can't lift them. I can't dance. (edit)
John Stillman: Think of Carl Burton like family. That's how I want this job worked. (edit)
Scotty: (about Ken) Did your dad follow up with this guy?
Daniel: Not that I heard about.
Vera: If I spent five years in a box getting tortured while some guy is taking my wife to dinner...
Scotty: I'd follow up. (edit)
Roger Raitt: (about being a POW) It made me realize any day I wake up with the doorknob on the inside of the door, it's a good day. (edit)

Trivia

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We find out that Lt. Stillman is a Vietnam War veteran. (edit)
Carl Burton died in April 1973. (edit)

Allusions

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MIA/POW Bracelets
The bracelets in this episode were worn to support prisoners-of-war (POWs), but they were also worn by the families and friends of service members who were Missing In Action (MIA) and whose fate was unknown. The first bracelets originated in 1969 during the Vietnam War. They were made by two female college students, Carol Bates and Kay Hunter, as a way to remember American soldiers in captivity in Southeast Asia. Support bracelets are still used to date as a way to commemorate military personnel lost or captured in the Gulf War, and war in Afghanistan and Iraq. (edit)
Lt. Stillman: Do you think someone who had a nervous breakdown after four months at Fort Hood could survive five years in the Hanoi Hilton?

Ho Lo Prison in Hanoi was where many of the American POWs were kept during the Vietnam War. It was nickamed the "Hanoi Hilton" by the prisoners. Torture and solitary confinement were common there; the nickname was ironic. (edit)
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luckydagangsta
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9.2
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Honor
"Well written"
After discovering the bracelets of Carl, a POW soldier who was murdered in 1972 the detectives re-investigate.
Continue » Posted Jun 11, 2008 4:22 pm PST
8.7
Great
Honor
"Cleverly plotted"
Another war story but this one with a different storyline.
Continue » Posted Nov 14, 2007 10:04 pm PST
9.2
Superb
Honor
"Painful to watch"
A Vietnam vet, POW, is murdered a year after his early relase by his captors--release not because he was sick, or old, but because he gave the North Vietnamese the propaganda they wanted (broadcast throughout the POW camp)--he couldn't take it anymore.
Continue » Posted May 14, 2007 1:45 am PST
8.2
Great
Honor
"Well written"
This made me feel really sad...
Continue » Posted Dec 7, 2006 1:58 am PST

Malora
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8.3
Great
Honor
"Painful to watch"
War brings nothing but grief
Continue » Posted Aug 31, 2006 5:24 am PST
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