Writer:	Veena Cabreros Sud
Director:	Mark Pellington
Star:	Tracie Thoms (Kat Miller (Episodes 3.13+; recurring previously)),  Thom Barry (Det. Will Jeffries),  Kathryn Morris (Det. Lilly Rush),  John Finn (Lt. John Stillman),  Jeremy Ratchford (Det. Nick Vera),  Danny Pino (Scotty Valens)
Recurring Role:	Kenneth Johnson (Joseph (as Kenneth Johnson))
Guest Star:	David Rogers (Davie (2006) (as David Clayton Rogers)),  Grainger Hines (Mr. Coulter (1995/2006)),  Michael Trevino (Zack (1995)),  Will Rothhaar (Neal (1995)),  Kyle Gallner (Cameron (1995)),  Lori Harmon (Mrs. Coulter (1995/2006)),  Patrick Scott Lewis (Dayton (2006)),  Jeanette Brox (Tina (1995/2006)),  Johnny Pacar (Dayton (1995)),  Arnell Powell (Barry (1995/2006)),  Martin Spanjers (Davie (1995)),  Luis Villalta (Uniform #1 (1995))

International Airdates:
- Denmark: November 1, 2006 on TV3+ (edit) In the closing montage, the photographs of young Cameron at the Coulters' house are of Kyle Gallner at different ages. (edit) Because of a similar incident at Dawson College, Montreal, Canada on September 13, 2006 – not two weeks before this episode aired – CTV, the station airing Cold Case in Canada, carried a viewer discretion warning saying that in light of certain current events, some viewers might be disturbed by the episode. See Allusions for more information. (edit) This is the first episode to air in the show's new timeslot Sundays at 9 p.m. (edit) Music Featured in This Episode:
- I Will Refuse by Pailhead
- Bullet With Butterfly Wings by The Smashing Pumpkins
- A Girl Like You by Edwyn Collins
- Hey Man, Nice Shot by Filter
- Glycerine by Bush
- One of Us by Joan Osborne (edit)

Tina: They were little kids, they were moms and dads. They never hurt anybody.
Lilly: And it didn't matter to Cameron and Neal. They were human timebombs, just waiting to go off.
Tina: And I lit the fuse. (edit) Lilly: I'll be a couple of hours. Sorry.
Joseph: You gotta do whatcha gotta do.
Lilly: Might as well get some sleep now.
Joseph: Why's that?
Lilly: Cause you won't get much later... (edit) Joseph: (about the evidence on her nightstand) Aren't you gonna put that away?
Lilly: No.
Joseph: Why not?
Lilly: Because... it helps me remember, keeping photos of the victims up there.
Joseph: Remember what? (edit) (Lilly tries to get Tina to put the gun down.)
Lilly: For every gun that's fired, someone can't be in a closed room. Or walk. Or see their child again. It's not just you who pays, Tina. It never is. (edit) John Stillman: According to classmates, everyone knew the game plan. The boys talked about it 24/7.
Lilly Rush: But no one believed 'em. (edit)

Some of the names in the boys' yearbook – in addition to Cameron Coulter and Neil Hanlon – are Michael Washington, Alan White, Steve Carter, Debbie Harris, Jennifer Johnson, and Mary Jones.

Jennifer Johnson is also the name of one of the supervising producers on the show, who joins the production staff in Season 4. (edit) Some of the names of the mall massacre victims are:
- Wieland, R., case no. H95-248
- Fehervari, K., case no. H95-258
- Hall, C., case no. H95-251
- Hopper, G., case no. H95-247 (edit) Cameron Coulter, Neal Hanlon, and their 15 victims died on September 23, 1995. (edit)

Cameron: Eeny meeny miny mo!
Catch a tiger by the toe;
If he hollers, let it go.

This could be a reference to the movie Elephant (2003) by Gus Van Sant, which also depicts high school students going on a shooting rampage. (edit) Cameron: You're about to enter another dimension, it's a dimension not only of sight and sound...
Neil: But of tweakers, preps, horny housewives and morons galore.
Cameron: It's the ninth circle of hell, the sweating armpit of suburbia. You've just crossed over into...
Both: The mall.

The boys start their video with their own version of the opening narration of the horror/scifi anthology series The Twilight Zone. But they're mixing up the different versions from different seasons. Cameron's opening line ("You're about to enter another dimension") was used during the first season in 1959-1960, whereas the ending ("You've just crossed over into the Twilight Zone") is from a later version used in the fourth and fifth seasons (1963-1964). (edit) Lilly: According to the boys' computer logs, "The Destroyer" and "The Apocalypse" were monikers they used online.

This is eerily similar to the September 13, 2006 events in Montreal, Canada, in which a gunman dressed in black started shooting at the entrance to Dawson College before moving in the cafeteria inside the building, killing one victim and injuring 19. The perpetrator, Kimveer Gill, was later discovered to have used the screen name "fatality666" while online. There were reports of another, or possibly even a third shooter – like in this episode – but the police eventually confirmed that the gunman was operating alone.

In another odd similarity, both the real Dawson College shooter and the shooters in this episode were influenced by violent online games. While the videogame Renegade Massacre mentioned in the episode is fictional, Kimveer Gill has been said to have been a fan of Super Columbine Massacre RPG, itself "inspired" of the Columbine shootings. (edit) Det. Jeffries: Killer kids... first this, then Columbine.

Although in the show's internal world the events in this episode took place before the Columbine shootings, the plot is actually heavily inspired by the April 20, 1999 events at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado. Two high school students went on a shooting spree, killing 12 students and a teacher, and wounding 24 others before committing suicide. There is even an unsubstantiated theory that a third shooter might have been present -- just like in this episode. (edit)