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Someone to Count On

Episode Number: 21    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Monday April 29, 2002    Prod Code: 64321
When the mother of a teenage girl is found dead the daughter becomes the prime suspect. Jordan is convinced of the girls’ innocence and seeks advice from an unlikely source to save the girl from prison.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Barbara Ellis Nance
Director: Nick Gomez
Star: Ravi Kapoor (Dr. Mahesh "Bug" Vijayaraghavensatyanaryanamurthy),  Ken Howard (Ret. Detective Lt. Max Cavanaugh (Season 1-2, ep. 47,57-58 )),  Jill Hennessy (Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh),  Steve Valentine (Dr. Nigel Townsend),  Miguel Ferrer (Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Garret Macy),  Kathryn Hahn (Lily Lebowski),  Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (Dr. Trey Sanders (Season 1))
Recurring Role: Jerry O'Connell (Det. Woody Hoyt)
Guest Star: Reginald VelJohnson (Curtis Holden),  Robert Lupone (Kirk Snyder),  Indigo (Keisha Morton),  Paul Ben-Victor (Theo),  Caryn West (Simon's Attorney),  Brad Hawkins (Mortician),  Shawn Michael Patrick (Public Defender),  Brian Stokes Mitchell (Jay Myers),  Jack Klugman (Leo Gelber),  Diana Yanez (Uniform Officer)

Notes

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The mortician who asks Lily for a date says that he's from "The Fisher and Sons Mortuary", which is a sly homage to the original name of the family business in "Six Feet Under". (edit)
Featured Music:
Walking on a Wire by Linda Thompson
Come Away with Me by Norah Jones
Try Me by Los Lobos
Embraceable You by Charlie Parker
Monkey Business by Bonnie Raitt (edit)

Quotes

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Lily: Detective Wood, right?
Woody: Yeah, Woody.
Lily: Woody, huh? (edit)
Jordan: Bug, you rock.
Bug: Yeah, I know. (edit)
Woody: The District Attorney is having my ass for dinner and as tasty as that may seem it doesn’t leave me much to sit on. (edit)

Trivia

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In this episode, Jack Klugman guest stars as Dr. Leo Gelber, an M.E. of 45 years. Mr. Klugman was the star of "Quincy, M.E", which was the first forensic science show. Quincy often solved murders, like Jordan. Unlike Jordan, he had many, brief love interests. The series ran from 1976 through 1983. Note: Mr. Klugman's voice is rough due to his bout with throat cancer. (edit)

Allusions

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Hee Haw
Woody: Okay contrary to popular belief I did not graduate from Hee Haw High.
Hee Haw was a television show on CBS from 1969-71 and then in syndication for another twenty years. Hosted by Roy Clark and Buck Owens, this was country music's version of Laugh-In. (edit)
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8.8
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Someone to Count On
"Character development"
Jack Klugman is a guest star in this episode. It is a wonderful touch. He was the first TV medical examiner.
Continue » Posted Mar 8, 2007 7:30 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
Someone to Count On
"Fine example"
Why doesn't TV.com provide a 'Wonderful' classification?
Continue » Posted Apr 26, 2006 7:00 pm PST
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