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Thin Ice

Episode Number: 97    Season Num: 5    First Aired: Sunday April 16, 2006    Prod Code: 5018
A pro baseball player is accused of rape. Nigel sets out to find the family of a fighter pilot who has been discovered…frozen. With Woody and Lu's relationship growing, grows Jordan's jealousy.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Robert Rovner, Jon Cowan
Director: Donna Deitch
Star: Miguel Ferrer (Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Garret Macy),  Leslie Bibb (Tallulah "Lu" Simmons),  Kathryn Hahn (Lily Lebowski),  Jill Hennessy (Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh),  Steve Valentine (Dr. Nigel Townsend),  Ravi Kapoor (Dr. Mahesh "Bug" Vijayaraghavensatyanaryanamurthy),  Jerry O'Connell (Woody Hoyt)
Recurring Role: Ethan Sandler (Jeffrey Brandau)
Guest Star: Jeff Doucette (Nicholson),  Paul Wesley (Quentin Baker),  Nick Wechsler (Hopper),  Jeanette Brox (Shannon Paige),  Angela Goethals (Deborah)

Notes

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Featured Music:
"Big Girls Don't Cry" by Frankie Valli (edit)
Early Titles: Fallen Heroes and The Iceman Cometh (edit)

Quotes

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Bug: Sometimes things don't work out as you want them to, but when you let them go and move on, things work out okay. (edit)
Jeffery: (To Jordan) You know, if this is what happens when you get thrown off a case- I can't wait for the next one! (edit)
Woody: The Iceman Cometh... that's a play right? (edit)
Jordan: Quinton Baker's accuser conveniently silenced. Me, I'm not big on coincidences. (edit)

Trivia

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The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is a jet trainer, not a jet fighter. (edit)
Jeffrey Brandau has set his cell phone to play Beethoven's "9th Symphony" when Rene Walcott calls. (edit)
This case is similar to one in real life. In 2003, Kobe Bryant was accused of rape by a 19 year old concierge at the hotel he was staying at. Kobe acknowledged that there was sex but it was consensual. This case was dropped when the woman decided not to testify. (edit)

Allusions

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Woody: The Iceman Cometh... that's a play right?

The Iceman Cometh is a play written by Eugene O'Neill in 1939. The play was later adapted into a TV movie in 1960 as well as a big screen motion picture in 1973, both by the same name. (edit)
Woody Hoyt: They say he's the next A-Rod.

A quick reference to Yankees star player Alex "A-Rod" Rodriguez. (edit)
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anorthview
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7.0
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Thin Ice
"Character development"
Main: Jordan and Lu work a rape case, and the she is found hanged but it turns out to be a staged suicide, both involving a very high profile star athlete. Sub: Nigel, Bug, and Woody try to track down the identity of a frozen man found in the mount
Continue » Posted Feb 7, 2007 5:10 pm PST

Apocalypse_Not
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8.0
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Thin Ice
"Fine example"
A throw back to teh Season Four format, but keeping with the season 'arc format'. A very well done episode. For more reviews see www.crossingjordanencyclo pedia.com
Continue » Posted Apr 22, 2006 6:40 pm PST
6.8
Fair
Thin Ice
"Alternate reality"
Average Show But Some Technical Errors
Continue » Posted Apr 19, 2006 6:56 pm PST

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Thin Ice
"Nerve-wracking"
Getting closer to the shark
Continue » Posted Apr 17, 2006 1:32 pm PST
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