Writer:	Patrick Harbinson
Director:	Juan J. Campanella
Star:	Ice-T (Det. Odafin Tutuola (Seasons 2-)),  Christopher Meloni (Det. Elliot Stabler),  Dann Florek (Capt. Donald Cragen),  Tamara Tunie (M.E. Melinda Warner (Seasons 7-)),  Mariska Hargitay (Det. Olivia Benson),  Richard Belzer (Det. John Munch),  Diane Neal (A.D.A. Casey Novak (Seasons 5-))
Recurring Role:	Mike Doyle (I) (Forensics Tech Ryan O'Halloran),  Peter McRobbie (Judge Walter Bradley),  J. Paul Nicholas (Attorney Linden Delroy)
Guest Star:	David Bishins (Rufus Brownell),  Omar Benson Miller (Rudi Bixton),  Paul Calderon (Eric Molina),  David Thornton (Lionel Granger),  José Ramón Rosario (Principal Rivera),  Anthony Anderson (Det. Lucius Blaine),  Natalie Cole (Attorney Waldron),  Tricia Mara (Jessica DeLay),  Ted Sod (Hamzid Latif),  Georgienne Millen (Homeless Woman),  Yvette Mercedes (Gloria),  Patsy Wygle (Jury Forewoman),  Lauren Toub (Lori),  Billy Wheelan (Tommy Strahan),  Karl Kenzler (Father Denis),  Francis Jue (Dr. Fong),  Wallace J. Little (Kenny Bixton),  Shahidah McIntosh (Mia Bixton),  James Andrew Walsh (Det. Manny D'Aquino)

Anthony Anderson received Special Guest Star billing for this episode, appearing at the beginning of the opening credits. Paul Calderon and Omar Benson Miller received Special Guest Appearance billing for this episode, appearing at the end of the opening credits. (edit)

Don Cragen: Did he say anything?
Elliot Stabler: Yeah, "get me a soda."
Don Cragen: He needs to ease up on the soda. (edit) Olivia Benson (as Stabler is changing his shirt): I like that shirt.
Elliot Stabler: What are you doing here?
Olivia Benson: I heard what happened between you and Blaine.
Elliot Stabler: What can I tell you? He's a prick. (pauses) Why didn't you tell me?
Olivia Benson: Elliot, we've been partners for seven years, longer than anybody else here. We needed a change. I'm sorry. I should have talked to you. It's just ... it's just too complicated. (edit) Lucius Blane: Sorry about your shirt.
Elliot Stabler: Sorry about your face.
(Both men laugh.) (edit) Elliot Stabler: I don't lie to kids. (edit) Donald Cragen: You know why I put Blane with you?
Elliot Stabler: You started drinking again? (edit)

A janitor is seen mopping up blood after Tommy was shot. Bodily fluids are considered a bio-hazard. More precautionary measures are usually taken to clean up than just using a mop and bucket. (edit)

The school attended by the Bixton siblings is Coretta Scott King high school, named for the recently deceased widow of the late Martin Luther King Jr. Scott King passed away on January 30, 2006. (edit) This episode appears to be ripped from the headlines of the cases of Jazlyn Bradley and other teenagers who have sued McDonald's for causing their obesity and resulting health problems. So far, none of these lawsuits have been successful. (edit) Don Cragen: What, did Cheney shoot somebody else?

A quick reference to Vice President Dick Cheney and the incident in which he accidentally shot Harry Whittington while hunting for quail. He wasn't charged with a crime but he was reprimanded for not having a valid hunting license. (edit)