Writer:	Brad Falchuk
Director:	Nelson McCormick
Star:	John Hensley (Matt McNamara),  Julian McMahon (Christian Troy),  Joely Richardson (Julia McNamara),  Dylan Walsh (Sean McNamara),  Roma Maffia (Liz Cruz (Season 2+, recurring previously))
Recurring Role:	Kelsey Lynn Batelaan (Annie McNamara),  Linda Klein (Nurse Linda),  Jessalyn Gilsig (Gina Russo)
Guest Star:	Larry Poindexter (Kipner),  Georg Stanford Brown (James Sutherland),  Ashley Crow (The Judge),  Michael Cudlitz (Brody),  Doug Savant (Joel Gideon),  Denise Dowse (Cicily Sutherland),  Matt Crabtree (Intern),  Teddy Lane Jr. (Officer Strand),  Rob Mars (Diver Guide),  Diane Mizota (Maki),  David Weiss (Six Year Old Matt),  Timothy V. Murphy (shark dive boat captain)

Jessalyn Gilsig receives the 'and' credit. (edit)

Christian: There's a difference between being a pussy and being respectful of fear. It's what reminds me to slide on a giant hat every time I perform a slipindicktomy on a woman with questionable standards. (edit) Julia: (Saying a eulogy while burying Frisky) Loss is a part of life. You can't really care for something or someone until you realize that one day, they may be gone. And when they do go, we feel as if everything goes with them and we feel like we'll never really care about anything again. But we do. And we discover that that loss was a gift, that helps us appreciate all of the things we still have. (edit) (At the hospital after Sean's car accident, Christian observing Sean's injury)
Young Doctor: Hey - that's my patient!
Christian: And he's my partner and best friend. Why would I leave his mug in your inexperienced hands? I have pubic hair older than you! (edit) Christian: (to Wilbur) Never give a girl your number, always take hers. Keeps you in control. No American cars. German, Italian or the occasional English. Treat yourself to a barber shop shave once a month. Take a beautiful girl to Florence, eat at the Enoteca. Talk to Marino, he'll take care of you. Tell him you're my son. Don't take any crap off anyone, you're better than that. But.. try to be good to people. Never get too jaded to care. Remember me. (edit) Christian: Get your coat and your bitch on. (edit)

Music:
"Pride" by Syntax (Sean talking to Julia on cell/car crash)
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by The Supremes (Joel Gideon's frost-bite reconstructive surgery)
"I'll Find A Way" by Rachael Yamagata (Christian says private goodbye to Wilbur in his bedroom)
"Answer" by Sarah McLachlan (Christian & Julia at his apartment/Julia reveals Matt is his son) (edit) Julia reveals to Christian that Matt is really his son (edit) Wilbur's real father takes him away Christian has no parental rights to see him until Wilbur is 18 (edit) The "dead body" loaded into the crash test car by Mr. Brody is, if you look, Michael T. Weiss ("The Pretender"), who is now producer of this show as "Michael Weiss". Mr. Weiss definitely has a sense of humor. (edit)

When Sean hears of the prospect of shark diving, he says he's been terrified of sharks ever since seeing Jaws, the 1975 movie directed by Steven Spielberg. Additionally, the man with whom Sean goes diving is named Brody, the same name as Roy Scheider's sheriff in that film. (edit)