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Season 3, Episode 5, Aired Oct 23, 2005

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- Bettie Petrowski died on December 26, 1954.
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- Det. Valens: How did Carmen feel about getting the, uh... Zelda: The old icepick through the eye? What do you think?
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- Bettie: Why are you here, Carmen? Carmen: I paint nude ladies and skeletons. And sometimes derelicts with a bottle of booze in their hands. I'm a pervert and a ne'er-do-well, can't you tell?
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- Otis: Kids at school used to say, "Where's your mother?" What was I supposed to say? "She's taking retreat with a maniac painter and other assorted psychos"? Lilly: I used to say mine was on tour with a rock band.
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- Bettie: My son is the only thing I know I've done right. And now I think he's afraid of me.
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- International Airdates: - Denmark: November 30, 2005 on TV3+
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- Music Featured in This Episode: - Sh-boom by The Crew Cuts - Bags Groove by Thelonious Monk - Haitian Fight Song by Charles Mingus - That's Alright Mama by Elvis Presley - Let Up by Abbey Lincoln - Midnight Serenade from MasterSource Music Catalog - Sold Again by Messy - Cry Me a River by Julie London - Only You by The Platters
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- This is the second time within a few weeks that Natasha Gregson Warner plays a mental patient in the 1950's. The first time was in episode 2-3: Time Out of Mind of Medium.
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- This episode shares the name with episode 5-21: Committed of CSI. Also the two cases share some similar aspects to them; there is a murder in a mental hospital and all of the suspects are mental patients. Coincidentally, Robin Weigert (Det. Anna Mayes) guest starred on both episodes.
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- Carmen discusses Michelangelo's marble statue David in art class as an example of the idealized human form. Sculpted during 1501-1504, it is widely considered a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture.
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