The River

Season 3, Episode 22, Aired

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    • Highlight for a spoiler: Det. Jeffries is relieved of his desk duty when Lt. Stillman strikes a deal with the new ADA to solve Grant Bowen's case.
    • Goof: The show begins in a hospital in 1984 with Grant Bowen attending a heart attack victim, identifying him as a "55-year-old that needs a stent". However, the first coronary stent was not implanted in a human until two years later in 1986 in France. The first coronary stent in the US was not implanted until 1987 and was not approved for general medical use until 1993.
    • Grant Bowen died in August 1984.
    • Goof: Near the end of the show, when Scotty and Jeffries are interviewing Tisdale, there is a short flipped scene when Tisdale mentions the birds. You can see that the moles that are usually above his left eyebrow and on his left cheek have moved to the right side of his face (left side of the screen).
    • Look closely: In the background when the team goes over the victim's case file and evidence, the box containing the evidence from the Kayla Odoms case (from episode 2-13: Time to Crime) can be seen.

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    • Dr. Seth Garvey: Your dad's got the touch. Jason Bowen: Yeah? Dr. Seth Garvey: Doesn't miss a trick. Raises them from the dead. Dr. Grant Bowen: Don't believe it, Jase. I'm just a glorified electrician around here.
    • Lt. Stillman: Anything else you can remember, Edie? Edwina Davis: No. (looking and smiling to Det. Vera) But I could use a soda. (Det. Vera and Lt. Stillman exchange funny looks) Det. Vera: Sure. Come on.
    • Dr. Seth Garvey: "She is beautiful, therefore to be wooed; she is a woman, therefore to be won.", Henry the Sixth. Anne Bowen: Are you hitting on me, Seth? Dr. Seth Garvey: Yes. Anne Bowen: Well, don't.
    • Det. Vera: (watching Jeffries making origami at his desk) Is that a squirrel? Det. Jeffries: Japanese crane. Det. Vera: Looks like a squirrel.
    • Lilly: (about Jeffries) Oh, he's off desk duty. Det. Vera: Boss brokered a deal. Lt. Stillman: Had to. The man was playing with a flying squirrel.
    • Det. Vera: You know that witness, Edie? Det. Jeffries: The ex-junkie? Det. Vera: She called me. Det. Jeffries: And? Det. Vera: That's it. Just saying. Det. Jeffries: Saying what? Det. Vera: That in the end I'm not 100% totally washed up in the dating world. Det. Jeffries: Because a crack ho called you?

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    • Mrs. Bowen : If you think I'm some kind of black widow... The term 'black widow' is a reference to the black widow spider. The female of the species kills the male mate after he is of no use to her. Calling a widow a 'black widow' is basically blaming them for the death of their spouse in order to gain their wealth.
    • Siegfried and Roy Another poker slang term in this episode, Siegfried and Roy a.k.a. "Two Queens", refers to the famous flamboyant Vegas animal act duo and their supposed homosexuality.
    • When Grant's case file is being archived in the beginning of the episode, a detective is reading a newspaper story headlined "Olympic Agony". The 1984 Summer Olympics were held in Los Angeles. The games were boycotted by a host of communist countries, including the Soviet Union, other Eastern Bloc countries and Cuba, as a retaliation of the U.S.-led boycott of the previous Olympics in Moscow in 1980.
    • Title: The River In Texas Hold'em poker, which the characters are playing in this episode, the river is the last card dealt on the board face up. The entire episode is filled with poker jargon and "the river" used as a metaphor for a last chance of your luck -- and life -- turning.
    • Cy Tisdale: Anna Kournikova. Det. Vera: What's that? Cy Tisdale: Ace king. Looks good, but never wins. This is an unflattering reference to Russian-born tennis player Anna Kournikova. Her "blonde bombshell" looks have earned her plenty of endorsements, but she's never won a major tournament.
    • Will Jeffries folds a yellow origami crane at his desk. Origami (Japanese for "folding paper") is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. Cranes like the one Jeffries made are associated with luck and good health.

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