CSI: NY

Fiona dies out of a frozen heart. This is an allusion to the fairy tale The Snow Queen who is killed by her own cold heart.

Man: The Foxy, man, makes the game real. It turns Manhattan into Neverland. Danny: Except nobody dies in Neverland. Allusion to J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. Peter Pan takes the Darling Kids to Neverland.

The character Fiona is based off real life billionaire hotel operator and real estate investor Leona Helmsley who was known for her eccentric behavior and ruthless personality. Leona was also a dog lover.

Lindsay: Wicked. This is a reference to the popular play Wicked that focuses on the life of the Wicked Witch of the West.

Danny: But who the hell is Alice? This is an allusion to the song Who the F... is Alice? by Smokie.

The suspects in Fiona's murder match up with Dorothy's companions in The Wizard of Oz: one "has a heart", another "has a brain" while the last "had the courage" to stand up to Fiona. These were the qualities that (respectively) the Tin Man, Scarecrow and Lion felt they lacked.

Michael Wright: Nurse Ratchet is waiting. This is an allusion to the book One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest written by Ken Kesey, published in 1962. Nurse Ratchet was the cruel nurse that ruled over the mental asylum where the patients lived.

Mean, rich hotel owner Fiona Chisolm shares allusions with several sources: Her character bears alot of resemblence to the late "Queen of Mean" New York hotel owner Leona Helmsley. Her character also shares references with the wicked witches of The Wizard of Oz, including being crushed by the (ice) house, using a broom and having a "wicked" looking office and she died with red shoes, an allusion to the ruby slippers in the movie. Stella refers to her as the "Wicked Witch of the Upper East Side", an obvious reference to the characters "Wicked Witch of the East/West" in The Wizard of Oz. Lastly, her birth name is revealed to be Lorraine Gale, just like Dorothy's in The Wizard of Oz. Like Dorothy, she is from Kansas and has "a little dog too". (Actually, that's a reference to the threat the Wicked Witch of the West issues on Dorothy: "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!") Fiona's dog is named Otto and in The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy's dog name was Toto. If you play around with the letters in Otto, it spells Toto. Her hotel is also called the Dorothea - another reference to The Wizard of Oz's heroine Dorothy Gale.

Danny: Pockets full of posies, ashes, ashes, we all fall down. Danny was saying part of a kids rhyme and game. According to tradition, the rhyme began with those who buried people who died from the bubonic plague, citing the futility of the measures people used to try and avoid becoming infected.

Sid: Makes one wonder if you shouldn't be looking for Captain Hook? Allusion to J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. Peter Pan takes the Darling Kids to Neverland. Captain Hook is Peter Pan's nemesis.

Mac: That's nice, what is this, Dancing with the Scientist? This is an allusion to Dancing with the Stars, a show where stars are paired with professional dancers in a competition to be the best dancers.

Angell: Danny, I heard about the Sandoval Case. The kid lived in your apartment? This is an allusion to the previous episode Child's Play (4x10), when Ruben, the boy from Danny's apartment was accidentally shot at a robbery.