Writer:	James Duff
Director:	Arvin Brown
Star:	J.K. Simmons (Assistant Police Chief Will Pope),  Jon Tenney (FBI Agent Fritz Howard),  Robert Gossett (Capt. Taylor),  G.W. Bailey (Detective Lt. Provenza),  Anthony John Denison (Detective Lt. Andy Flynn),  Corey Reynolds (Sgt. David Gabriel),  Kyra Sedgwick (Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson)
Recurring Role:	James Avery (Medical Examiner),  Raymond Cruz (Detective Sanchez),  Michael Paul Chan (Detective Lt. Tao),  Phillip P. Keene (Buzz),  Robert Clendenin (Terence Hynes),  Conan McCarty (Detective Ross)
Guest Star:	Wilson Cruz (Angry guy in bar),  David Andriole (Dr. Eric Hall),  Kiersten Lyons (Jennifer Russell),  J.R. Cacia (Jimmy York),  Robert Gant (Julian Carver),  Hank Stratton (Barry Anderson),  Kerr Smith (Blake Rawlings),  Joel Brooks (Assemblyman Bridges),  Azita Ghanizada (Neighbor of Blake Rawlings)

The gay couple at the center of this story were characterized as domestic partners under California Law. Better know as AB205, The California Domestic Partners Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2003, this law allows same sex-couples to register as domestic partners. By doing so, they are guaranteed a range of rights typically reserved to married couples, including community property rights, tax benefits, parental rights, and health-care rights. (edit) This is the first appearance by Robert Clendenin as Terence Hynes. Though never specifically identified, Hynes most likely works in the LA County Coroner's Forensic Support department. The Los Angeles County Coroner's office has its own forensics unit, handling a wide range of tasks including histology, gunshot residue analysis, DNA testing and postmortem toxicology. Forensic support includes preparation of bodies for autopsy, assistance during autopsy, and dental/fingerprint analysis for identification. (edit)

Brenda: (Holding out a meowing pillowcase) The cat's sick.
Gabriel: You brought your cat to a crime scene?
Brenda: It's not my cat, it just lives with me and eats at my house. (edit) Provenza: (Handing out latex gloves) You might want to double up on your protective gear since this is a homocide.
Brenda: You seem to be having trouble with your pronunciation this evening. (edit) Pope: Where the h*** is she?! I'm waiting here and I've got a very pi**y state legislator in there.
Gabriel: She's having a personal crisis, Sir.
Pope: Yeah. It's called her life. [Scoffs] (Muttering) Personal crisis... (edit) Brenda: ...They can even register as domestic partners, have the same rights as married people.
Provenza: Serves 'em right, too. Why shouldn't they suffer just like everybody else? (edit) Provenza: Taylor, what you doin' with our suspect?
Taylor: You know how it is, Provenza; the Pope giveth and the Pope taketh away. (edit)

During the scene when Brenda meets Pope for a drink, the amount of wine in her glass changes from shot to shot. (edit) The small blue box Pope gives Brenda is from Tiffany and Co. jewelers. Among the most exclusive, and expensive, jewelers in the country, it specializes in platinum and silver jewelry set with stones. Gifts from Tiffany are readily identifiable by their characteristics blue box tied with a white ribbon. (edit) It seems highly unlikely that Gabriel would not know what Special K was, with him being from Robbery/Homicide and specially assigned to the PHD. Most people know that it's a drug allusion, and realize it's not simply a reference to the cereal of the same name. (edit) The kittens in the car were furry, active, and WAY too big to be newborn. (edit) The clock on the grocery store parking lot tape time reads 10:34:58 when Blake is going into the store, and reads 12:35:26 when he comes out, covering the time of the murder. But the murder was at 12:30, so does that mean he was in the grocery store for 2 hours? (edit)

Medical Examiner: (talking about the victim's wounds) ...cracked ribs, left arm broken in two places and a shattered femur - none of which was necessary, because your killer had him at hello.

...had him at hello is a variation on an expression popularized the 1996 film Jerry Maguire, as Dorothy's simple, heartfelt response to Jerry's profession of love. It later spawned a hit song by country singer Kenny Chesney. (edit)