Law & Order

Season 16

Red Ball

1. This is the first episode with Jesse L. Martin after his hiatus to film Rent.
2. This episode marks the beginning of S. Epatha Merkerson's thirteenth season as Lt. Anita Van Buren, making her the longest running character in the show's history. Jerry Orbach's Lennie Briscoe appeared for twelve years. The longest-running original castmember was Chris Noth as Mike Logan, from 1990 through 1995.
3. Lindsay Crouse plays Judge Deidre Hellstrom. The actress last appeared in Law & Order: DNR (1999) as Judge Grobman that died. She would return as Judge Andrews a total of 7 times on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
4. At the end, Jack (Sam Waterston) tell Arthur (Fred Dalton Thompson) to "Go ahead and fire me if you like, but the only thing that mattered was saving the girl." Arthur tells Jack "...that's the reason you will never be a District Attorney." Jack becomes the DA in season 18.

Flaw

1. The resolution of a two-part crossover with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), the storyline begun in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Design (2005).
2. Yet another instance of when an actor, having made a one-off appearance as one character, is brought into the L&O series as a regular cast-member. In this episode Milena Govich plays "Geneva" and was later to join the series as "Nina Cassady".

Ghosts

1. Sarah Dolan was murdered on June 8, 1995.

Age of Innocence

Life Line

1. William Sadler also spent time in prison in Shawshank Redemption.

Birthright

House of Cards

New York Minute

1. Dennis Farina and Stephen Lang appeared together in Manhunter (1986).

Criminal Law

Acid

Bible Story

1. Chumash (alternate spelling Humash) is the bound version of the Torah.

Family Friend

1. Dennis Farina & Bill Smitrovich starred together in Michael Mann's 1986 Crime Story.

Heart of Darkness

1. Guest star Corey Stoll went on to appear in the short lived spinoff Law & Order:LA.

Magnet

Choice of Evils

Cost of Capital

America, Inc.

1. Pablo Schreiber goes on to guest star on Law & Order: SVU as the one who terrorized Det. Benson.

Thinking Makes It So

1. The episode title is from Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2: "... there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so ..."
2. The cartoon that the daughter is watching when she's found on the boat is "I Wanna Be a Sailor," a 1937 public domain Merrie Melodies short that was directed by Tex Avery.

Positive

Kingmaker

1. The bar used for the Albanian Social Club is the same bar used as a New York mob hangout in The Sopranos.

Hindsight

1. This is the only episode in which the opening crime implicates a character on the show. During the previous season, Michael Imperioli's character Nick Falco filled-in for Jesse L. Martin's character Ed Green. This episode picks up a year later after Falco leaves the 27th Precinct.

Invaders

1. This is Annie Parisse's final episode.
2. This is Dennis Farina's final episode.
3. Alexandra Borgia's home address is 305 West 81st Street, Apartment 4D.