8:03 AM (28 Jan. 2007)

An obviously affluent young teenage girl stands outside a school building, just out of sight of a group of boys who are near the entrance... See full synopsis »

Director:

Alex Zakrzewski

Writers:

Meredith Stiehm (creator), Veena Sud

Stars:

Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Kathryn Morris	...	Lilly Rush
Danny Pino	...	Scotty Valens
John Finn	...	John Stillman
Jeremy Ratchford	...	Nick Vera
Thom Barry	...	Will Jeffries
Tracie Thoms	...	Kat Miller
Ernie Hudson	...	Moses Jones
Jeremiah Birkett	...	Toomey Nelson
Lucinda Jenney	...	Shirley Reed
Alexa Nikolas	...	Madison Reed
Tristan Wilds	...	Skill - 2002
Jodi Carlisle	...	Miss Boyd
Graham Hamilton	...	Gibby Hanes
Sonja Sohn	...	Toni Halstead
Melody Butiu	...	Clinic Worker

Storyline

An obviously affluent young teenage girl stands outside a school building, just out of sight of a group of boys who are near the entrance... See full synopsis »

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 January 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 22, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television, CBS Paramount Network Television, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References Scarface (1983)

User Reviews

Two deaths

Detective Kat Miller is looking at the picture of a youth, Skill, a murder victim she knew during her days at Narcotics. Kat, it turns out, was at the scene when the young man died. She also notices that another box containing the file of an unsolved case, the murder of Madison Reed is resting next to Skill's, and by coincidence their deaths occurred the same day. She points the similarities to Lilly because both cases are still open and Kat thinks there might be a link to both.

For starters, both Skill and Madison belonged to different worlds. Skill, a poor young black boy, was a product of the ghetto, while Madison came from Chesnut Hill, an area where the rich Philadelphians live. Unknown to the detectives, Madison and her mother had been abandoned by a father and now had to make adjustments in the way they lived. Both victims died under a cloud of suspicion as the detectives think Madison and Skill were killed because both were involved as users, but in fact, they had not used drugs at all.

As the investigation proceeds, one thing comes evident, Madison's mother is in reality the one having a drug problem since the husband decamped. Skill was trying to leave drug trafficking behind him, so it is curious why he was killed. The detectives realize both names are connected, but in a different way, and yes, they died at the same time, but there were two different assassins in each case.

Alex Zakrzewski directed the script written by Veena Cabreros Sud, both frequent collaborators of the series. The cast makes a good attempt to make this an interest episode. Nick Vera's relationship with Toni ends because she cannot put up with his hours. What started as a promising love affair fizzles without much explanation.