World's End (4 Nov. 2007)

The discovery of human remains in the bottom of a well leads to the reinvestigation of the case of a housewife who went missing during Orson Welles' radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds".

Director:

Roxann Dawson

Writers:

Meredith Stiehm (creator), Gavin Harris

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
Bellamy Young	...	Audrey Metz '38
Jonathan Scarfe	...	Will Paige '38
Peter Haskell	...	Will Paige '07
Chip Hormess	...	Robert 'Dobber' Metz '38
Len Lesser	...	Elmer Gibbins '07
Julianna McCarthy	...	Penny Centavo '07
Lawrence Pressman	...	Robert 'Dobber' Metz '07
Ralph Waite	...	Felton Metz '07
Tuc Watkins	...	Felton Metz '38

Storyline

The discovery of human remains in the bottom of a well leads to the reinvestigation of the case of a housewife who went missing during Orson Welles' radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds".

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 November 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

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This episode marks the 100th episode of the series.

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Goofs

When talking about the 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast in 1938 the lieutenant says, "My wife and I heard it come over the car radio. All we could think of was to get back home to see our children before the final attack." Assuming he had married at the age of 16 and had 2 kids by the time he was 18, he would have to be 87 in the show's 2007 setting. However, he was merely reading a survivors account of the events from that night, just as Vera mentions a survivor driving all night across the country in a towel to see his fiancée.

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Soundtracks

"Moonlight Serenade"
(uncredited)
Performed by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

User Reviews

Ages Off

It just seemed to me that some of the characters' ages were off in this episode. First off, when they discover the woman's body by the well, Lilli says something to the effect of her being gone for about 50 years, however, the crime happened closer to 70 years prior. That said, some of those characters (Will Paige, man standing next to Audrey in the soup line) would be close to 100 years old. I know it would be difficult to find actors close to that age (or apparently, apply sufficient makeup to make them look that way), but I just found the entire episode very disconcerting because of that fact. Overall, I did enjoy the episode's content, though.