The early suspect for the abduction in this episode was a past offender named "The Balloon Man". This is also the name of a serial offender in an early episode of fellow CBS production "Elementary". The suspect in The Mentalist left balloon animals at the scene of the abduction, while the suspect on Elementary left helium balloons with the message "thank you" on them.
Diana Morgan has appeared as a reporter or anchor in many movies and tv series, especially after being a real-life, Emmy award-winning newscaster. Her first movie appearance was in Eraser, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger; however, she will be 'unfondly' remembered by tv's Babylon 5 fans as the smooth-talking Interstellar Network (ISN) News anchor of Earth's repressive Clark regime during seasons 3 and 4.
Red-haired actress: Kelli Williams.