The Business of Miracles 

Frozen stiff -- The body of a cancer research scientist is discovered literally frozen solid, baffling Crews (Damian Lewis) and Reese (Sarah Shahi).

Director:

Elodie Keene

Writers:

Rand Ravich (creator), Jonathan Shapiro

Stars:

Damian Lewis, Sarah Shahi, Donal Logue

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Damian Lewis	...	Charlie Crews
Sarah Shahi	...	Dani Reese
Donal Logue	...	Captain Kevin Tidwell
Adam Arkin	...	Ted Earley
Brooke Langton	...	Constance Griffiths
Victor Rivers	...	Jack Reese
Jennifer Siebel Newsom	...	Jennifer Conover (as Jennifer Siebel)
Marguerite Moreau	...	Betsy Bournes
Marsha Thomason	...	Jill Abraham
Todd Stashwick	...	James Brenford
Hector Luis Bustamante	...	Abel Bustamante
Michael Shamus Wiles	...	Jack Reese's Passenger
Jeremy Guskin	...	Billy (as Jeremy Gaskin)
Martin Grey	...	Mark Conover
David Kagen	...	Betsy's lawyer

Storyline

Crews and Reese investigate the apparent murder of Dr. Auerbach, a cancer researcher who is found frozen solid in his laboratory. The immediate focus of their investigation is Betsy, the head of an animal rights group who sent threatening letters to the man. Their suspicion grows when they learn she may have had another reason for wanting the man dead. In the ongoing investigation into his own false conviction, Charlie has Rachel Seybolt safely tucked away in a hospital but she refuses to speak. Dani also accuses her father of sending an innocent man to prison. Charlie agrees to act as a reference for Ted who is line for a teaching position.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the opening scene they find Dr. Auerbach "frozen solid" and we are told it is due to his breathing liquid nitrogen. If the Dr. had inhaled liquid nitrogen it would have immediately frozen his lungs, therefore preventing it from traveling throughout his body in order to freeze the rest of it, not to mention that if it had begun to enter his blood stream via the lungs it would have frozen the blood and traveled no further. However if someone had submersed him in liquid nitrogen it would have had the general effect shown; but he would have quickly begun to thaw had he not been maintained in a below 32 degrees Fahrenheit temperature space. Since nothing else in the room is frozen, nor do we see the standard reactions to cold, i.e. visible breath, then the temperature in the lab must be well above 32 degrees Fahrenheit and so Dr. Auerbach should not appear to be "frozen".

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Quotes

Jack Reese's Passenger: They want me to tell you, Jack, you go back a long way, but not for nothing: there were six... there are five... there could just as easily be four.

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Connections

References The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

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Soundtracks

Flying
by Terence Fontaine
(DVD Release)

User Reviews

Insult to intelligence

Although I am a LIFE fan, I must point out that this episode is crowded with absurd facts that insult the viewer's intelligence. For one thing, the writer expects us to believe that a person can freeze to death by inhaling liquid nitrogen. In the first place, oxygen and nitrogen dewars have gas phase outlets; if the mask were to be hooked to a liquid outlet, the liquid squirt would probably produce a frostbite burn before being inhaled. If cryogenic liquid were actually inhaled (in this case, it would be irrelevant if it were oxygen or nitrogen, since their temperatures are similar: there would be no use in changing the dewars) the first breath would seriously burn the airways, but it would never deep-freeze the victim. To deep freeze a person with liquid nitrogen, it would be necessary to immerse it in liquid or very cold gas (as in a freezing tunnel); the result would be that the person would freeze as a frozen steak. In no case would this produce the brittleness that is showed in the episode... can you make a frozen steak crumble by touching it with a pen? It was sad to see Crews and Dani wallowing in such a stupid plot!

Details

Release Date:

6 October 2008 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 44, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ravich/Shariat Productions, Universal Media Studios (UMS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

47 min