First Law 

When an AI kills the scientist who created her it opens a career door for Charlie, but first he and Amita must determine what happened, putting Amita's life in jeopardy.

Director:

Steve Boyum

Writers:

Nicolas Falacci (creator), Cheryl Heuton (creator)

Stars:

Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Rob Morrow	...	Don Eppes
David Krumholtz	...	Charlie Eppes
Judd Hirsch	...	Alan Eppes
Alimi Ballard	...	David Sinclair
Dylan Bruno	...	Colby Granger
Navi Rawat	...	Amita Ramanujan
Aya Sumika	...	Liz Warner
Peter MacNicol	...	Dr. Larry Fleinhardt
Nancy Travis	...	Jane Karellen
Liane Balaban	...	Jessie Robertson
Barrett Foa	...	Andrew Gibbons
Adam Godley	...	Dr. Joseph Baskin
Jillian Armenante	...	Claire Wells
Tom Wright	...	Coach Harry Streeling
Saul Huezo	...	Marine

Storyline

When an AI kills the scientist who created her it opens a career door for Charlie, but first he and Amita must determine what happened, putting Amita's life in jeopardy.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to alan mathison turing | reference to j. robert oppenheimer | fire suppression system | argon | defense advanced research projects agency | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

The episode title and other elements of the story are both based on the robot stories of the late Isaac Asimov. The First Law of Robotics is, "No robot may harm a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm." The AI program is named Bailey and Daniel Robertson's password used in the opening scene is Daniel R. Olivaw. Elijah Bailey and R. Daneel Olivaw are the main characters in the Asimov novels The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun. The 'R' in Olivaw's name stands for 'robot'.

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Goofs

It's weird that a university basketball coach cannot quickly link the "granny" style of shooting, which was how Rick Barry shot his free throws (.900 percentage at the time of his retirement)

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Crazy Credits

[This appears on the beginning of the episode] 2 million lines of codes 80 million processes per second 985 million personal computers 1 artificial intelligence

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Soundtracks

The Geeks Were Right
(uncredited)
Written by Todd Fink, Dapose, Clark Baechle, Jacob Thiele, and Joel Peterson
Performed by The Faint

User Reviews

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 March 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Japanese Garden, Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant - 6100 Woodley Avenue, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Scott Free Productions, The Barry Schindel Company, CBS Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 55 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1