We find out that the Medical Examiner's name is Dr. Crippen.
First appearance of Brenda Leigh's mother.
Frances Sternhagen mentions seeing movie stars with interest in George Clooney who she appeared with on ER (1994).
The crime for which the Amenian mobster Vahan Asourian's father was being tried was committed in the city of Glendale. Glendale is the third-largest city in Los Angeles County. A large middle and upper-middle class bedroom community north of downtown Los Angeles, Glendale is ethnically diverse, but known for its large multi-generational Armenian community.
Bella Rose's mother-in-law was being moved to an assisted living center in Lake View Terrace. Lake View Terrace is a middle-class community north of Glendale, located in a foothill area, with a large equestrian community, but as Brenda suggests, no lake, view or terrace.