Third series appearance of Patrick Labyorteaux as Bud Roberts, Jr., a role he played in JAG (1995). That series ended on a cliffhanger involving one of the main characters having to leave the military due to their being married. Once again, the question as to what happened at the end of that series between David James Elliott and Catherine Bell remains unresolved. In Labyorteaux's last appearance in this series in Rogue (2016), he was about to tell a character what happened to Harm and Mac but he was cut off.
The last name of the victim in this episode is Newhall and another character's last name is Valencia. NCIS is filmed in the city of Santa Clarita, which was formed by combining the towns of Newhall, Valencia, Saugus and Canyon Country into one city.
Gina Hecht, who played Christine Newhall, has appeared in two other shows, St. Elsewhere and Reasonable Doubts, alongside Mark Harmon, Gibbs. She also appeared as a regular on Mork and Mindy with Mark Harmon's wife Pam Dawber.
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Three of the characters are named after three of the five freeway exits in the city of Santa Clarita. Santa Clarita is the home of the Valencia Studios NGK, where NCIS is filmed. The three characters are Carrie Lyons (I-5 Exit 167, Lyons Ave), Carlos Valencia (I-5 Exit 169, Valencia Ave) and Lt. Melissa Newhall (I-5 Exit 172, Newhall Ranch Rd). The missing exits are McBean Parkway and Magic Mountan Parkway (Yes, THAT Six Flags Magic Mountain). In addition to these names, the fiance character of David Crocker, shares his name with the street name of Ave Crocker. Ave Crocker is one of two streets that run next to Valencia Studios NGK. Check out the studio location on Google Maps using this Plus Code: CCQ5+JV.