Special Guest Stars

Barry Corbin As Clay Johnson Recurring	Frances Sternhagen (1) As Willie Ray Johnson Recurring
Mary McDonnell As Captain Sharon Raydor Recurring

Guest Stars

Aaron Refvem As Skander Marku Recurring	Andrew Connolly As Unknown Recurring
Jonathan Del Arco As Dr. Morales Recurring	Margaret Easley As Joan Marku Recurring
Michael Aronov As Armand Marku Recurring

Main Cast

Kyra Sedgwick As Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson	J. K. Simmons As Assistant Police Chief Will Pope
Corey Reynolds As Sgt. David Gabriel	Robert Gossett As Commander Taylor
G. W. Bailey As Detective Lt. Provenza	Anthony John Denison As Detective Andy Flynn
Michael Paul Chan As Lieutenant Mike Tao	Raymond Cruz As Detective Julio Sanchez
Phillip P. Keene As Buzz Watson	Jon Tenney As FBI Agent Fritz Howard

Recap

The scene opens with a man shopping for Christmas. Another man sees him and follows him. He speaks in Albanian and pulls out a knife. The younger man fights back and the younger man pushes the older man into the street and he is hit by a police car. At the station, Chief Johnson, Captain Rayder and Detective Gabriel talk about whose case it is. Everyone is trying to get away for the holiday season and Johnson tries to say that it is a simple case because the murderer is dead and the victim has a minor cut on his hand. Captain Rayder tells that she has a family gathering that she is going to have to get to soon so they need to hurry up and get this investigation over with. ..

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• Creator	James Duff
• Executive Producer	Rick Wallace  |  James Duff  |  Michael M. Robin  |  Greer Shephard  |  Kyra Sedgwick
• Co-Executive Producer	Adam Belanoff  |  Steven Kane
• Producer	Leo Geter  |  Andrew J. Sacks  |  Duppy Demetrius  |  Michael Alaimo  |  Mike Berchem  |  Sheelin Choksey  |  Ronnie Chong
• Consulting Producer	Gil Garcetti  |  Hunt Baldwin  |  John Coveny