Guest Stars

Aunjanue Ellis As Madeleine Hightower Recurring	Gregory Itzin As Virgil Minelli Recurring
Pruitt Taylor Vince As J.J. LaRoche Recurring	Angela Gots As Roxy Rhodes
David Alan Basche As Dr. Jack Wilder	Marisa Echeverria As Lailah (as Marisa Bernal)
Matt Cates As Santa Tony	Megan Gallagher As May
Peter Xifo As Santa Bob	Sarah Adina As Female Manager

Co-Guest Stars

Biff Wiff As Bernard Ripple	Todd Jeffries As First Officer

Main Cast

Simon Baker As Patrick Jane	Robin Tunney As Teresa Lisbon
Tim Kang As Kimball Cho	Owain Yeoman As Wayne Rigsby
Amanda Righetti As Grace Van Pelt

Recap

It was a very bright and colorful Christmas scene that greeted the eyes of shoppers that night as they shopped at the mall. Twinkling lights encircled tall pine trees and carols rang n the frosty air, encouraging the people to slip into the holiday spirit as they greeted one another in passing. The mood was high until a bearded old man clad in a plush velvet Santa Claus suit fell from above, crashing heavily into several Christmas trees standing in a tight group in the middle of the scene. Screaming women ran away as the trees crashed down on the corpse and police and an ambulance were called to the scene, but it was too late: the man was dead. His body bore a very high alcohol content, far above the legal limit. Had he jumped from a balcony high in the apartment building above or had he been pushed?..

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• Creator

Bruno Heller