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The Character Died with Him: Julian Beck (who played the corrupt stock broker J.J. Johnston in "The Prodigal Son") passed away two weeks before the episode aired.
Old Shame: Colin Farrell admits that he doesn't like the film very much.
The Other Darrin: Castillo's former wife, May Ying, was played by Joan Chen in "Golden Triangle" and by Rosalind Chao in the Season 5 episode "Heart of Night".
Recycled Set: Several locations and buildings reappeared throughout the series' run. Notably, the house seen in "Nobody Lives Forever" (which is owned in the series by Brenda, the architect Crockett is dating) appears again as the location of the climactic cat-and-mouse scene between Crockett and The Shadow in the episode "Shadow in the Dark", two seasons later.
Screwed by the Network: The show was moved to air opposite Dallas, then moved to Sundays.
Throw It In: Olmos has said in interviews that, in a deliberate effort to subvert the usual Da Chief cliches, his very first line as Castillo was an ad-lib.
What Could Have Been:
- Glenn Frey was originally set to reprise his role as Jimmy the pilot (from "Smuggler's Blues") in the episode "Trust Fund Pirates", but scheduling issues resulted in his character being replaced by a fellow pilot who had taken over Jimmy's hangar.
- The third-season opener ("When Irish Eyes Are Smiling") was intended to be a two-hour special, similar to the second-season premiere "The Prodigal Son", and would have had Crockett and Tubbs travel to Ireland to deal with a religious terrorist.
- Olmos was offered the chance to reprise his role as Castillo in the 2006 film, but was busy filming Battlestar Galactica at the time.

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+* [[The Character Died with Him]]: Julian Beck (who played the corrupt stock broker J.J. Johnston in "The Prodigal Son") passed away two weeks before the episode aired.
+* [[Old Shame]]: Colin Farrell admits that he doesn't like the film very much.
+* [[The Other Darrin]]: Castillo's former wife, May Ying, was played by Joan Chen in "Golden Triangle" and by Rosalind Chao in the Season 5 episode "Heart of Night".
+* [[Recycled Set]]: Several locations and buildings reappeared throughout the series' run. Notably, the house seen in "Nobody Lives Forever" (which is owned in the series by Brenda, the architect Crockett is dating) appears again as the location of the climactic cat-and-mouse scene between Crockett and The Shadow in the episode "Shadow in the Dark", two seasons later.
 * [[Screwed by the Network]]: The show was moved to air opposite ''[[Dallas]]'', then moved to Sundays.
+* [[Throw It In]]: Olmos has said in interviews that, in a deliberate effort to subvert the usual [[Da Chief]] cliches, his very first line as Castillo was an ad-lib.
-* [[Shout-Out]]: Several episodes of the show "borrowed" plots from various movies, such as ''[[High Noon]]'' or ''[[The Trouble with Harry]]''. Season 3's "Shadow in the Dark" was pretty much one giant allusion to ''[[Manhunter (film)|Manhunter]]'', which Michael Mann himself directed.
+* [[What Could Have Been]]:
-** In Season 2's "Out Where the Buses Don't Run", Weldon's computer is named after his ex-wife, Lorraine. It also happened to be the name of the Amiga prototype that appeared at the 1984 Consumer Electronics Show. The Amiga prototype took its name from the motherboard, which was named Lorraine, after the company president's wife.
+** Glenn Frey was originally set to reprise his role as Jimmy the pilot (from "Smuggler's Blues") in the episode "Trust Fund Pirates", but scheduling issues resulted in his character being replaced by a fellow pilot who had taken over Jimmy's hangar.
-* [[What Could Have Been]]: Olmos was offered the chance to reprise his role as Castillo in the 2006 film, but was busy filming ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' at the time.
+** The third-season opener ("When Irish Eyes Are Smiling") was intended to be a two-hour special, similar to the second-season premiere "The Prodigal Son", and would have had Crockett and Tubbs travel to Ireland to deal with a religious terrorist.
+** Olmos was offered the chance to reprise his role as Castillo in the 2006 film, but was busy filming ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' at the time.
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