Vanessa Aspillaga has played four different roles over the course of the series:
- Episode 7.3 Good Girl (1996) - Irene - Librarian.
- Episode 11.11 Sunday in the Park with Jorge (2001) - Miss Guzman.
- Episode 12.5 Possession (2001) - Mrs. Ramos.
- Episode 18.5 Driven (2008) - Detective Carla Sanchez.
This episode appears to be based on two separate cases:
- The 2007 Eva Daley case.
- The 2006 Jena Six case.
Coincidentally, this episode re-aired on Sundance the same day as Derek Chauvin received his sentence (22.5 years) for the murder of George Floyd.