5x11 Family 8108

Created on July 2, 2008 - 10:33

Season 5 x 11 -

First Air Date : Sunday, 9 December 2007

Ratings : 11.6 millions of viewers

Directed by Jeannot Szwarc

Written by Kellye Garrett

Elizabeth Randall

Flashback year : 1945 (62 years ago)

Summary

The team re-investigates the 1945 murder of a Japanese-American family man who was persecuted in his neighborhood following the Pearl Harbor attack. Meanwhile, Lt. Stillman has decided to retire from the force.

So... the guy survived being locked up in an internment camp. Only to be killed in the City of Brotherly Love.

We were just a number, no names. 8108, like criminals.

Sidestories

John Stillman

John Stillman put up his retirement papers, but changed his mind, thanks to Lilly's meddling.
I served in Vietnam my self. I had a buddy in there, Manny Hijshoj, filippino guy. There we were fighting off Vietcong and
I'm stuck with a guy that look just like the enemy. Were really odds, right? Manny prove themselves to be: he died to save another guy in our unit. A hero. Once we were on patrol we got caught in an ambush. We got tore up pretty bad. When the smoke cleared, I saw this Gook running towards me. I came this close to kill him. But he was Manny.

Music

"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" - The Andrews Sisters
"The White Cliffs of Dover" - Vera Lynn
"This Is No Laughing Matter" - Glenn Miller
"Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!" - Kay Kyser
"Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees)" - The Ink Spots
"I'm Making Believe" - Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
"When the Lights Go Out Again (All Over the World)" - Vaughn Monroe

Notes

Number of victims : 1
New lead: Document
Murder weapon: Height
Flashback style: Mixed
Murder type: Murder 2
Motive: Heat of the moment

Ghost: Ray Takahashi appeared to Lilly Rush.

Other episodes from 1945:
3x04 Colors
3x21 The Hen House

Initial flashback is set in 1942 in Sunnydale, California and is in colour.
All the other flashbacks are in B&W and are set between 1942 and 1945.
The closing montage has a musical background while Billy's letter is read.
Along side Ray, Billy's ghost appears to Lilly.

Let the cursor hover on the picture for a few seconds to see the flashback photo of the character (when available).