Simon Baker and Raphael Sbarge were co-stars in an earlier TV series called The Guardian.
Red-haired actress: Stacie Rippy.
This episode marks the first of many to use the rooftop coffee bar/cafe atop the CBI headquarters in Sacramento, with its panoramic views of the Sacramento River and downtown. However, despite appearances those views are projected onto a blue-screen, and the cafe itself is an interior set.
First episode title that does not include the word red (or any other variation) as a color, but as part of a word.