The judge in the first season was supposed to be played by Sidney Lumet, director of 12 Homens e uma Sentença (1957). When Lumet got injured falling on some ice, Barry Levinson, producer and director of the show, stepped in to play the role. Levinson acts in the first twelve episodes.
Cote de Pablo's first regular television series role. She would eventually get the part of Ziva a year later in NCIS: Investigação Naval (2003).