Martha Plimpton (Claire Rinato) and Mary Steenburgen (Grace Rinato) both starred in Parenthood (1989).
The specific criminal charge in New York for obstruction of justice is "Obstructing governmental administration", there are two degrees of severity: second degree is a class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail, and first degree is a class E felony, punishable by up to four years in prison. First degree obstruction is charged when a person's obstruction causes serious physical injury to someone. For most cases the statute of limitations on misdemeanor obstruction is three years and six years for felony obstruction. However obstruction has no statute of limitations for a few specific crimes, namely: crimes against children, sex crimes and murder.
Fin's badge number is 43198.
Mary Steenburgen and Estelle Parsons, who play daughter & mother in this episode, both have previously won Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Steenburgen for Melvin and Howard (1980) and Parsons for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), both films with two first names in their titles.
Claire Rinato (Martha Plimpton) mentions that Det. Tutuola (Ice-T) looks like a pimp. Prior to becoming a Grammy award-winning gangster rap artist and actor, Ice-T was actually a pimp for a period of time. Also, his first role in the Law & Order universe, was as a pimp named Seymour Stockton in the TV movie "Exiled: A Law & Order Movie" (1998).