The TV show Gordon and Kelly are watching, "Fernandes", is not real. However, the name is an homage to real-life coroner Dr. John Fernandes, director of the Hamilton Regional Forensic Unit, who died on April 18, 2019, at age 62 of colon cancer. He was a consultant on the show and appeared in the pilot as an extra. He worked closely with Dr. Chitra Rao, Canada's first full-time female forensic pathologist, and succeeded her in the director's job.