*”From the beginning of the year, I knew our crew and Scorpius would have to meet to lay out ground rules before we could board the command carrier. I had wanted to recreate the tough, mano-a-mano diner scene between De Niro and Pacino in the movie ‘Heat.’ None of the writers hit until Matt Ford called up late one night and asked ‘What if the scene from ‘Heat’ suddenly turned into ‘Dog Day Afternoon,” with a pair of crazy robbers taking everyone hostage?’ Bingo. An excellent story is born. Director Peter Andrikidis called in two outstanding actor friends, Ben Mendelsohn and Tony Hayes, to play the blue guys; Anthony, Wayne, David Franklin (Braca), team Rygel, and the other guest stars all tuned in excellent dramatic and comedic performances, and this became another of my favorite episodes.” – DK *Source: Back of card