Tim tells Munch, See, Frank said that I would never be a good homicide detective because I didn't have the killer's instinct. Frank was wrong . The suspected serial killer is found dead, with no clues on the crime scene. The viewer draws his own disturbing conclusion. Betrayed by the court system, Bayliss enacted his own justice.
Life is a mystery.
Tom Fontana wrote this episode. He also created that rock-hard, now cancelled HBO prison show Oz . Before that, Fontana worked on Saint Elsewhere . He wrote alongside John Masius. Masius went on to add Touched by an Angel to his resume.