Stone Dead

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“Stone Dead”
Raines episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 4
Guest stars	Stephen Tobolowsky Jermaine "Scooter" Smith Owen Beckman Jeanette Brox Gina Ravera Matt Malloy Pat Crawford Brown Romeo Brown
Written by	Bruce Rasmussen
Directed by	Felix Alcala
Production no.	1x06
Original airdate	April 6, 2007
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Stone Dead is the fourth episode of the American detective-series Raines. It first aired at 9:00 pm on April 6, 2007.

[edit] Plot synopsis

Raines picks up his former partner's son from school before heading to the scene of the stabbing murder of 20-year-old comic-book artist, Jimmy Davis. The detective visits the comic book store where Jimmy worked and meets his boss and mentor Wally, then stops at the victim's apartment where he finds a locked cabinet packed with marijuana bricks.

[edit] Trivia

• Raines quotes a 1951 Dylan Thomas poem when he says that "did not go gentle into that good night."
• Raines quotes the 1939 Raymond Chandler novel The Big Sleep when he says that "Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."
• Raines purchases an issue of the Betty and Veronica Magazine.
• Raines mentions Roy Rogers' stuffed horse Trigger and Norman Bates' taxidermy hobby from the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock horror film Psycho.
• Malik Yoba (Charlie Lincoln) does not appear in this episode.
• The song played at the end of the episode is "Waitin' for superman" by the flaming lips.
• According to this epiosde, Raines mentions "I'll put it on my Chanukah list," revealing that he is Jewish.