Ligature

"Ligature" is the seventh Season 3 episode of Shadow Unit, with production number 3x07. It was written by Elizabeth Bear and featured Emma Bull, and originally aired February 6, 2011.

Basic Statistics
Location: Washington, DC, Seattle, WA

Point of View Characters: Daphne Worth, Chaz Villette, Esther Falkner, Solomon Todd

Away Team: Chaz Villette, Daphne Worth, Esther Falkner, Nicolette Lau, Stephen Reyes, Solomon Todd

Timeline: September 12-15, 2010

Unsub: Viv Paliotto

Easter Eggs

 * "Ligature" playlist
 * "PEPCK"

Pre-Air-Date Speculation
The initial message board entry gave the sole writing credit to Elizabeth Bear.

According to Elizabeth Bear's LiveJournal, the first line of "Ligature" will be:
 * The murdered woman's scream sounds like a teakettle.

Additional Notes
This was the case previously listed as the September 2010 Gamma.

This episode featured the first canonical appearance of the Argentinian racehorse story:
 * Todd stretched one of the dishpan gloves over his left hand until it snapped. Slow and savage, he smiled. "At last! My right arm is complete again!"


 * Daphne blinked.


 * "What, you never dove in a dumpster before? When I was after the Argentinian racehorse, it was stable middens. Which are actually less horrible in a lot of ways."

This episode also featured the Tuckerization of User:MadGastronomer, who appears as "Rebecca", the owner of the Night Kitchen restaurant in Seattle.