The Inmates (1998) was a crossover with the hit legal drama "The Practice". Featuring Dylan McDermott, Steve Harris and Camryn Manheim from that show, it was completed in Axe Murderer (1998) which guest starred Calista Flockhart and Gil Bellows. Dylan McDermott reappeared in "Ally McBeal"s season finale These Are the Days (1998).
Camryn Manheim (Ellenor Frutt) and Steve Harris (Eugene Young) both appeared in the series Harry's Law, another David E. Kelley.
Kelly Connell plays Donna Murphy's therapist in this episode. In the 1992-96 series Picket Fences - also from David E Kelley - Connell played the town's Medical Examiner, Dr Pike.