S. Epatha Merkerson and Robert Gossett appeared together three times in The Closer (2005), with Gossett as a police commander and Merkerson as a doctor.
Both S. Epatha Merkerson and Robert Gossett have played long-term police supervisors prior to this show. Merkerson was Lt. Anita VanBuren in 17 seasons of Law & Order (1990), while Gossett played Commander and later Chief Russell Taylor first in The Closer (2005) for 7 seasons and later for 5 seasons in Major Crimes (2012).