Directed by Steve Robin
Written by Sal Calleros, Janet Tamaro, & Sam Lembeck
A local alcohol brewer is killed during a highly-unusual stabbing that leads the team into the world of role-playing games. Meanwhile, a group of at-risk teens visits the precinct and one of them steals Angela's wallet.
Tropes in the Episode
- All Bikers are Hells Angels: The Ragnarok Riders are called a "Motorcycle Club" but their leader is called "Skullcrusher" and they are gruff, seemingly violent and have a club insignia on the back of their jackets. Subverted in that they are also riding to raise money for kids in need.
- Cosplay: The players of Viking of the Realm" also like to dress up like their avatars sometimes.
- Dirty Old Woman: Kendra Dee aka "Gunnhild" was having a passionate sexual affair with the victim via the video game. While the never had sex in person she notes how physically intense their relationship was. Her second reaction to his death is "where will I find another lover?" Her avatar in the game is busty and sexy.
- Emancipated Child: Dania, one of the three children the team is mentoring this episode, is an emancipated minor.
- Fictional Video Game: "Vikings of the Realm" is the game that the victim and others played.
- GPS Evidence: Maura does a spectroscopy on a hair left at the crime scene, which was sensitive enough to tell what kind of food the person ate. This person had recently eaten fermented whale meat, a common dish in Scandinavia, which pointed to a suspect who had just gotten back from Iceland.
- Reading Lips: Walter Lowell a professor of Nordic history that helps the team on the case, is deaf but he can read lips.
- Role-Playing Game: The "Viking of the Realm" game is a RPG.
