Cornballer
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It was a nod to Karen Sisco and a chance to bring together two of Elmore Leonard's characters. I'm not sure if Gugino was available to do more than she did.Carla Gugino felt like someone they were setting up as a regular or recurring character, then she just never showed up again. It was weird. Either something came up and she became unavailable, or the writers did a poor job of capitalizing on her appearance.