Carter's wife Alison (Stephanie Turner) is seen attempting to prise him away from the Squad in the episode "Jigsaw", while her hostility toward Regan is apparent in the episode "Abduction". She is murdered in a case of mistaken identity in the episode "Hit and Run". In the DVD commentary for "Abduction", it is mentioned that the reason for this was that the actress (Stephanie Turner) was asking for too much money to continue to appear in the series. Her death was convenient for the show, releasing Carter to play a more freewheeling role, "on the pull"—and allowing his banter with Regan, which had become a very popular part of the show, to develop further. Stephanie Turner went on to appear in "Juliet Bravo", also devised and part-written by Ian Kennedy Martin.