Know By Now

Know By Now, the first of a series of character-centered standalone chapters, features Jack Arthur in his early twenties on what was at the time his harshest case.

Summary
Jack, at age 21, notices Vic going off to a heroin den bust in Lower Manhattan, and practically begs to come along. After being separated from the group, Jack is cornered by a hysterical addict armed with a chain, and shoots him out of self-defense, accidentally killing the addict. In the present, Jack has been assigned to check on an alleged meth lab, in which Mara asks to come along. Jack insists no and promptly leaves her behind.

Title
"Know By Now" is the fourth track on Robert Palmer's 1994 album Honey, chosen mostly because of Palmer's association with Jack's design. At one point, the song was considered for use in an animated test intro for the series.

Background Information

 * The cover is a parody of the cover of Robert Palmer's 1988 album "Heavy Nova".
 * Dory Shulman's boyfriend, Harrison Bridges, makes his only appearance as one of the people who find Jack after the shooting.
 * The story was followed up with a bonus illustration of Iwao Miyamoto and Carrie Giuliante at age 16, titled "For the First Time", also the title of a song from Yasuyuki Okamura's 1987 album Yellow, "Hajimete".