ER (1994) was the project that Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg were working on, before Spielberg instead expressed his interested in Jurassic Park (1993). While that film was in production, the television department at Amblin discovered the script for ER and suggested developing it for that medium. This episode features Diane Ladd, mother of Jurassic Park actress Laura Dern.
Linda Cardellini (Samantha Taggart) & John Leguizamo (Dr. Victor Clemente) also worked together on Bloodline (2015) as Meg Rayburn & Ozzy Delvecchio respectively.