On July 11, 2012, during the filming of an episode, in which she was guest-starring, Kristin Chenoweth was struck by a falling piece of lighting equipment. She was knocked unconscious by the blow, and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. After several months of recovery, in which it was unsure if she would be able to return to her role, Chenoweth reported in September 2012 that her medical issues included not being able to "form a sentence after it happened", a skull fracture, and continuing pain in her ribs and hip.
This episode introduces the character of Laura Hellinger, played by Amanda Peet. She appears in 7 episodes in total.
Nathan Lane and Christine Baranski previously appeared together in the film, The Birdcage (1996), and also off-Broadway in Lips Together, Teeth Apart, and The Man Who Came to Dinner.
Archie Panjabi (Kalinda Sharma) & Marc Warren (Nick Savarese) both worked on Life on Mars (2006), although did not share any scenes.