The episode title is a wordplay on "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," a 1965 Beatles song.
Rose McIver (Liv), David Anders (Blaine), Giacomo Baessato (Russ Roche), and Christie Laing (Michelle) all previously appeared on Once Upon a Time (2011).
Nathan Barrett, who plays Tanner, previously appeared in episode 2.4, Even Cowgirls Get the Black and Blues (2015), as a drug dealer.