Much of this episode was filmed in the VA Hospital in Sepulveda, which according to the director of the episode, once was a mental institution.
Christian Clemenson would later play the medical examiner on CSI: Miami.
Although listed in the opening credits, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads and Gary Dourdan did not appear in this episode.
The "clay pot as recording media" plot device was investigated in Killer Cable Snaps (2006). They determined that it was so highly unlikely as to be impossible.
Sara's one gold painted fingernail is a nod to co-writer and producer Sarah Goldfinger.