Episode closing card reads "In Loving Memory of Bruce Paltrow". Paltrow died 3 October 2002. His son Jake Paltrow directed this and 9 other episodes of NYPD Blue between 1997-2004. Bruce Paltrow was an executive producer of St. Elsewhere (1982) alongside producer/executive producer Mark Tinker, one of NYPD Blue's executive producers from 1995-2005, from 1982-1988.
Steven Bochco, Mark Tinker and Bill Clark were not credited for this segment. Their executive producer credits were replaced with a memorial dedication to Bruce Paltrow.
Dennis Franz and Jason Ross-Azikiwe, who played Damian Bryant, also appeared together in Die Hard 2 (1990).