Ed Green's first episode as senior detective.
This episode appears to be based on three separate cases/incidents:
- The 2004 Britney Spears/Kevin Federline relationship scandal.
- The 2005 Kate Moss drug use allegations.
- The 2005 Lillo Brancato murder case.
Milena Govich (Detective Nina Cassidy) played a completely different character in the Law & Order universe in the 2006 season. She played A.D.A. Jessica Rossi in Conviction (2006), a Dick Wolf series that followed members of the District Attorney's office.
California has the Unattended Child in Motor Vehicle Act "Kaitlyn's Law." New York has no such law. In 2019, Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed the legislation that would have prohibited children less than 10 years old being left unattended in a motor vehicle.