This episode appears to be based on the July 2006 explosion of an Upper East Side brownstone owned by Dr. Nicholas Bartha.
Jenna Wechsler was murdered on June 19, 2006.
Robert Emmet Lunney played five different characters over the course of the series:
- Episode 3.11 Extended Family (1993) - Harold Zorn (as Robert Emmet).
- Episode 6.21 Pro Se (1996) - Frank Ellis (as Robert Emmet).
- Episode 10.13 Panic (2000) - Dr. Samuel Bookman.
- Episode 11.22 School Daze (2001) - Bill Semple.
- Episode 17.3 Home Sweet (2006) - Miles Schaffner.