This episode reveals that (at least) Dexter's father is a Republican voter.
This is another episode when Dexter isn't in his lab.
This episode was originally aired as the 12th episode on July 5, 2002 before the last season 3 episode, but forced to re-air as the last episode on September 20 designated for the season 3 finale after the twelfth episode.
Although this episodes aired in 2002, they were actually made in 2001 according to the credits.
Despite being originally premiered on July 5, 2002, there was a 2001 copyright. This was changed that it has a 2002 copyright which was aired on September 20, 2002 as part of the episode's reruns.