It is revealed that Sherri West (Francie Swift) is now a defense attorney after serving as the SVU's ADA in several episodes during the previous season. In a deleted scene, she claims that she switched sides after being offered "a better deal." Two other continuing characters in the Law & Order (1990) universe switched from the prosecution to the defense: Paul Robinette Richard Brooks was an assistant district attorney in the first three seasons of Law & Order (1990) and then returned as a defense attorney in three later episodes, and Jamie Ross (Carey Lowell) was a prosecutor during seasons seven and eight of Law & Order (1990) before switching sides, and then becoming a judge as revealed on Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005) (2005).
T. R. Knight, Gabriel Thomas, was on the tv show Grey's Anatomy. Connie Ray, who plays his biological mother in this episode, was also on Grey's Anatomy. She played The mother of April Kepner, played by Sarah Drew.