This episode was Aaron Paul's submission for the Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category in the 2013 Emmy Awards- his fifth nomination and third win for the show.
Starting with this episode and until the end of the series, Marie's primary costuming color shifts from purple to black.
The clothes that Jesse wears in this episode remains the same in the rest of the series and the subsequent movie.
To support Todd's promotion and similarities with Jesse, he calls Walter "Mr. White" in the opening sequence.
When Jesse lights a joint, Saul calls him "Mr. Natural" which is a reference to the R. Crumb counter-culture comic, "Mr. Natural."
Millard Drexler: Chairman and CEO of J.Crew Group, as a customer at the White's car wash. He stated that his scene, in which he says eight or nine words, took nine takes to film.