Amber Skye Noyes also appeared in the episode Townhouse Incident (2016) as a different character. In this episode, she has blonde hair while in her previous appearance she had red hair.
This is the first season premiere of the series to premiere at the start of a year as well as halfway through a regular network television schedule. It is also the third season premiere that didn't premiere in September. The second season premiere premiered in October 2000 while the twenty-second season premiere premiered in November 2020 due to production delays as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is confirmed in this episode that John Munch has died, making this the first episode of SVU where a main character has died. Munch's actor Richard Belzer died in February 2023.