This episode (and the rest of season 5) was dedicated to Tyler Posey's mother, who died of breast cancer in December 2014.
Gabriel Hogan, who played the werewolf/garuda hybrid Belasko in this episode, is the son of Michael Hogan, who played Gerard Argent.
Season 5 will be split into two parts (5A and 5B) each consisting of 10 episodes.
In this episode, Liam says that Scott and Stiles are older than him by 2 years, where in reality, they're older than him in 7 years.
This episode takes place six months after the season 4 finale.