Julie Plec directed this episode as her directorial debut.
When Julie Plec was asked in an interview with Variety if Paul Wesley (who already directed two episodes of The Vampire Diaries) give her any advice for her first time directing, she said: "Paul actually said you're never going to feel ready, you're never going to feel like you got everything that you wanted, you're always going to feel like you're under the gun and behind schedule and you have to be prepared for anything to go wrong. I had a general meeting with Chad Lowe -- another actor-turned-director -- and the best thing he said he ever heard was on his first day on set [when] some terrible things were going wrong and he said the assistant director just looked at him and patted him on the back and said, "It's not your fault, but it is your problem." And that's the best piece of advice, because you just have to roll with it. There's no one you can throw under the bus so you might as well fix it."