Sterling K. Brown was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance in this episode.
The highest rated episode of the series to date.
Has a very similar premise to Three Men and Adena (1993), in which Andre Braugher (Captain Holt) also played one of the interrogating police officers.
The opening scene mirrors the opening scene in an episode of Law & Order: SVU (S6 E17, Rage) where Stabler shortens one chair leg and turns up the thermostat in the interrogation room, just as Peralta does here.
This episode is a bottle episode.