This episode serves as a prequel to Kate's appearance in the Elseworlds crossover.
Rachel Skarsten, who plays Alice in this new Batwoman series, played in the Birds of Prey (2002) television series as Dinah Redmond (née Lance), Black Canary's daughter.
In the DC comics, Vesper Fairchild was a radio talk show host who became romantically involved with Bruce Wayne. In Elseworlds, the 2018 Arrowverse crossover event, it was mentioned that Oliver Queen had a one night stand with her years ago.
In the DC comics, Luke Fox was one of two individuals to take up the mantle of Batwing.
Sophie is the fourth openly bisexual major character in the shared multiverse after Sara Lance, John Constantine, and Gary Green. She is also the only one of these characters to have never appeared on DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016).