Josh Groban credits his role in this episode as jump-starting his music career.
Lisa Nicole Carson was fired amid reports about her erratic behavior on and off set, alleged drug use, being arrested and admissions to a mental health facility. She never appeared on the show again, but she did have a guest appearance in the second-season finale of the NBC series Harry's Law (2011), also created by David E. Kelley, reprising her character Renee Raddick.