This episode was nominated for a Hugo Award for Dramatic Presentation: Short Form.
In the theater scene, depicted on the screen in the background as shadow art, are ships leaving the planet Earth and arriving at various planets. One of which appears to be a Firefly class starship.
Another of the 3 episodes that had been completed but never aired during the initial run of the series on Fox.
Episode #13 in the "Joss Whedon Intended Timeline" for "Firefly" and NOT as Fox dictated the episodes were to be run. Since this episode had long been completed, the only explanation for Fox choosing not to air this episode was the personal vendetta Fox executives had against series creator Joss Whedon for not making the series more "lighter" in tone and more violent.
Melinda Clarke, who played Nandi, the brothel owner, played Lady Heather, the proprietress of a bondage establishment, in six episodes of CSI.