Bibi Besch's guest appearance in this episode marks her final acting role. She died from cancer two days before this episode's air date.
Rob Estes and Lisa Rinna join the cast as Kyle and Taylor McBride in this episode.
The fifth season has the biggest main cast in the life of the series with 13 actors credited.
This episode kicks off Season 5 with new opening titles, including Heather Locklear's sequence.
Matt mentions Jo's departure from Amanda. Surprisingly, no farewell scenes were filmed when Jo had a long relationship with Jake and was still friends with Alison.