Marisa Ryan, who plays the woman hitting on Detective Cyrus Lupo (Jeremy Sisto) during the blackout, was married to the actor from 1993 to 2002.
This episode appears to be based on the 2000 Enron Energy scandal in California.
The notorious Mattawin Corporation is again coming up as the common owner of the two conspiring power companies. It is also the fraudulent company in Tuxedo Hill (2002) and the name of a sleazy NY corporation--is not new to the L&O universe. It was previously used in the mothership show as the name of a sleazy Hollywood movie studio in the Season 7 trilogy D-Girl (1997)/Turnaround (1997)/Showtime (1997).
Jordan Lage has played six different roles over the course of the series:
- Episode 6.13 Charm City (1996) - Jury Foreman.
- Episode 7.7 Deadbeat (1996) - Charles.
- Episode 9.6 Scrambled (1998) - Dr. Harvey Purcell.
- Episode 11.18 White Lie (2001) - Buddy Marks.
- Episode 13.1 American Jihad (2002) - Jeff Bodner.
- Episode 18.2 Darkness (2008) - William Tyrell.
- Episode 19.21 Skate or Die (2009) - William Tyrell.
Peter McRobbie plays Judge Walter Bradley in this, and 13 other episodes. Previously, he played the part of four other characters:
- Episode 1.21 Sonata for Solo Organ (1991) - Manager.
- Episode 3.9 Point of View (1992) - John Ennis.
- Episode 5.11 Guardian (1995) - Herbert Fowler.
- Episode 8.23 Tabloid (1998) - Dr. Thomas Neustadt.
- Episode 11.9 Hubris (2001) onwards - Judge Walter Bradley.