Olivia Benson mentions interviewing Aneeka and Imani Coleman's mother with John Munch shortly after her mother, Serena Benson, had died. Cragen had told Olivia of her mother's death in the season 2 episode Taken (2000).
This episode marks the first time a member of Kat Tamin's family, in this case her cousin, makes a physical appearance. Kat previously mentioned having a father in the previous season's episode At Midnight in Manhattan (2019).
The title of this episode is a variation on a line from the Robert Frost poem "A Servant To Servants".