Bradley Cooper reprises his role as Eddie Morra from Limitless (2011). Cooper and series star Jake McDorman starred together in American Sniper (2014).
Jennifer Carpenter was actually 8 and a half months pregnant while filming the pilot episode. In May she gave birth to her and her husband Seth Avett's first child, Isaac.
The series is set four years after the events of the original film.
With 9.86 million viewers, this was the most watched episode in the series.
Showrunner Craig Sweeny wrote the most episodes in the series, a total of five. This is the first one.