During Samantha's speech at the benefit dinner, the women who stand and take off their wigs in solidarity are all real-life cancer survivors.
Michael Patrick King met future presidential candidate Senator John McCain at the Writers Guild Awards where McCain said "When Carrie is in that restaurant at the end and everyone's speaking french and that rap music is playing, I just though 'Bring on Big!'" King asked if he watched it with his wife or daughter and the senator replied "No, I watch it alone."
The Versace couture "Dress of a Thousand Layers" that Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) wore has a retail price of $79,000.
This episode did not finish shooting until the Wednesday before it aired in hopes of fooling the press and not spoiling the ending for viewers.
In the UK, 4.71 million viewers tuned in to the two-part finale on Channel 4, surpassing sixth season's average of 2.9 million viewers. Moreover, the finale won the 10:35pm hour slot, beating Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001) which received 2.9 million viewers on BBC One.