This episode is unusual in that it's told almost entirely from the viewpoints of two patients undergoing care. One is a father involved in a vehicular collision, played by guest star Jim Belushi. The other is Dr Mark Greene who has his brain tumor operated on.
First television appearance for actor Jared Padalecki (Paul Harris), he would later star in several popular TV series including:Gilmore Girls (2000) as Dean Forrester, Supernatural (2005) as Sam Winchester and in Walker (2021) as Cordell Walker, which is a remake of Chuck Norris' classic series Walker, Texas Ranger (1993).