John Rogers, one of the creators and executive producers of the show, makes a cameo as the casting director for Sophie's soap commercial auditions.
As seen on the DVD special features, Aldis Hodge (Hardison) ad-libs many of his character's rambling speeches. In the deleted scenes and outtakes for this episode we can see several versions of his "This is because I'm Jewish" rant.
This episode includes the first contribution of consultant Apollo Robbins as choreographer of a three-hand pick-pocketing sequence, which was done in one shot.
In his blog, Leverage creator John Rogers notes that all the vets appearing in the hospital scene are actual vets, including Jake McLaughlin, who played Cpl. Perry. McLaughlin, who served four years in Iraq.
The team's high-tech cell phones are introduced in this episode. Also introduced are two traditional in-jokes: the use of "seriously?" in response to an absurd situation (first heard when Parker pushes Hardison off a roof in untested gear) and Eliot's "very distinctive" line (first used to describe the weapons Castleman's security used in Perry's video).