The April Fools' Day municipal election in Cicero was for the office of city manager, which, according to the city charter, is a post very similar to mayor.
The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Period Series, Miniseries or a Movie (Single-Camera).
The theme of this episode is Erlkönig, a tragic poem by Johann Wolfgang con Goethe.
Christiane Seidel (Sigrid Mueller) & Erik LaRay Harvey (Dunn Purnsley) also worked together on three episodes of Godless (2017) as Martha & Elias respectively.