Production
- This episode was the first one to be aired after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. From this episode on, the shot of the World Trade Center Towers in the opening credits is absent, replaced by additional shots of industrial scenery before reaching the toll booth.
- Vince Curatola (Johnny Sack) is now billed in the opening credits but only for the episodes which he appears in.
- Paulie's prison stay was written into the series to allow more time off for actor Tony Sirico, who was recovering from major back surgery.
- The wrestler Johnny Valiant appears in this episode as Carmine Lupertazzi's bodyguard.
- A comment made by Carmine Lupertazzi to Tony Soprano, "A don doesn't wear shorts", was added into the show after series creator David Chase was contacted by a supposed real-life mafia associate who praised him on the authenticity of the show, with the exception that Tony often wears shorts, which he said a real don would never do.
- This is the only Sopranos episode in which the end credits roll on top of a picture (the eye of the twenty dollar bill) instead of a black background.
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