Mary Stuart Masterson makes the first of five appearances as psychologist Rebecca Hendrix in this episode. In reality, she was brought in as a temporary replacement while series regular BD Wong (Dr. Huang) was appearing in the Broadway musical "Pacific Overtures." Wong would return in the episode Quarry (2005) - four episodes later.
This is the first guest appearance of Dallas Roberts on SVU. He would later appear in Seasons 16 and 17 as serial killer Gregory Yates.