Olivia going undercover for the FBI at the end of the episode was a story arc created so Mariska Hargitay could go on maternity leave.
The newspaper photo of the French's treatment of their collaborators in WW 2 was actually a scene from the mini-series "Band of Brothers".
Marcia Gay Harden was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, losing out to fellow Actress, Leslie Caron, who would guest star two episodes later.
Marcia Gay Harden (Starr) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Justin, Haley's boyfriend) both appeared in the film Mona Lisa Smile.