The details of the home invasion including the rape of the teenager and trying to get the mother to withdraw money from the bank are based on the Cheshire, CT home invasion murders from 2007.
Starting in this episode, Jack Nawada-Braunwart replaces Bradley Dubow as Noah Porter-Benson. Bradley began playing uncredited at the beginning of Season 16 along with his twin sibling Skyler Dubow. Skyler only played the part for the first half of season 16. Braunwart remains in the role of Noah until the end of season 18, when he is replaced by Ryan Buggle.
The rapist that is arrested, Pierson Dawes, is the same one police attempted to locate in Community Policing (2015). Terrence Reynolds (the 22-year-old who was mistaken for the rapist and shot to death by Sergeant Kevin Donlan alongside Detectives Dumas and Denzler) is mentioned along with the 12-year-old rape victim Sophie Harris and her being stuffed into a dryer after being sexually assaulted by Dawes.