The character of the dog walker (AKA God) is played by actor Russ Tamblyn who is Amber Tamblyn's (Joan Girardi) father in real life.
Jayne Atkinson guests stars in this episode with Joe Mantegna who both end up on Criminal Minds playing characters whom end up best friends.
This is the only episode in which Mary Steenburgen (Helen Girardi) shares a scene with Aaron Himelstein (Friedman).
This episode takes place from November 11 to November 12, 2004.