Yossi (Zach Cohen), the Israeli border guard soldier Donna (Janel Moloney) speaks with, tells her about two female soldiers who were killed by a terrorist in their barracks.
- This is in fact a true story. On the morning of the 24th of October 2003, a terrorist acting in the name of Hamas and Islamic Jihad infiltrated the IDF base at Netzarim (near the Gaza strip), and killed two female soldiers in their barracks. Their names were Sgt. Sarit Shnior and Sgt. Adi Osman, both nineteen years old. Also murdered in that incident was Sgt. Alon Avrahami, twenty years old.
The uniform worn by the Israeli border guard (Zach Cohen) was accurate rendition of an IDF uniform apart from the head-cap. Soldiers at border passings wear full protective gear - which includes a ceramic bullet-proof protective vest, and a helmet.
The line quoted to Donna by the photojournalist is from the song "Same Old Song and Dance" from the 1974 Aerosmith album "Get Your Wings"
In this episode, Donna (Janel Moloney) visits the settlement of Kfar Darom. The issue of evacuation arises, and the settlers say that they will never leave it because they believe it's their moral obligation to stay there. In reality, several years later the IDF began evacuating settlers in the settlements surrounding Gaza, and Kfar Darom was the last stand of the settlers, who barricaded themselves in a synagogue in town and refused to be removed from the town. Eventually, the IDF broke the barricade and evacuated the settlers by force.
You may not recognise him, but the actor who plays the photojournalist in this episode - Jason Isaacs - also plays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies.