 In November 2017, it was announced that the eleventh episode of the season would be titled "Queen Takes Knight" and was to be written by executive producer John Stephens and directed by Danny Cannon.Morena Baccarin, Chris Chalk, and Alexander Siddig don't appear in the episode as their respective characters.In November 2017, it was announced that the guest cast for the episode would include Michael Cerveris as Professor Pyg, Cameron Monaghan as Jerome Valeska, John Doman as Carmine Falcone, and Anthony Carrigan as Victor Zsasz.