Large portions of the installment's dialogue were improvisations made by James Roday. Creator Steve Franks stated that "everything funny that you heard is something I wrote. I wrote everything that gets a laugh, and everything that fills the time until the next scene is all James". Several of Roday's improvisations have become reoccurring themes on the show; Shawn's unusual and spasmodic "psychic episodes" were added by Roday, and was kept by the producers, who loved the idea. Another major theme that was created through Roday's improvising was the inclusion of food in every episode. This was established when Roday ate pretzels while talking to Gus for the first time in the episode. Also, the inclusion of a pineapple in nearly every episode was established through an improvised scene during the pilot. In addition, large amounts of dialogue were removed in favor of using visual elements and facial expressions.