This episode reintroduces and resolves Veronica's rape, introduced earlier in the season. However, it had been largely ignored until this point in the series. The episode was the third and final episode of the series directed by Marcos Siega, after "Drinking the Kool-Aid" and "Mars vs. Mars". In addition, the episode marks regular writer Diane Ruggiero's sixth writing credit for the show. After the episode aired, Rob Thomas called the episode "our high-water mark". Commenting on Ruggiero writing the episode, he stated, "She was really my right hand writing the series, and it felt good to have someone who knew the voices as well as I did. We were both in a comfort zone, both writing this show and writing with each other."