This episode was Eddie Cahill's first ever on-screen role.
Donovan Leitch, who plays the artist Baird Johnson, is actually mentioned in the book "Sex and the City" by Candace Bushnell.
This episode has been criticised for the biphobic statements made by the main characters.
When Carrie is telling her friends that Sean has told her he's bisexual she comments that he said it as flippantly as "I'm from Colorado" in Friends, Eddie Cahill plays Tag (who dates Rachel) and is from Colorado
In this episode Eddie Cahill plays the younger date of Carrie, in Friends he plays the younger date of Rachel.