The episode title is from Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2: "... there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so ..."
When defense attorney "Randy Dworkin" tells "Judge Kurtzman" that he went to Camp Wel-Met with her son, he is referring to an actual overnight camp in Upstate New York. Its full name is Welfare-Metropolitan and it had divisions in Narrowsburg, Barryville and Silver Lake. Famous alumni include Radio Personality Howard Stern.
This episode appears to be based on the story of Michelle Ramskill-Estey and the related 2003 Bank of America robbery and hostage situation in Vista, California.
This episode was directed by Tony Goldwyn, who later played District Attorney Nicholas Baxter in Season Twenty-Three.