This is the last episode written by long time series writer Judith McCreary.
Having a sexual relationship with a niece or nephew, even one related by marriage, is considered to be incest and also a crime in the state of New York, and most other states. Specifically in New York it constitutes the crime of incest in the third degree; New York Penal Code, Article 255, Section 25 states: "A person is guilty of incest in the third degree when he or she marries or engages in sexual intercourse, oral sexual conduct or anal sexual conduct with a person whom he or she knows to be related to him or her, whether through marriage or not, as an ancestor, descendant, brother or sister of either the whole or the half blood, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece." Incest in the third degree is a class E felony and carries a sentence of five years probation as a first offense, and for someone with a prior felony conviction it carries a mandatory minimum sentence of one year in prison and a maximum sentence of four years.
Natasha Lyonne and Carrie Preston have both been nominated for a Guest Actress Emmy. Preston was nominated and won for her character of Elsbeth Tascioni on The Good Wife (2009) and Lyonne was nominated for her character of Nicky Nichols on Orange is the New Black (2013).
Michael Chernus and Natasha Lyonne both star on Orange is the New Black (2013).