Cicely Tyson was 90 when she filmed this episode.
Like Tina Turner, Annalise has a past tainted by violence and her real name is Anna Mae. Her mother refuses to call her Annalise saying she only ditched her name because she got rich and decided she had to get herself a rich name too.
Cicely Tyson, who plays the mother of Viola Davis's character Annelise Keating in this episode, also starred with Ms. Davis in "The Help" (2011). Ms. Tyson played Constantine and Ms. Davis played Aibileen.
Beginning in S1E2 the title of each episode is spoken by a character. In this episode Ophelia tells Annalise 'Mama's here now' as she cradles her in bed.
At the time of issue on the Iowa Drivers License shown the age was 19. Iowa issues drivers licenses for people under 21 vertical. Not horizantal as shown.