A botched take of the scene where Cragen suspends Elliott is used on the season gag reel. In the flubbed take Cragen tells Elliott to "get your face out of my ass" before everyone realizes the flub and starts laughing.
According to this episode Detective Elliot Stabler's badge number is 6313.
Paul Wesley, who plays Luke Breslin, first appeared in Season 2 Episode 1 as a different character.
Elliot tells Pete Breslin that he and Kathy Stabler are going through a separation, which was first revealed in the episode Doubt (2004). Elliot then discusses the separation further with Dr. Hendrix in this episode.
The episode is partly based on the life and death of Taylor Hooten, a teenage high school baseball star who suffered increasing instability and eventually committed suicide due to a steroids addiction.