Rhea Seehorn's directorial debut. It also marks the first instance in an episode of the show being directed by a member of the cast.
Julia Minesci's character of Wendy makes her first reappearance since Breaking Bad (2008). Her full list of appearance includes:
- Season 1, Episode 3 "...And the Bag's in the River (2008)"
- Season 2, Episode 3 "Bit by a Dead Bee (2009)"
- Season 3, Episode 12 "Half Measures (2010)"
- Season 2, Episode 4 "Wendy (2010)"
The close-up on the bicycle wheel mirrors the sequence in Mandala (2009) when Jesse Pinkman's friend Combo is shot by a young boy in a territorial dispute with a rival drug gang while dealing meth for Pinkman and Walter White on a street corner.
The little plushie ("Gonzalez") that Saul shows the administrator was seen being collected from Saul's house in the first scene of the season.
The diner that Kim meets Abe in is called the 'El Camino', a reference to El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019).