Trivia

Snoop's response "Yeah, me too" to Bunk saying that he's thinking about some pussy was ad-libbed by Felicia Pearson. This was one of the few times ad-libbing was allowed in the series.

Cutty's hospital roommate is watching E.B. Was Left Out (2005) from another HBO series, Deadwood (2004).

Marvina Vinique, who plays Cutt's nurse, is married to Jonnie Brown (Officer Eddie Walker).

When Landsman goes to the bathroom to clean up after Bubbles throws up on him, he looks at a defamatory statement about Rawls written on the wall. Next to that, on the lower right, is a visible message which says: "for a good time call...Jimmy McNulty".