This episode is based in part around the strained relations between Thomas Edison Sr. and his son Thomas Edison Jr. and concludes with Murdoch suggesting that Thomas Sr. pay Thomas Jr. a monthly allowance in return for him no longer using the Edison name to promote worthless inventions. These story lines are based in fact as is Thomas Jr.'s idea to use alternative names such as Thomas Willard and Burton Willard.
The parts of the "Windsor Hotel" was actually filmed at the Walper Terrace in Kitchener, Ontario.
This episode takes place in 1902.