Strand's line, "God's a feckless thug," is a reference to the West Wing episode Two Cathedrals and Jed Bartlet's monologue to God.
108 extras were used to populate the baseball stadium.
This features the first mention of Proctor who will be the big bad of the second part of Season 3. The character himself does not his first physical appearance until episode 15, when he's played by Ray McKinnon.
The reunion between Madison and Strand marks the first time Kim Dickens and Colman Domingo have acted alongside each other since the 15th episode of the second season, North (2016).