Although the show's creator David Chase had a rule about no camera-movement in the therapy scenes with Dr. Melfi, at the start of this episode the camera slowly moves to the right revealing Carmela sitting next to Tony for their first joint therapy session.
Fountains of Wayne, the garden store where Tony goes and sees the cop who got reassigned by the councilman, is the inspiration for the name of the band Fountains of Wayne, famous for the song "Stacey's Mom." Adam Schlesinger, the founder of the band, is from New Jersey.
In "Mob Boss," Al D'Arco's book about his life in the Lucchese family, he tells the story of Burt Young hanging around gangsters and asking if he could be made. Burt Young plays Bobby Bacala Sr. in this episode.
The song played during the end credits is "Shuck Dub" by R. L. Burnside.
The area where Tony Soprano gets pulled over is near Route 46 West in Totowa, New Jersey.