Kellie Waymire makes her last appearance as Elizabeth Cutler here, due to Waymire's death from cardiac arrhythmia in 2003.
The two dogs in this episode, Prada (Porthos) and Tibbis (Rhylo), had actually worked together before, as spy partners in the movie Cats & Dogs (2001). This episode was also Prada's last episode. Breezy the Beagle, who was a stand-in for Prada when a more "spunky" Porthos was needed, took over the role completely from that point on.
Directed by Michael Dorn, most well known for playing Cmdr. Worf on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
The door control in Archer's villa is shaped like a horga'hn, a Risan artifact of fertility first referenced in the TNG episode "Captain's Holiday" (1990). The horga'hn symbol also appeared on storage containers in the basement under the nightclub.
The book "The Teachings of Surak" was translated by Skon of ShiKahr. Skon is the father of Sarek and grandfather of Spock, as established in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984).