This episode marks the first time that all seven of the currently known humanoid Cylon characters have appeared in the same episode.
In his podcast, Ronald D. Moore confirmed that the scene in which the New Caprica Police give the prisoners a five-minute break and the Centurions approach is an allusion to a scene in The Great Escape (1963).
In his podcast, Ronald D. Moore, an avowed Seinfeld fan, confirmed that the "twist" and "swirl" are references to the Seinfeld episode The Fusilli Jerry.
The situation with the prisoners being allowed to "stretch their legs" is one that happened several times towards the end of the Second World War. Representations of this can be seen in a number of films including The Great Escape (1963) and Battle of the Bulge (1965).
The young girl, Kacey, is named after series producer/writer David Weddle's niece, also a young blonde girl.