Aisha Hinds guest stars in this episode. She and Tracie Thoms (Det. Kat Miller) would later go on to play a married couple in 9-1-1 (2018).
Title is a reference to the book "It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us" credited as being written by First Lady of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton and published in January 1996. The majority of the book was reportedly written by ghostwriter Barbara Feinman. It focuses on the impact individuals and groups outside the family have, for better or worse, on a child's well-being, and advocates a society which meets all of a child's needs. The book's title is attributed to an African proverb: "It takes a village to raise a child."