Sosie Bacon, who plays Brenda's niece Charlie, is Kyra Sedgwick's real-life daughter. They previously acted together in Loverboy (2005).
At the beginning of the episode, they are visiting Grauman's Chinese Theater. Brenda Leigh (Kyra Sedgwick) stands on Ginger Rogers's memorial and Fritz (Jon Tenney) stands on Tom Cruise's memorial.
Scottie Thompson's first appearance in Rizzoli & Isles also involved a frozen body.