Max Lloyd-Jones (Noah) and Sean Berdy (Emmett) previously starred together in The Sandlot 2 (2005)
Lucas Grabeel (Toby) and Cassi Thomson (Nikki) previously starred together in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Episode Field Mice (S10EP18)
The episode's title is a reference to the 1853 oil on canvas painting, "The Awakening Conscience", by the British artist William Holman Hunt.