There is a director's cut of this episode which runs about 9 minutes longer than the broadcast version. It's available on the Blu-ray and DVD for the second season as an extra.
At 40:04 -Hollywood cliche #060: Never take an easy head shot at an armed suspect holding a hostage.
Cassidy Freeman (Cady Longmire), Adam Bartley (The Ferg), and Lee Tergesen (Ed Gorski) were all on TV show Doubt(2017).
Andrea Roth (Diane Highsmith) and Lee Turgesen (Ed Gorski) both make guest appearances on this episode. They previously worked together on Rescue Me Season 2.
Katee Sackhoff previously worked with John Hensley (Zip), on Nip Tuck (2009).