Alycia Debnam-Carey says that one of the main themes for her character Alicia this season is, "how malleable she is, and where her moral compass will lie."
Writer Alan Page says Nick's past had made him adaptable. "He's picking through suitcases the way he used to pick through trash and in his junkie days."
First of two appearances in the series by Dougray Scott, playing Thomas Abigail, Strand's lover and business partner and the namesake of his boat.
The title refers to Thomas Abigail's advice to Strand, "When there's blood in the streets, buy land". Strand does precisely this but it means the two are separated when the world falls.