After For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (1968), this episode has the second longest title of any episode of the "Star Trek" franchise.
The small Starfleet plaque in the case containing Captain Georgiou's telescope displays the code 416-647. These are both area codes for Toronto, where the series is filmed.
Philippa Georgiou was born in 2202.
This episode takes place in November 2256.
When the Discovery begins the first attempt to use the Spore Drive for an extended jump, the pilot, on Lorca's command of, "Go," presses the Engage button. The Engage command is not used by any captain in the first 2 seasons of Star Trek: Discovery.