On Gary's death in the episode, Yost said, "as much as we love Billy Ragsdale and I think Gary is this wonderful character — this weird sort of endearing, earnest weasel — let us not forget that he actually contracted to have Winona and Raylan killed last season. That ultimately, in the universe of a show like this, cannot go unpunished." While working on the episode, the writers used the scene in "Harlan Roulette" where Raylan throws a bullet at Duffy and decided to use the bullet to kill Gary, which would trigger the events of the episode. The lines "Deputy, that might be the coolest thing I've ever laid ears on" and "I mean, she's older for a Victoria's Secret girl, but that's how you know she knows what she's doing" were improvised during the filming day.
