In the show, Alan Alda recites a portion of "The Peace of Wild Things," a poem by Wendell Berry. He mistakenly says that the poem is by William Blake.
The title for this episode comes from a poem by Wendell Berry also titled "The Peace of Wild Things."
Julianna Margulies (Carol Hathaway) & Martha Plimpton (Meg Corwin) also worked together on six episodes of The Good Wife (2009) as Alicia Florrick & Patti Nyholm respectively.
Gail Strickland appeared in MASH with Alan Alda