In order to accurately depict the likeness of Linda Tripp, Sarah Paulson gained 30 pounds for the role and worked with both a dialect and movement coach. She also wore padding in select areas to appear more authentic.
Filming for this season was delayed significantly when Sarah Paulson fell and broke her wrist. Sarah Paulson has stated that she believes the ghost of Linda Tripp is what had caused her to "trip up the stairs."
Sarah Paulson filmed her scenes as Linda Tripp and executive produced this season at the same time as filming scenes as TB Karen for season 10 of American Horror Story (2011), of which she is also an executive producer. Previously, Sarah Paulson filmed scenes as Marcia Clarke for season one simultaneously with filming scenes as Hypodermic Sally for season five of American Horror Story.
Linda Tripp departed from the White House in August 1994.
At her lunch with Linda Tripp, Lucianne Goldberg expresses frustration that she cannot smoke in the restaurant. The real Lucianne Goldberg (played here my Margo Martindale) is the mother of Jonah Goldberg, who used the rise of anti-smoking policies to draw parallels between progressive politics in the United States and Nazi-controlled Germany in his 2008 book Liberal Fascism.