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*The episode title is probably a reference to the 1967 film ''[[w:Guess Who's Coming to Dinner|Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'', which dealt with race relations between Caucasian and African Americans in America.
*The episode title is probably a reference to the 1967 film ''[[w:Guess Who's Coming to Dinner|Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'', which dealt with race relations between Caucasian and African Americans in America.
*The [[survivor count]] at the beginning credits (39,673) accounts for the deaths of [[Emily Kowalski]] and [[Jean Barolay]] in the previous episode, "[[Faith]]".
*The [[survivor count]] at the beginning credits (39,673) accounts for the deaths of [[Emily Kowalski]] and [[Jean Barolay]] in the previous episode, "[[Faith]]".
*[[Felix Gaeta]]'s loss of his leg is reminiscent of a similar event in ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. In an episode of that show's seventh and final season, [[MemoryAlpha:Nog|Nog]] loses his leg and, in a later episode, mentally recovers from it by surrounding himself with a holodeck program of [[MemoryAlpha:Vic Fontaine|Vic Fontaine]], a [[w:Frank Sinatra|Frank Sinatra]]-type casino singer.
*Although it is a common Hollywood convention, a gunshot does not cause a person to fly backwards a large distance as shown with [[Natalie]]. The effect is achieved by pulling back the actors with a cable.
*Although it is a common Hollywood convention, a gunshot does not cause a person to fly backwards a large distance as shown with [[Natalie]]. The effect is achieved by pulling back the actors with a cable.
*The song Gaeta sings throughout the episode is called "[[Gaeta's Lament]]". The lyrics and the music were written by the episode's writer [[Michael Angeli]] based on a song his wife, Karen Angeli, composed.<ref name="source_ma">This is based on information [[Michael Angeli]] provided to the Battlestar Wiki. See [[Sources:Gaeta's Lament]] for full details.</ref> Series's composer [[Bear McCreary]] was responsible for the song's arrangement and for integrating the music throughout the episode.<ref name="source_ma" /> Actor [[Alessandro Juliani]], who studied opera and performed the song live on set, also greatly influenced it. McCreary discusses the song in his [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=349 blog].
*The song Gaeta sings throughout the episode is called "[[Gaeta's Lament]]". The lyrics and the music were written by the episode's writer [[Michael Angeli]] based on a song his wife, Karen Angeli, composed.<ref name="source_ma">This is based on information [[Michael Angeli]] provided to the Battlestar Wiki. See [[Sources:Gaeta's Lament]] for full details.</ref> Series's composer [[Bear McCreary]] was responsible for the song's arrangement and for integrating the music throughout the episode.<ref name="source_ma" /> Actor [[Alessandro Juliani]], who studied opera and performed the song live on set, also greatly influenced it. McCreary discusses the song in his [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=349 blog].

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