In a segment run over the opening credits, cast members explain that production of this episode had to be halted due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. However, they cooperated to finish the episode via remote control: computer-generated animation scenes were interspersed with the finished live footage, titles added, and the voices dubbed by the cast actors. They also explained that, due to the production stoppage, this would be the last episode of Season 7 of "The Blacklist"