When Kai has an hallucination of Charles Manson (both played by Evan Peters), he thinks he's seeing a ghost, although Manson corrects Kai by stating he's not dead. Ironically, Charles Manson died at the age of 83 in Bakersfield Hospital 12 days after the airing of this episode. Corcoran State Prison notified Debra Tate, sister of Sharon Tate, as well as the families of his other victims, of his passing on November 19, 2017, at 8:53 PM.
In season one of American Horror Story,Evan Peters's character Tate Langdon says the words "helter skelter" as he is about to terrorize Leah (Shelby Young. Helter skelter is the term Charles Manson used to describe the race war he believes would occur after ordering his family to commit random murders (as shown in this episode's opening). Evan Peters portrayed Charles Manson in this episode.