This season shows the first major change in the teaser titles since the series began. Instead of the "And They Have a Plan" text, the new titles show "Twelve Cylon models. Seven are known. Four live in secret. One will be revealed."
The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series.
The title of this episodes comes from the Bible verse John 3:16.
According to the survivor count at the start of this episode, a total of 1,701 people died in the cylon attack in the previous episode. NCC1701 is the registry number of the Enterprise from the Star Trek series.