 Inspired by a speech given by Orson Welles in "The Third Man", Shiban wrote the monologue as an homage to the film.The scenes of the airplane's final airborne moments included eighty extras who Manners felt were "eighty of the best extras I've ever worked with in my life".Several extras were as young as four years old, leading series creator Chris Carter to note that the scene would benefit from showing younger children, though these were represented by dolls as a safety precaution.