The episode title is a reference to the song "The House of the Rising Sun", popularized by English rock group The Animals in 1964.[6] It was the first episode to reveal the backstory of Sun and Jin,[7] with the former being the focus of the episode's flashbacks.[8] Yunjin Kim felt the initial way in which Sun and Jin were portrayed represented an "outdated" depiction of a Korean relationship;[9] she and others in the Korean community worried that this would affect perceptions of Koreans, due to that race's lack of exposure in the American media.