morena baccarin, erin richards, chris chalk, drew powell and crystal reed don't appear in the episode as their respective characters, with baccarin and chalk receiving credit only, while richards, powell and reed were uncredited. in august 2017, it was announced that the guest cast for the episode would include michael buscemi as merton, larry pine as mayor burke, michael maize as grady harris, charlie tahan as jonathan crane, anthony carrigan as victor zsasz, damian young as warden reed and maggie geha as ivy pepper.