According to Hilarie Burton Morgan, the script called for her and Val Kilmer to have a rowdy love scene that got interrupted by a phone call. On the day of shooting, Kilmer wanted to change the scene because he thought it was "not interesting," and a gratuitous sex scene with a younger woman didn't service the story or the character, nor say anything about the relationship and why the characters were in it. Instead, Kilmer sent someone to a local restaurant to pick up a huge tub of ribs. In the final scene, the camera pans up as the couple's moans are heard, but instead of sexual satisfaction, they're moans of "two people, comfortable and indulgent, tangled up in bed and unfettered by the mess, elbows deep in North Carolina's finest BBQ."
This is the second time Hilarie Burton and Barry Corbin have worked together. The first time being One Tree Hill (2003).
Val Kilmer and Barry Corbin have both appeared in the Lonesome Dove series. Corbin appeared in the original Lonesome Dove, while Kilmer appeared in the prequel, Comanche Moon. In addition, Kilmer's father was born and grew up in Texas, as did Corbin. Corbin's father was named Kilmer Corbin.