"Mea culpa" is Latin for "through my fault", and is used as an acknowledgment of having done wrong.
This is the first episode Mariska Hargitay directs since the 400th episode "Motherly Love" in season 18.
Kevin Kane has appeared in several episodes, playing a different character each time.
- Scott Ryland in Inconceivable (2008)
- Officer Greg Wilcox in Child's Welfare (2012)
- Major Bowman in Nationwide Manhunt (2016)
- Gary Kent in Mea Culpa (2018)