[1] Historic research suggests that sites discovered in an archaeological investigation of the northern third of the island were associated with families who worked in the nineteenth-century Chesapeake Bay oystering industry, with settlements dating as far back as 1672.

From 1942 to 1995, the United States Navy used the island as a shore bombardment and bombing range for firing and dropping live ordnance from ships and aircraft.

This included bombs, small and large caliber ammunition, rockets, and missiles that contained explosives, propellants, and other energetics.

[5] Navy administration of the island passed from Joint Expeditionary Base–Little Creek to Patuxent River Naval Air Station in 2001.

The episode ends with Michonne (Danai Gurira) accompanying Virgil, presumably to return to Bloodsworth Island to obtain weapons.