In preparation for her role, Brit Marling befriended a man who went blind at age nineteen to tutor her in coping with the day-to-day chores of a typical blind person. The couple would meet in downtown Manhattan and she would spend up to six hours per day learning how to clean an apartment, make an omelet, et cetera. Throughout these sessions, Brit would be blindfolded.
Netflix cancelled the show after just two series. Creators Batmanglij and Marling had planned on several series leading to a definitive ending that they'd mapped out from day one.
Khatun, the lady who appears in Prairie's near death experiences, speaks original (classical) Arabic language.
The word "Khatun" is a female title of nobility prominently used in the Turkic Khaganate and in the subsequent Mongol Empire. In modern-day Bukhara language and Urdu language, it simply refers to any woman.
Was originally conceived as a film instead of a series.