The episode title "The Last Goodbye" is shared with a Jeff Buckley song. Composer/musician Jeff Buckley died very young by accidental drowning, while this Dead Zone plot involves a famous musician who was believed to have died young as well. Tim Buckley, a famous singer/songwriter and Jeff's father, died at age 28 of a drug overdose in 1975.
The nameplate on Nathan Burke's desk is the Space Mountain (a ride at Disneyland) font.