The first appearance of Skippy Handelman, the neighbor boy in love with Mallory.
After Alex gets his new job he wear a small pin with the employee number "28" and his boss only calls him by his number. This is a reference to the 1967 British television show The Prisoner where all names are replaced with numbers.
The title is a reference to Arthur Miller's play 'Death of a Salesman' which opened at the Morosco Theater on February 10, 1949, ran for 742 performances and won the 1949 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Play. 'Death of a Salesman' also won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1949.
Alex states that he is 17 years old.