Abby admits she used to be a bartender before joining NCIS. Pauley Perrette was actually a bartender before acting. One day one of her customers came in, an actor. When Pauley found out how much they made in one day she decided to give it shot.
The author photos in the publisher's office include Donald P. Bellisario, Tom Clancy and Stephen J. Cannell.
In the publisher's office, one of the portraits on the wall is that of the late science fiction writer/philosopher Robert Anton Wilson.
When Tim demonstrates "free writing" to Tony, he types "He hovered like a grotesque clown."
Both Jayne Brook (McGee's publisher) and Wilson Cruz (the publisher's assistant) went on to star on Star Trek: Discovery (2017).