Costar and friend Betty White announced in 2014 that Mary Tyler Moore has limited vision and a significant degree of blindness resulting from Type 1 Diabetes. In fact, Moore has had worsening vision problems related to the disease for nearly two decades. In this episode, she speaks to Betty's character while sitting next to her inside a jail cell. Then, a guard escorts her out of the cell. In either scene, she doesn't need to look where she's going.
Rick mentions the movie "The Proposal" to Mel as an example of marrying for a green card. Betty White was in "The Proposal".
Near the beginning of the episode when Mary Tyler Moore's character is leaving the jail cell Elka says, "Let's not wait another 33 years to do this again". The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979) ended in 1977 and Hot in Cleveland (2010) started in 2010, 33 years later.