While arguing with Krieger, Pam mentions Han Fastolfe, a character from Isaac Asimov's novel "The Robots of Dawn". Fastolfe is accused of destroying a robot created to look and function exactly like a human.
Veronica Deane quotes Horatio's lines from Act 5 Scene 2 of Hamlet, 'Good night, sweet prince, / And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!'
This once was the highest rated episode of the series; as of Spring 2023, it is the 4th highest.
While asking about the Turing Test, Malory asks if it's from "a Star War". Jessica Walter, who voices Malory, also played Lucille Bluth on Arrested Development (2003). In Amigos (2004), Lucille tells her adopted son Annyong, "Here's some money, go see a Star War."
When Archer drops of the back of the police van and creakingly stands up, he says: Whoa, that kinda hurt / Is LA making me soft? / Or softly awesome. Then he correctly states, "Or like a haiku?"