In the opening scene, a man is reading a newspaper on a bench in the park. One of the headlines reads "Courthouse Clock To Be Replaced". Since this episode first aired on Tuesday, October 27, this is an apparent homage to "Back to the Future Day", which occurred six days earlier on Wednesday, October 21, 2015. This was the date to which Marty McFly and Doc Brown time traveled to in Back to the Future Part II (1989). The clock tower being struck by lightning was one of the thematic elements from the "Back to the Future" trilogy.