At the end of the episode, Paige says, "Went all the way to New York and didn't even catch a show." Katharine McPhee, who plays Paige, previously starred in "Smash," where she played a Broadway star.
The no one dies or save everyone edict used in this episode a few others was also a mantra of the Amazing Spider-Man comics published around the same time as this series was aired. Didn't end well for the wall crawler either and the stress led the character in the Superior Spider-Man era in which the character is killed off when Dr. Octopus takes control of his mind and body.