The "About the Author" page in Nick's novel reads: "Nick Miller is a law school graduate, professional bartender, and small business owner. Originally from Chicago, Mr. Miller currently lives in Los Angeles, California. He has also lived in New Orleans, although that was mostly a frenzied, barely remembered fever-dream bender, during which he wrote the majority of his magnum opus, The Pepperwood Chronicles. He thinks it's fun and cathartic to write about himself in the third person. Nick Miller wants the world to know that Nick Miller is a wonderful and handsome man, and his father would be very proud of him, had he lived to have the opportunity to steal his son's first novel."
Zooey Deschanel was pregnant with her second child during filming of this episode.
As a distraction, Jess says that her dad just dislocated his thumb getting off the couch. Earlier in the season, Winston tells Aly a secret about him doing the same thing.
Bear Hunt: There is a bear poster visible in Winston's room when Nick says, "oh, the hell with you" to Aly.
Jess is shown crushing aluminum beverage cans in her dad's kitchen. Because her dad lives in Portland, Oregon, this is unlikely as one needs to scan the UPC code on the can to collect the deposit there.