The trolley passes a cinema displaying the titles STRANGERS UNDER A TRAIN and BEND IT LIKE BENTHAM, parodying Strangers on a Train (1951) and Bend It Like Beckham (2002), while alluding to philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), founder of utilitarianism (a doctrine that was mentioned earlier in the episode).
In season 2 episode 1 Everything Is Great! (2017), the phrase on the wall outside of Michael's office had changed from "Everything is fine" to "Everything is good". In this episode it has changed back to "Everything is fine".
This episode won the 2018 Hugo Award for "Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form," as announced at Worldcon 76 in San Jose, California on August 19, 2018.
Tahani is constantly name-dropping all the famous people she knows. In this episode she mentions James Franco and the Hemsworth brothers (to say she dated a lower-status imaginary one, Larry).
The internal scene where Michael fabricates the gathering of the families of the sick people is the same building used for the hallways in the Bad Place headquarters, which are seen later on throughout the series.