When Eleanor is sitting on the bench by the train station, she is reading the book "Natural Goodness" by Philippa Foot, an influential thinker in moral philosophy.
When Tahani (Jameela Jamil) mentions that she is an expert at mediating conflict, she mentions her friends Scary (aka Mel B), Sporty (aka Melanie C), Posh (aka Victoria Beckham), and Baby (aka Emma Bunton), which is a reference to Spice Girls.
The name of the restaurant Jason and Pill Boy try to rob in the flashback scene is "La Cantina De Los Cielos," which is Spanish for "The Canteen of Heaven."
Tahani is constantly name-dropping all the famous people she knew. In this episode she mentions Scary, Sporty, Posh, and Baby (members of the girl pop group The Spice Girls). She also mentions Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
This episode attracted 3.64 million viewers when it first aired.