Homer mentions the team moving to another city this is a reference to the Los Angeles Rams who from 1995 to 2015 were known as the St. Louis Rams then moved back to Los Angeles in 2016.
The title is a reference to "Love is a Many Splendored Thing".
UK communications regulator, Ofcom, upheld complaints made about Channel 4 airing this episode before the 21.00 watershed as it feature scene involving a trust exercise in which Homer was shown standing on the branch of a tree with a noose around his neck.