Also appearing in this episode and the 2012 movie, Man on a Ledge (2012), is the architectural building model for "The Edwards City Tower" that Neal pitches to real estate tycoon, Cole Edwards. (scenes starting around 18:54) A slightly modified version of this same skyscraper model was used in the Man on a Ledge scenes with Ed Harris (beginning around 47:34), in which Harris' character (David Englander) shares his real estate development plans of the "Monarch Spire" to a group of investors.
Peter & Neal talk about taking down a giant with a slingshot, a reference to the biblical tale of David & Goliath.
In this episode, Tiitus Welliver plays Senator Pratt, who was a dirty cop who worked with Neal's father. Titus Welliver also played the part of Dante Marcus a dirty cop who frames Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) in the 2012 film Man on a Ledge.