The framing of this episode (Nora being sick and her grandmother telling her a story) parodies that of the movie The Princess Bride (1987).
Awkwafina and Simu Liu would appear together again in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Oscar-winning filmmaking duo the Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) first met actress Stephanie Hsu while directing their episode of the show. They immediately hit it off and the duo soon cast Hsu in their wacky, award-sweeping, sci-fi epic, Everything Everywhere All at Once.