D'Andre's line, "Good night you sh**s of Chicago, pricks of Illinois" is a reference to John Irving's The Cider House Rules (1999), where Dr. Latch tucks in his orphanage with the line, "Good night you princes of Maine, you kings of New England."
Alex Borstein and Keiko Agena both starred on The Gilmore Girls.
Veronica's mother Carol makes a reference to Jennifer Love Hewitt in The Client List (2012-2013) and Ghost Whisperer (2005-2010). Emmy Rossum played 12- to 16-year-of-age Audrey Hepburn in The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000), where she starred alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt (who played Audrey Hepburn at 17 and over). And Steve Howey guest starred on episode 1.1 of Love Bites, titled Firsts, alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Mike Doyle and Noel Fisher were in Law and Order: SVU together playing crime lab techs.