Michael Lehmann, director of this episode, made his directorial film debut with Heathers (1988), which greatly influenced this show.
Chanel #3 makes several references to a little sister in previous episodes. However, when she returns home to join her family for Thanksgiving, her little sister is nowhere to be seen and isn't mentioned. Instead, she has an older brother, who she has never mentioned before.
Jamie Lee Curtis also appeared in NCIS. In that show she also, at one point, says that she wants to play charades after dinner. She does the same thing in this episode.
Lea Michele (Hester) and Rachele Brooke Smith (Muffy St. Pierre-Radwell) both appeared in the Glee episode Britney/Brittany (2010).