Allison has had a vision of a crime being committed in the future and asks Scanlon to accompany her in checking up on the perpetrator before it happens. He comments, "I've never done this preemptive crime-fighting thing before... Do I at least get one of those flying motorcycles like Tom Cruise had?" This is a reference to the futuristic thriller, Minority Report (2002), starring Tom Cruise. In the film there are people (like Allison) called "Precogs", who see crimes being committed in the future. These visions actually give the police the authority to arrest the perpetrators before the crime is actually committed. And, indeed, Tom and the rest of the cops have flying motorcycles.
Four years later, Perrey Reeves would also guest star for one episode in the very similar Ghost Whisperer (2005).