When Ivy and Alfred are talking about Way Down East (1920), she mentions that she likes its star Lillian Gish, but Alfred says he prefers English stars like Ivy Close, who was the great-grandmother of Executive Producer Gareth Neame and a major silent film star of the teens and 20s.
Complaining about how everyone seems to like Alfred better than himself, Jimmy says, "Sometimes I think it's just 'Jimmy contra mundi.'" This Latin phrase translates into "Jimmy against the world."
The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score).
Mrs. Hughes mentions "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Ivy and Alfred go to see Way Down East (1920), starring Lillian Gish, who later starred in The Scarlet Letter (1926).