Jessica throwing a man through the Alias sign in the beginning of the episode is shot for shot from the first panel of the comic "Alias" issue # 1, the first appearance of Jessica Jones.
The car Spheeris is driving is an Aston Martin V12 Vantage
Luke Cage is bald wearing blue jeans and a yellow t-shirt, much like his modern comic book counterpart's design.
Showrunner Melissa Rosenberg first took the concept of a TV series based on Jessica Jones to ABC in 2010 but they passed on the project.