The restaurant where Denny Crane (William Shatner) and Alan Shore (James Spader) meet Courtney (Jeri Ryan) is Ortolan, the restaurant owned by Jeri Ryan's real life husband, Christophe Eme.
Jeri Ryan, who makes a guest appearance in this episode, is well known for her role as Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager. William Shatner (Denny Crane), played Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek series.
When opposing counsel says he has a videotape showing that "the defendant was caught fully... in the commission of the illegal act." Judge Robert Thompson (Howard Hesseman) says "It used to be called in flagrante delicto, but people don't speak as colorfully anymore." This could be a reference to the 1985 film "Clue" in which Howard Hesseman played "The Chief". In it, Wadsworth (Tim Curry) reveals there were scandalous photographs of Colonel Mustard (Martin Mull) and Yvette (Colleen Camp) "in flagrante delicto".
Six years before this episode aired, Wes Craven (guest starring as himself) directed Parker Posey (Marlene Stanger) in Scream 3.