To spoof the title which no longer matches the content of the series, in the second season the producers started adding self-deprecating jokes to the show's title card. The one for this episode read: welcome to "Cougar Town" "I didn't know it was back on either." - Abed -.
In one scene the gang reenacts The Perfect Storm, Josh Hopkins was also in The Perfect Storm.
In the group's game of Celebrity, one of the celebrity answers is Tom Selleck. Courteney Cox, who plays Jules, dated a character (Dr Richard Burke), played by Selleck in the show "Friends".