The time 8:18 (When the photo stimulators activate) is a bible reference to Luke 8:18 which states...
"Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him".
Almost three months after the episode aired, the Syfy Channel announced that they had canceled the series.
This episode aired on the same month and day as the one in this episode (October 22nd); it is Stanton Parish's 150th anniversary of discovering he was an Alpha.