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 reads: welcome to "Cougar Town" Donny made the title cards about him, so he's gone now.
Laurie brings up "Dancing In The Dark to Jules. Courtney Cox who plays Jules was in Bruce Springsteen's music video (Dancing In The Dark.)
The conversation between Ellie and Jules where Ellie comes in as "Cleaner" is from Pulp Fiction where the same thing occurred between John Travolta and Harvey Keitel