Bill Hader won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for this episode.
The bracelet on Barry's right wrist is a black memorial band for a fallen soldier who the audience has not heard of. On the bracelet it reads "PFC Jack Gootsan, Psalm 91:1 - Semper Fi"
The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation.
In the intro, the song "Leaving on a jet plane" by John Denver is heard while the Bolivian drug lord is flown in on a Cessna. John Denver died in a crash while flying a similar small private plane he owned.
Elizabeth Sarnoff was nominated for the 2018 Emmy Award in the Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series category for Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast, and Keep Going (2018), but lost to Amy Sherman-Palladino for Pilot (2017).