The lobby greeting is back to saying "Welcome. Everything is fine!" from the first season, which changed to "Everything is great!" at the beginning of season 2.
Marc Evan Jackson (Shawn) and Jason Mantzoukas (Derek) have both worked on Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013) as Kevin Cozner and Adrian Pimento respectively. Michael Schur created both Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Good Place.
This episode attracted 3.92 million viewers when it first aired.