The way Todd waits for and greets Kimber D'Antoni is very reminiscent of how Eliot greets Quentin in the series premiere: each lay on a wall smoking a cigarette - but Todd chokes on his.
The path "Kimber D'Antoni" takes to Brakebills is similar to that taken by "Quentin Coldwater" in the series premiere, but Quentin had to go through increasingly dense trees and Kimber now has to climb over a gate.
Beginning with this episode, the building in the credits sequence is freshly painted instead of covered with graffiti and a large hand as it was in the previous three seasons.
Penny's alternate identity character appears to mention maya, a Hindu term for illusion or magic.