The title is from a poem by Dylan Thomas, which begins "Do not go gentle into that good night, / Old age should burn and rage at close of day; / Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
Sam Anderson and John Terry both would latter star on Lost (2004-2010) as Bernard and Christian Shepard
Julianna Margulies (Carol Hathaway) & Remy Auberjonois (Elliot) also worked together on four episodes of The Good Wife (2009) as Alicia Florrick & Martin Parillo respectively.
Early in Episode 5 Jerry announces that "Rescue 51" is coming with a patient. Rescue 51 was the unit designation for John Gage and Roy Desoto's paramedic unit on the Jack Webb series "Emergency!"