Jacob (Michael Massee) has a tattoo on his right arm, a heart with Sarah Jean's (Jeannetta Arnette) name, beneath it are the words: "Til Death Do Us Part."
The episode's title is a common slang term regarding electric chair executions, those who are electrocuted "ride the lightning" to Heaven or Hell. Metallica's 1984 song and album "Ride The Lightning" also derives from this term, the song itself is an anti-death penalty song.