This episode was a tribute to one of the series' original characters, Jacopo "Jackie" Dellapietra. The actor who played Jackie, Brian Tarantina, died of an accidental overdose in November 2, 2019. Due to the spread of COVID, filming for season four was delayed until 2021 and its release until 2022.
"In My Little Corner of the World" from the Gilmore Girls soundtrack (also Amy Sherman-Palladino) plays while Susie is walking down the alley.
During the bar mitzvah, Abe refers to himself as the scorpion and everyone else as the frog. The same story was used by Lorelai Gilmore in Gilmore Girls.