Sid mentions he became interested in Star Trek: Voyager (1995) when Jeri Ryan joined the cast. Jeri Ryan previously appeared on the show in Check (2015) as Rebecca Gibbs (she also appeared in the JAGverse as Gwendolyn Hayes MacGyver (2016)).
This episode makes numerous references to Star Trek. In the previous episode, actress Denise Crosby appeared as Secretary of the Navy Hattie Taylor. Crosby played Lt. Tasha Yar, a series regular on the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). Furthermore, Scott Bakula, who played Dwayne "King" Pride on NCIS: New Orleans and also auditioned for the role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs, played Captain Jonathan Archer on Star Trek: Enterprise.