The Admiral made reference to "43 Mexican students on a bus going to a protest in the capital", who were captured and killed by the Cartel. The 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, took place in September 26, 2014, and may have involved elements of the local police and the Mexican Army.
After everyone has received their checks from Eric for $10,000, Deeks remarks that "maybe he was inspired by Gibbs". Leroy Jethro Gibbs had left large sums of money to the children of Timothy McGee and Jimmy Palmer in the NCIS episode "Pledge of Allegiance".
Fatima makes a joke to Sam about sharing a bike "Harry and Lloyd style," referencing the film Dumb & Dumber. Eric Christian Olsen, who plays Deeks and wrote this episode, starred in the prequel film Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd.