Danny hands Edwin a rice cooker which plays a Kelly Clarkson tune, meaning he is giving him one of the ones Isaac filled with plenty of cash (the others played Beethoven's Ode to Joy).
The title of the episode comes from the book "Die Zürauer Aphorismen" by Franz Kafka: "I am a cage, in search of a bird."
The opening scene in the swimming pool was shot at the same house as the video clip for Flowers by Miley Cyrus