Celeste comments to Alicia that she's "like Clarisse Starling" before Alicia enters the room to speak to the prisoner. This is of course a reference to the FBI investigator in Silence of the Lambs before she goes in to interview Hannibal Lecter (the character of Colin Sweeney has many of the same quirks as Hannibal).
This episode introduces the character of Caitlin D'arcy, played by Anna Camp. She appears in 9 episodes in total.
Archie Panjabi (Kalinda Sharma) & Dylan Baker (Colin Sweeney) go on to work together on Blindspot (2015) as Nas Kamal & FBI Director Pellington respectively.