The writers purposely chose the name Larry for Essman's son so she could say the name Larry in derogatory terms, much like she always does in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000).
This is similar to an episode done six years earlier in season 10, episode 19, Selfish (2009); featuring Hilary Duff and Gail O'Grady.
The song in the cold open is "Good Girls Go Bad" (2009), by Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester.
Arlene Heller says "There could be a measles epidemic in New York while you people are conducting a lipstick porn witch hunt". Lipstick porn means femme-on-femme pornography. "Lipstick lesbian" is slang for a lesbian who exhibits a great amount of feminine gender attributes, such as wearing make-up, dresses or skirts, and having other characteristics associated with feminine women. The term reached wide usage in the 1990s. Films like Basic Instinct (1992) popularized the expression.