One of the aliases that Dev tells Nina is "Bartholomew Cubbins". That is also the alias Jared Leto has used to direct the music videos for 30 Seconds to Mars
When Dev mentions the name Darwish while talking about selling tractors it is most likely a reference to Aziz's actual cousin Darwish that he has based some of his stand up routines on
The Claire Danes character is named Nina. Nina is the name of the woman on the TV show the Americans who the actor who plays Claire Danes husband in this episode ruined his life over