This is the only first-season episode not written and/or directed by one of the Palladinos.
Byron Jennings plays Irving, who introduces Abe (Tony Shalhoub) to Charles (David Aaron Baker) from Bell Labs. Byron played Mr. Maraczek in the musical She Loves Me (2016). In a scene where Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) is helping a customer at work, the woman's name is Mrs. Maraczek.
Nate Corddry (Randall) and Justine Lupe (Astrid Weissman) appeared together in the series Harry's Law.