Patterson, in a state of coma, imagines the rest of her colleagues as characters from The Breakfast Club (1985). In it Jaimie Alexander's character, Jane, is imagined as Allison Reynolds, Ally Sheedy's character from "The Breakfast Club". Both Jaimie Alexander and Ally Sheedy starred in Kyle XY (2006) with Jaimie playing a younger cloned version of Sheedy's character.
During Agent Patterson's dream state after the lab accident she has a Ground Hog day type of dream albeit with minor differences. One of those is The Breakfast Club (1985) scene. Jaimie Alexander (Jane Doe) is made up and dressed to look like Ally Sheedy (Allison Reynolds). Sullivan Stapleton (Kurt Weller) is dressed like Emilio Estevez (Andrew Clark).
Patterson's coffee cup says "Peterson" throughout the episode instead of "Patterson".
Patterson's coffee cup reads 'Peterson' which may be a nod to famous coffee chains' baristas getting peoples' names wrong.
During this episode, Patterson goes through scenarios in her mind trying to solve case while in hospital due to explosion. In one scenario the team is in a classroom. This scene is based off of the classic movie The Breakfast Club (1985).