Stephanie Beatriz and Melissa Fumero who guest start in this episode, also star together in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013).
Tia Bitchy comments the girl Alex took to homecoming looked Puerta Rican. Rita Moreno (Lydia) and Justina Machado (Penelope) are both Puerta Rican.
The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series.