This episode is the first appearance of Harry Wilson's daughter Becky. Becky Wilson is played by actress Auden Wyle, whose father Noah Wyle plays Harry.
The letters Harry brings in are addressed to several aliases related to Doctor Who (2005), which have been used on the original Leverage series. David Tennant played the tenth Doctor, Tom Baker played the fourth, and River Song was a recurring character. The other alias listed is "Alice White," a recurring alias for Parker used prominently in the original series episode "The Juror #6 Job."
Sophie's cover name, Darby Shaw, is taken from author John Grisham's "The Pelican Brief" where the main character, Darby Shaw, is a Tulane law student in New Orleans. This episode involves a law firm in New Orleans.
Eliot's cover name on the oil rig is Armus Vagra. In Star Trek:TNG S1E22 "Skin of Evil", Armus is the name of the tar-pit monster on the planet Vagra II.
During the scene where Harry is being a lawyer in this episode, the suit he wears and his mannerisms as extremely similar to one worn by Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) (playing Atticus Finch, a lawyer who helps those who cannot help themselves).