Karen (Laura Wiggins) says her mom has melissophobia, referring to her fear of bringing dirt in the house, but melissophobia is actually the fear of bees.
This episode is a direct adaptation of Episode 101 of the UK version.
This is one of the only episodes where most of the kids call Frank dad, debs does throughout the first season but eventually they all refer to him as Frank and never call him dad.
The hockey game footage is not from a Chicago based team. The footage is from an Ontario Hockey League game between the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors and the Guelph Storm.
The Oasis T-Shirt worn by one of the Gallagher children at the start of the episode is a nod to the original UK series which is set in Manchester, England, where the band originates from.