Almost every detail about Rembrandts painting The Nightwatch or De Nachtwacht told by Croome in the Rijksmuseum are accurate. Parts of the paining were cut off in the 16th century, because it did not fit into the room of the buyer.
The title of the episode, "Obligate Mutualisms" is described by Crooms as a concept by the founder of BPO, Dr. Ruth El-Sadaawi. He says that she "believed sapians and sensorium to be obligate mutualisms, dependent on one another for their survival." Sapians, as described in this show, are regular human beings, the sensoriums are sensates, ones that can sense others like them.
This episode (S02E02) marks the second time in which Brian J. Smith is on screen, supported by the song All My Days by Alexi Murdoch. The first one being Episode 13 (Faith) in Stargate Universe, season 1