Stephen Macht's character intimates that he thinks Viper was the big star of the movie Top Gun (1986) - a nod to the physical similarities between Stephen Macht and Tom Skerritt - who plays Viper in Top Gun.
D.B. Woodside (Jeff Malone) and Gina Torres (Jessica Pearson), who play lovers on this show, also played lovers in another TV series, 24 (2001).