Dean Forester had to be written out of the show because the pilot for Jared Padalecki's show, Supernatural (2005), got picked up.
Lane asks Sophie (Carole King) about her having written a song on an old record album. In the background you can hear Pleasant Valley Sunday, which was written by Carole King for The Monkees.
Jackson Douglas, who plays Jackson Belleville, directed this episode.
Sophie calls Lane "Garrison Keillor". Garrison Keillor is an American storyteller.
The movie Paris is watching in the dorm is Catalina Caper.