The names Kimble and Gerard were the names of the two main characters in "The Fugitive" (1963).
This episode features archive footage from episode #2.1, A Stitch In Time, with Michelle Forbes and Amanda Plummer.
Character here with with names Larue, Daniels, Esterhaus and Russo are also characters in "Hill Street Blues" (1986) . Megan Gallagher plays Terry Russo here. In Hill Street Blues she played Tina Russo.
Having previously played Ms. Fisk in The Voice of Reason (1995), this was the second time that Gillian Barber (Lt. Bateson) appeared in one of the series' season finales and clip shows.