Margo Martindale plays Michael Desiato's mother-in-law but is only five years older than Bryan Cranston.
At one point, Charlie (Isaiah Whitlock Jr.) tells Michael (Bryan Cranston) that "Jimmy Baxter is a serious man." Jimmy Baxter is played by Michael Stuhlbarg who played the lead role in the Coen brothers, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, film A Serious Man (2009).
The term ** lagnieppe ** is used when a gang member hands a bundle of cash to a young gang family member. It is slang used in New Orleans meaning something given as a bonus or extra gift.