Cassandra's line, "You want me to be the bad guy? Fine, now I'm the bad guy." are the exact same words her mother said when revealing her true nature to Rapunzel.
This is Varian's second time reasoning with Cassandra after Cassandra's Revenge and Rapunzel's third time reasoning with Cassandra after Rapunzel's Return and Cassandra's Revenge.
Eugene is the fourth person to plea with Cassandra in this episode after Rapunzel in Rapunzel's Return, The Captain of the Guard during the flashback of Islands Apart and Varian in Cassandra's Revenge.