When discussing the college experience with Rizzoli and Frost, Korsak mentions that he watched National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) a few times. Bruce McGill, who plays Korsak, starred as Daniel Simpson "D-Day" Day in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978).
Many of the episode titles are also the names of songs; "She Works Hard for the Money" is the name of both a song and the album it was on, by Donna Summer.