This episode is dedicated to actor Dean Stockwell, who played Admiral Al Calavicci in the original Quantum Leap (1989). As mentioned in the storyline, he had died the year before. Stockwell, in fact, had passed away on November 7th 2021, the year before this episode first aired.
The beginning of the episode is almost the same as the prologue of Quantum Leap (1989) that mentions in 1995 Sam stepped in the Quantum Leap accelerator, and after the series finale, they spent years trying to find him before closing the program until the beginning of this series that restarted the project.
July 13, 1985 is the date that Live Aid (multi-venue benefit concert) was held.
Deborah Pratt, who voices the AI system Ziggy, was married to producer Donald P. Bellisario from 1984-1991. They are the parents of Pretty Little Liars (2010) actress Troian Bellisario.
When Ben first leaps, a movie theatre in the background is showing a double feature of The Goonies (1985), released on 7 Jun 1985, and St. Elmo's Fire (1985), released on 28 Jun 1985.