The NPB computer display seen several times in this episode (for example at 3:14) has words from the Star Trek universe written across the bottom of the screen: "heading", "warp" (as in warp speed), "phaser" and "photon" (as in photon torpedoes).
The dance sequence with Stone, Kanda, and Hill starts out as a re-enactment of "The Madison" dance scene in Godard's "Band of Outsiders."
This episode is the second time Owen was offered to have a drink called a "Gimlet".