Getting food from the chippy, or fish and chips shop, on Friday night is a tradition in Catholic regions of Northern Ireland. This tradition stems from the long held Catholic practice of not eating meat on Fridays and eating fish instead. Modern chippys have more than fish for sale, and meat products such as chicken and sausages are also available.
Orla wants to go to Paris to meet Nicole, whom she believes to be a real person. This is a reference to the famous Renault Clio advertisements that ran throughout the 1990s with the Nicole and Papa characters.
The second series was commissioned on the same day this episode aired.
At the chippy Clare orders a fish supper, which includes a large piece of fish and chips on the side, and also a cowboy special. This last dish consists of chips and fried sausages with baked beans on top. Michelle orders a curry butty, which is bread with chips on top and lots of curry sauce on top of it all.
The two men who stole Uncle Colm's van were wearing balaclavas, which is what many people would call a ski mask, a woolen hat that pulls down and also covers the face, with holes for the eyes and mouth. Balaclavas were often worn by members of both sides of the Northern Irish conflict to hide their identity.