Susan Hogan and Michael Hogan, real life husband-and-wife actors, play Mrs. and Mr. Bering, Myka's parents. Their son, Gabriel Hogan, played Myka's love interest in the Pilot (2009).
It is said that the other 12 warehouses have been destroyed.
The punishments by Bobby are based on punishments in Edgar Allen Poe stories. The fire visited on the football player was from the Black Cat, the teacher being interred in a wall from the Cask of the Amontillado, and the pendulum from The Pit and the Pendulum.
Bobby's literature class test subject is: "Charles Schultz(sic) vs Ernest Hemingway compare/contrast". C. Schulz did the much beloved 'Peanuts' comic strip where E. Hemingway was a Nobel Laureate novelist. Comparing them is a bit of writer's humor.
The location used for 'Bering & Sons Bookstore' is Acadia Art & Rare Books at 232 Queen St E, Toronto.