It is established that based on a packing slip, Freeland , the setting of series, is located in Georgia, which happens to be the primary filming location for "Black Lightning". Even though the scene may have been left on the cutting room floor, it is implied in the opening sequence of the next episode.
The original title for this episode was "Jagged Little Pill".
When Pierce is talking to Gambi and mentions the distributor 2-Bits, Gambi says "Is that like Huggy Bear". The actor who played Huggy Bear in Starsky & Hutch (1975-1979), Antonio Fargas, appears in the following episode as David Poe.