"When you're here, you're family" is the tagline associated with Olive Garden, an American-Italian chain restaurant.
Brian only appears in a silent cameo. This also marks the third time in a row where Meg has no dialogue.
Pretending to be a veteran is a prosecutable offense in the United States, more formally known as the Stolen Valor Act of 2005.
The Stolen Valor Act of 2005 was struck down as being unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Alvarez in a 6 to 3 decision on June 28, 2012, nearly 6 years prior to the airing of this episode (April 1, 2018).
The next case on the docket, The People vs. Ted 2, is an allusion to the mixed to negative critical reception of Ted 2 (2015), another project associated with Family Guy producer and voice actor Seth MacFarlane, about an anthropomorphic teddy bear and his friend.