This episode is rated 18 for strong bloody violence, marking this a first for a Marvel Cinematic Universe television series as well as in Netflix.
Harold Meachum mentions Roxxon, one of the main antagonistic companies in the Marvel Comics.
Daredevil and Luke Cage are mentioned as "the Devil of Hell's Kitchen" and "the man with unbreakable skin" by Madame Gao.
Sophia tells Madame Gao, "The Dogs of Hell will be using Rand trucks to deliver to the south." The Dogs of Hell and their participation in the drug trade figures prominently in Daredevil (2015), season 2, with the Punisher story line.
Colleen Wing's quote "A single arrow is easily broken but not ten in a bundle" is her paraphrasing a Genghis Khan quote: "One arrow alone can easily be broken, but many arrows are indestructible."