- This episode has no cutaway gags.
- Although the promotional description stated that Quagmire would be dating Lois' high school bully, the episode itself states that Stephanie was Lois' junior high school bully.
- Brian tagged Kurt Vonnegut's nephew in his Instagram Live.
- After Brian leaves to set up his livestream, Lois remarks that she's surprised at how long he's lived.
- Chris' Instagram username is "ChrisGriffin420."
- Chris briefly cuts off Brian's livestream by asking if he would like a car ride.
- Peter does not like to read the newspaper, but instead uses it to punctuate his sentences by fluffing its pages.
- Quagmire has a long history of dating sex workers, and was able to tell that Stephanie is not one since she turned him down every time he offered her money.
- Meg comes in to congratulate Quagmire on scoring a date by giving him a noogie, but Quagmire brushes her off since they don't have "that kind of relationship."
- Peter deters Meg by swatting her with the paper, stating that it's his second reason for using it.
- Chris enjoys reading a newspaper titled Brazilian Teens, which he likes to fluff in a similar manner to his father.
- Lois always writes down the names of Quagmire's lovers in case his life becomes a Dateline.
- Peter was disallowed from wearing sandals to Proietto's, but spots a fellow customer wearing them and gets annoyed.
- During her early teenage years, Lois only had one breast, her hair was woolly, she had scoliosis, and was covered in acne.
- She compensated for the former by stuffing her bra with the pop-o-matic from a game of Trouble.
- Lois was saved from drowning after being shoved into the pool by Stephanie because of her fake breast's buoyancy.
- Wang Chung's "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" plays twice.
- When Peter was in junior high, his gym teacher drove him home without his pants on.
- To earn his checkmark, Brian was asked to provide Biscuit's maiden name, the last four numbers of his credit card, and the first twelve numbers of the latter.
- The Russians who stole Brian's credit card information splurged on Tommy Hilfiger T-shirts.
- Upon learning that he's been hacked, Brian claims that he's so angry he's seeing gray, but Stewie corrects him and says that it's actually red.
- Brian's "brand" on Instagram is posting Steve Harvey jokes.
- Stewie says "that's whip-smart," but pronounces it the normal way instead of the "hwip" he usually insists on.
- Stewie only agrees to help Brian recover his account after hearing that he sent some unflattering DMs to Zendaya.
- Peter finds sex cults horrifying but tempting at the same time.
- Quagmire and Stephanie first met on Tinder.
- Peter states that he and Lois got together after she dated another guy and he threatened to kill himself.
- At the end of the episode, he threatens to kill himself again after Lois starts to question their relationship.
- Lois originally lied and told Quagmire that she was the prom queen, but Stephanie reveals that she was actually a "prawn queen," due to her eating a ton of shellfish and having a spine curved like a shrimp.
- Peter finds Stephanie's embarrassing stories about Lois humorous and asks if he can meet her again, claiming that this is the first time he's actually meant it.
- Peter claims that his children are a lot happier since obesity is more tolerated nowadays.
- Stephanie went to medical school, had a four-year residency, a two-year specialty, and spent three years in Central America with Doctors Without Borders. Because of all the time spent of those, she never got to have kids.
- A waiter interrupts the discussion and requests that the group speak more loudly since other customers would like to hear the stories.
- Lois suspects that Stephanie cannot have kids because of the GMOs in her diet.
- Lois claims she won dinner because she ordered a salad as opposed to French fries, although Peter retorts that it was a wedge, made up of mostly blue cheese and bacon.
- When Lois had a panic attack during middle school, the only way she could calm down was by laying in a dark room and trying to play Sarah McLachlan, only to accidentally play the wrong song.
- Stewie ponders if he's ever been alone in a room with Meg before.
- Meg is prepared to help Stewie and Brian kill someone, but when corrected, she states that she can also track down cyberbullies.
- Meg was once told to kill herself by Chrissy Teigen.
- Meg is fluent in Russian due to watching enough "super dark" internet videos. She claims that the building blocks for that language are the words, "please don't kill me," with Stewie remarking that German functions similarly.
- Meg's voice actress, Mila Kunis, is also a native Russian speaker.
- Brian was unaware of the Russian invasion of Ukraine until this episode.
- Stewie once had a business meeting on Fire Island. His business involves selling bikinis to men "of size," which he claims are not the same as fat men.
- The airport is named for Lee Harvey Oswald, who lived in Russia for a time and is believed by some to have been a Soviet spy.
- A sign says "Conveniently, English spoken when necessary," a nod to movies that have English spoken even when it is unrealistic, so that the audience can understand.
- The Russian customs agent's desk bears the arms of the Federal Customs Service of Russia: a caduceus and torch on a shield, with a double-headed eagle behind it.[1]
- Dr. Hartman complains that Nurse Maguire gave everyone a valentine except for him, and begs his mother to take him home early. This suggests that the scene takes place around Valentine's Day.
- Hartman just learned today what scoliosis is.
- The two ways to contract Severe Nerd Damage are to meet an old bully, or to be tagged in an unflattering Throwback Thursday photo.
- Hartman hints that the cure is to give the coolest guy in school a tug behind the bleachers, but it's actually a ploy to get a tug himself.
- Ivan's house is distinguished form its surroundings by the thick ethernet cord leading up to it.
- Ivan's friends have all been burned, and his previous apartment was dried out in the sun. Because of this, he now fires a single bullet at the sun every morning.
- Lois does not understand why Joe always holds pool parties if he cannot swim, although Joe remarks that he can be lowered into the water once his harness is fixed.
- The pool party was Stephanie's idea since she was reminded of the "fun times" she used to have at those.
- Peter is distracted by a party guest fatter than he is, and is trying to check out his "front meats."
- Lois is covered in Differin gel due to her acne, prohibiting her from touching chlorine or entering the sunlight.
- Peter tosses a wet towel onto Lois due to mistaking her for the towel return bin.
- Stephanie has stretch marks on her left thigh, but only Lois and Bonnie are able to spot them.
- Stephanie knocked Lois into the pool the second time since she was trying to catch a football thrown by Peter. Peter states that he never intended to complete the pass, but was just trying to show off to the other wives.
- Stephanie reveals that her charity's name is "Scoli-Lois," referencing the nickname Lois was given by the other kids in middle school.
- After Lois is proven wrong about Stephanie, Peter declares that now it's his turn to get serviced in the bedroom. Lois corrects him, stating that it only applies if he proves her wrong. Peter nonetheless readies himself for a ten-minute romp, dressed in BDSM gear.
- Meg enjoys eating root vegetables straight from the ground.
- Meg has already had sex with Ivan, during which he commented on her horse-like haunches.
- After staying in Russia, Meg contracts Rinderpest, a bovine-exclusive disease that only remains alive in that country.
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