This episode got a 5.2/8 in the overnight ratings.

This episode ranked 3rd out of 16 WB shows for the week.

This episode scored a 3.6 in the national ratings.

This episode ranked 94 out of 136 in prime time shows.

Wesley officially joins Angel Investigations.

Angel: He's not from our dimension.
Wesley: Ah — they must come to ours via portals.
Cordelia: Portals? There are portals now? When did they put in portals? Don't we have enough on our hands without burning monster-fiends coming here?

Cordelia: I'm so glad you came. You know how parties are. You're always worried that no one's gonna suck the energy out of the room like a giant black hole of boring despair. But there you were, in the clinch!
Angel: I didn't...boring?
Cordelia: You used to be a person! Did you never party? Did people not gather in olden times?
Angel: I talked to people...Laura.
Cordelia: Laura thought you hated her. I had to tell her you were challenged.

(at Cordelia's party)
Cordelia: Hi! You having fun?
Angel: Sure. This is...um...
Cordelia: Your idea of hell.
Angel: Actually, in hell you tend to know a lot of the people.

Wesley: Angel, we need a plan
Angel: Here's the plan: I go in, start hitting people hard in the face, see where it takes us.

Angel: I got two modes with people: bite and avoid.

Angel: Still, I mean, the quiet reserved thing, don't you think it makes me, kinda,... I don't know, cool?
Cordelia: (Referring to Wesley) He was cooler.
Angel: Now I'm depressed.

Wesley: (to Angel) What say a couple of brooding demon hunters start chatting up some of the fillies?

Cordelia: Wow. Groveling isn’t just a way of life for you. It's an art.
Wesley: I do not grovel. (to Angel) Please don’t fire me. What happened yesterday was an anomaly. I’m very rarely taken hostage.

The two other species from other dimensions are fluent in English. Wouldn't it be more accurate for them to have another language?

Cordelia: Did she carry you? You know like Carrie in the movies?

Cordelia is telling Angel about the psychotic killer girl in the move Carrie.

Cordelia: Can you hear me now?

This is poking fun of the popular "here me now" cellular phone commercials.