Behold Chablis mentions doing card tricks with Neil Patrick Harris. In Freak Show Neil Patrick Harris plays a magician.
This episode marks Taissa Farmiga's fourth entry in the series after appearing in Murder House, Coven, and Roanoke.
The title of the episode is likely a reference to the tag line "Could it be....Satan?" Of Dana Carvey's SNL character "The Church Lady."
Myrtle mentions the foul stench in the all boys academy makes Bourbon Street smell like Chanel #5. Ryan Murphy created Scream Queens where Emma Roberts character plays Chanel Oberlin who has "minions" named the Chanel's. Billie Lourde starred along side as Chanel #3. Chanel #5, played by Abigail Breslin, is picked on by the other two and many others in the show where she is said to be gross.