Call-Back: When Bekher realizes that Wheatley intends to have him take the fall for the murder of Manfred Sinatra, Stabler and Carisi arranged for him to get a shadow council as he knew that his current lawyer was working for Wheatley. This was also done during the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Ace"
Love Theme: During the intervention scene where Stabler confesses his love for Benson, a piece of score is heard that later recurs in the series during moments involving the two of them.
Sinister Surveillance: Wheatley is able to tap into the city's police cameras and is using it to find out more about Gina. Gina does realize it when she notices her phone is draining more battery than normal.
Wham Line: While Stabler's kids and Benson are staging an intervention for Stabler
Stabler: I love you
Wham Shot: After Stabler tracks down a couple who was seen near Stabler's car the night of the explosion, he asks the woman to send him all the photos she took that night. While going through the photos, he notices Sacha Wilenski's face in one of the buildings overlooking the car. Stabler realizes that he was not the intended target of the car bomb at all (he thought he was). They were really after Kathy.
is heard that later recurs in the series during moments involving the two of them.