Title is based upon television series Desperate Housewives (2004), and the character Mandi aka the possessor demon is a play on the character Bree from Desperate Housewives.
Alana De La Garza who plays Dex's ex-girlfriend Sylvia also played one of the public aliases used by the Charmed sisters as a disguise.
Christine Elise makes an appearance as one of the room moms in Wyatt's class. She played the character Emily Valentine on Beverly Hills 90210, a show that the former charmed one Shannen Doherty (Prue Halliwell) starred in as Brenda Walsh. Emily Valentine dated Brenda's brother Brandon on 90210.