Dorian Endicott references WarGames (1983) with the line "Shall we play a game?", which centers on a hacker who accesses the country's defense computer network by way of NORAD.
Harry references Robert Oppenheimer's quote "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds". Oppenheimer is said to have considered this scripture from the Bhagavad Gita upon seeing the first test of the atomic bomb.
Bishop invokes the quote about "absolute power". The entire phrase is "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely".
Robin introduces Dorian as "Frank Reagan," which may be a reference to the main character on Blue Bloods (2010), also a CBS show.