* OneSceneWonder: Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman as an obnoxious gambler.
* RetroactiveRecognition: In addition to Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman making an early appearance as the obnoxious gambler (see above), Creator/MeloraWalters plays the woman Jimmy brings home [[spoiler:right before Sydney shoots him dead]].
* TearJerker: When Sydney tells John that he loves him like he was his own son. Even though the audience knows at this point [[spoiler: Sydney killed John's father several years ago]], it's still a powerful moment.