- PH's embrace of racial equality in "Sober Reflection" and "April Fools" may seem odd for an Evil Twin, but he was created as the opposite of HP Lovecraft, who was quite racist.
- Which also explains PH's love of children.
- Howie's strange camaraderie with the members of a zombie walk wasn't because they were pretending to be reanimated, but because while alive he was "chronically unemployable" himself.
- After the resurrection of his ex-wife Howie leaves the Kesslers and hides for nearly a week in an abandoned cellar in the middle of winter without any sign of discomfort. Of course as a 'reanimated' he wouldn't be affected by the cold. Though where he got the camera is anyone's guess.
- During their second attempt at a role playing game, Kessler becomes exasperated that Howie's character is obviously just based on himself. Which should be unsurprising considering in life, Lovecraft was guilty of this practice regarding most of his protagonists.
- One of the interpretations of "Nyarlathotep" is that Howie himself is actually a Mask of Nyarlathotep.
- Which would also mean that Kessler is too....
- As of "Origins" the hints P.H. drop to his origin as a part of a universal Enemy Within double down on this theory.
- While the image of Howie devouring a carton of doughnuts
is funny, it also reminds that no matter how much of a gentleman he seems, he is a ravenous corpse reanimated by unnatural means fortunate that he requires sugar and not brains, blood, or flesh to survive. - Due to being PH being Howie's opposite in all ways, he loves children and the Kesslers seems content to allow him access to their child. Considering his true nature, this may not be wise.
- While Howie quitting writing upon his resurrection to engage in self-help is the basis of the show's humor, it is out of character for the original Lovecraft. Considering early in the series Howie commented that the resurrection wasn't quite successful, maybe the process robbed him of the ability to create new things?
