1. I don't think he actually has one, but in my mind, I heard Damian speaking with, like, a Polish accent. I'm not sure why. I haven't seen the episodes he appears in in awhile, so I had to go by transcripts and his accent was just there in my head.

2. Barbara's fussiness is based on a friend's mother, who is so the classic mother. She's like, 'oh, I see there's only one cookie left, I better bake you some more'. I picture her as being a big knitter and constantly sending socks to him in the mail, worried for her son in the 'big city'.

3. Barbara also struck me as someone who doesn't understand technology very well. My grandmother, who had a stroke wasn't quite all there, used to call from the nursing home and carry on conversations with the answering machine. That sort of 'oh my goodness, it's so advanced" sort of mentality.