First appearance of Christine Belford as Carlie Kirkland, who returned in the second season to appear on five episodes.
First appearance of George Murdock as Cavanaugh, who appeared also in a first season episode and three episodes of the second season.
Among the four non-existent books Mulholland suggests for research purposes to Banacek is The Brink's Bandits by Hargrove and Irving. This refers to the actual armed robbery of a Brink's building in Boston on January 17, 1950.
A gang of 11 stole $2.775 million in cash, checks, money orders and other securities. It was to that time the largest robbery in the history of the United States, and remained so until 1984. The robbers pulled off the caper leaving few clues and it was billed in the press as "the crime of the century". Four films were based in whole or in part on the robbery: Six Bridges to Cross (1955), Blueprint for Robbery (1961), Brinks: The Great Robbery (1976) and The Brink's Job (1978).
A gang of 11 stole $2.775 million in cash, checks, money orders and other securities. It was to that time the largest robbery in the history of the United States, and remained so until 1984. The robbers pulled off the caper leaving few clues and it was billed in the press as "the crime of the century". Four films were based in whole or in part on the robbery: Six Bridges to Cross (1955), Blueprint for Robbery (1961), Brinks: The Great Robbery (1976) and The Brink's Job (1978).
Despite being set up as a potential ongoing foil to Banacek this is the only appearance of Charles Robinson as Arthur Patrick McKinney.
The Opening credit font used is called Ah Hoc. It was made famous by Night Gallery for its credit font a couple of years before this.