This episode (now comprised of two parts that originally aired together on December 11, 1980) is the only one where the Ferrari 308 GTS that Magnum drives has a license plate of "56E-478". By the second episode, China Doll (1980), it had a "Robin 1" vanity plate.
Second half of the first episode makes reference to McGarrett of Hawaii Five-O (1968) when speaking about the bad assignments for Dan: "Putting Dan on this stuff is like making McGarrett the meter maid on Waikiki."
The term "scrambled eggs" refers to the leaf shaped yellow styling on military cap visors.
In the pilot, Rick was owner of a club called 'Rick's Cafe Americain', and played a Humphrey Bogart wannabe. After the Cafe's demise, Rick became manager of the King Kamehameha Club.