This episode is the debut of Colonel Decker.
When Daniel Running Bear is waiting at the corner of the street he is being looked at by a hooker. The hooker appears to be played by Dwight Schultz who also played Murdock.
When you first see Styker talking to Carter on the phone; In the background there is a ranch house. This is the same ranch house used in the "V" tv series. It was the maxwell's ranch house
This is the first episode that plays a different version of the title track at the end.
When Murdock refers to his horse as "Ed", it's a reference to the 1960s TV show about a talking white Palamino horse named Mister Ed.