This episode begins with MacGyver engaged in a game of ice hockey. As a child, Richard Dean Anderson dreamed of being a professional ice hockey player, a sport he truly loved. However, at the age of 16, Anderson broke both of his arms in two separate accidents on the ice. He broke his left arm first while skating, and three weeks later he broke his right arm so badly, that he was in the hospital for three months. As it turns out, he had snapped his elbow backwards and required several pins in his arm to correct it.
This episode marks the first appearance of MacGyver's iconic 1987 Jeep Wrangler Laredo.
In a bar scene MacGyver says "Skål" which is swedish for cheers. Richard Dean Anderson is a swedish descendant.