The originally scripted ending had Castillo and Mai Ying parting ways during the day, with Castillo leaving first. This was changed to the broadcast ending, with Mai Ying walking away from Castillo in the evening.
This episode was the first shot for season five, but was aired third due to the necessary resolution of the Sonny Burnett Arc.
Because of Crockett's recovery from his trauma, he only appears for about two minutes in the episode.
Trudy reveals to Mai Ying that she was only a "rookie cop" when she had her first shooting of a suspect. This event occurred during The Dutch Oven (1985),
May Ying and Ma Sek previously appeared in Golden Triangle: Part 2 (1985), although in that episode they were played by Joan Chen and Glenn Kubota respectively. This change in casting marks one of only a few times recurring characters were played by different actors between appearances. Other examples include Billy Crockett and Sal Lombard. Coincidentally, James Saito, who replaces Kubota in the role of Ma Sek, was also in "Golden Triangle (Part II)", as the character Howie Wong.