When this episode originally aired, a voice-over during the closing credits announced that fans should "stay tuned, because Miami Vice has been renewed for a second exciting season!"
The song "I Want to Know What Love Is" used in the episode was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 at the time of the episode's airing.
This episode marks the first time in the show that Tubbs uses his classic Rico Cooper alias while undercover. Prior to this he has used a variety of aliases, including "Teddy Prentiss" (Brother's Keeper (1984)), "Leeroy Reese" (Glades (1984)), "Ricardo Morales" (Golden Triangle: Part 2 (1985)) and, most frequently, "Richard Taylor" (Heart of Darkness (1984), Calderone's Return: Part 2 - Calderone's Demise (1984), One Eyed Jack (1984) and The Great McCarthy (1984)). The variation in Tubbs' undercover persona is in stark contrast to Crockett, who almost always operates under the alias Sonny Burnett.
Guest star Pam Grier has the same birthday (May 26, 1949) as Philip Michael Thomas (Tubbs).
Diplomats trying to use diplomatic immunity to protect themselves from their crimes would come up again in Baseballs of Death (1988).