Many of the "classic" elements that popularized the show to begin with would disappear following this episode, including Crockett's Bren Ten handgun, his tortoise shell Ray-Ban Wayfarers (replaced by Persol frames), the classic pastel look (replaced by darker, neon colors), Tubbs' long hair (which remained short for the rest of the series), and Crockett's short in the front, long in the back "bouffant" hairdo (replaced by a short spiky cut). However, some of these features would return later; Crockett would switch back to black Wayfarers in season 4, pastels reappeared periodically in seasons 4 and 5, and Crockett's hair also went back to its longer style for the last two seasons (in season 5 it grew out to its longest length).
Angelina and Tubbs' love child is not seen again in the series. Tubbs is shown to believe his son is dead in The Afternoon Plane (1987), never made aware of his survival. Presumably this is a result of the show's producers not wanting to burden Tubbs with a child, for fear of limiting his input in storylines.
Nelson Oramas, who plays the bomb squad specialist in the episode, previously appeared as bomb squad specialist named Sam in Smuggler's Blues (1985). While his character in this episode is never named, given the similarity of their roles, they are assumed to be the same person.
This episode marks the TV debut of John Leguizamo. He would return as Orlando Calderone in The Afternoon Plane (1987).
Lee Iacocca took time off from his job as Chairman of Chrysler Corporation to film a brief cameo in this episode; his character takes his real first name - Lido. Izzy Moreno would frequently (mis)quote Iacocca throughout the series. Iacocca's autobiography Iacocca: An Autobiography was the best-selling non-fiction hardback book of 1984 and 1985.