Frank Zappa guest starred in this episode. His ailing health prevented him from returning to the series to pick his character up from where it had left off.
As Crockett walks into the prison, we see a close up of his badge, revealing that he is a sergeant and deputy sheriff of Dade County, Florida, dated June 29, 1984.
At the conclusion of the episode, Cates warns Crockett that Fuente still believes he has the money and will hunt him down. However, Fuente never returns in the series and the plot is never followed up. This scenario occurred several times in the series, with other examples being J.J. Johnston in The Prodigal Son (1985) and Carlos Cantero in Line of Fire (1988). In this case, the lack of a conclusion was because Frank Zappa retired from acting (except for voiceover jobs) following his appearance due to his battle with pancreatic cancer.
Frank Zappa, known for his avant-garde musical stylings, played a fairly ruthless drug dealer in this episode, in stark comparison to his real life persona.
Maroto's suicide in this episode is the fourth to occur in the second season, and the second in two consecutive episodes to happen right in front of Crockett (Judge Roger Ferguson also shot himself in the head at the end of the previous episode, The Fix (1986)).