This episode was directed by Andrew McCarthy, who starred with James Spader in the John Hughes film Pretty in Pink (1986) as well as Less Than Zero (1987)
James Spader and Melora Hardin both had roles in The Office (2005) and Boston Legal (2004) but they didn't share a scene in either show.
Tom Keen is using an Apple MacBook. Until now, the electronic devices have been Sony (or old flip phones).
James Spader and Melora Hardin co-starred on the short-lived TV series The Family Tree (1983) as step-siblings.
The actor playing Red's (James Spader) chief of security Baz, Baz, also happens to be a former CIA officer and veteran US Marine who founded an NGO which rescues kidnapped Children in the sex slave trade.