The pool filter shot was filmed in reverse, with soy-based printer's ink being injected into a tank of clear water.
Jack pretends that he is on a deep cover assignment by Dan Quayle. Quayle was the newly-elected Vice President of the U.S. serving under George Bush. At the time Quayle was the frequent butt of much late night talk show humor.
Saundra Santiago (Gina), Olivia Brown (Trudy) and Edward James Olmos (Castillo) do not appear at all in this episode. Although never explicitly stated, it is possible Castillo's absence is due to his ongoing recovery from the gunshot wound he received in the previous episode, Miami Squeeze (1989).
Final Crockett-centric episode.
This episode and the one that follows it, The Cell Within (1989), were filmed simultaneously due to the shortened shooting schedule allocated to season 5, the result of a writer's strike. The process worked because Crockett is the central character in this episode, featuring in most of the scenes, while Tubbs is the focus in the next.