This episode features one of the few times something slipped past censors - when Crockett and Tubbs approach Max after the failed bomb attempt, Max can clearly be heard saying, "Oh shit!" as he jumps over the bar.
This episode was obviously shown not in order of shooting. Zito begins the season with a beard and long hair, is clean shaven with neat hair in this episode, and then back with the beard and long hair in subsequent episodes.
Pepe Serna would return in the two-part "Down for the Count" as Oswaldo Guzman, who has Zito killed.
When the episode was repeated in June, 1986, it marked the time slot change to 9:00 which would continue for nearly two years.
When Sonny is driving Sara home, it can be seen from the ariel shot a car run the red light and lose control almost hitting them.