The house used for Rojas's party at the beginning of the episode is also the house used for the final fight with the Russians in Bushido (1985). This house is located at 16701 S.W. 72nd Ave, Miami, FL, USA.
This was the first time a Glock pistol was ever shown on TV, with Crockett taking a Glock 17 off a Cuban rebel and using it for the remainder of the episode.
The opening credits still show Saundra Santiago's name over the Testarossa driving by and Michael Talbott's during the first ocean view. The second shot of the ocean (previously with John Diehl's name) is simply blank.
This is one of only three season three episodes in which Tubbs is shown brandishing his shotgun; the others are Forgive Us Our Debts (1986) and Viking Bikers from Hell (1987). Despite its appearance in these episodes, he never fires the weapon once in the entire third season.
The Cuban exiles' plight would be visited again in Heroes of the Revolution (1987), when Gina Calabrese learns her mother was killed by a jealous Castro soldier.