Beginning with this episode, and until the end of the series Magnum wears a Rolex GMT Master wristwatch. According to the back story introduced in this episode, he inherited the watch from his father. Previously he wore a Chronosport Diver.
The title of this episode is from the poem "Requiem" by Robert Louis Stevenson, which is engraved on his tombstone. It concludes, "Here he lies where he longed to be/ Home is the sailor, home from the sea/ And the hunter home from the hill."
While playing chess with Agatha, Higgins uses Magnum's line "I know what you're thinking."
Wesley Ogata (uncredited) can be seen playing one of T.C.'s baseball players, but would later appear in Season 4 as Danny the Prince of Jororo in the episode, "Jororo Farewell" (1984).
Magnum was wearing and then loses his Julbo sunglasses when his surf ski is capsized. He previous wore these sunglasses during S3E1. Did You See the Sun Rise?.