- Based loosely on the career of NYPD Deputy Commissioner Jack Maple.
- When Lynne Thigpen died unexpectedly, her absence from the show was explained by having her character, Ella Farmer, die.
- The episode "Shell Game" was the first half of a two-part crossover episode with The Agency (2001).
- The ghost town and restricted area near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) of "Surfridge" is where much of this episode is filmed.
- The name of the "Naked Man" is on his mug shot as Kenneth Vangaurd.
- Last episode of the series.