Philip Michael Thomas' stunt double, Ernest Robinson (who also played Tubbs' brother Rafael in Brother's Keeper (1984)), was hospitalized after he burned his legs performing the stunt where Tubbs jumps out of Hector's exploding apartment. The footage was left in the episode - if you watch closely you can see 'Tubbs' catch fire as he exits the bottom right of the screen after crashing through the window.
The character Howard Famiglia runs a kidnapping ring to supply Colombian babies for adoption by American families. "Famiglia" is Italian for "family."
Stanley Tucci returned in season four's Contempt of Court (1987) and Blood & Roses (1988) as Crockett's mob nemesis Frank Mosca.
The hotel where Angela Mitchell and Eduardo Vasquez were found dead in still exists today, though the name was changed from the Waldorf Towers to The Room Mate Waldorf Towers.
Instead of their usual Bug Van, Switek and Zito instead use a pink and blue Boyertown Merchandiser van for their surveillance in this episode. It's never explained why they have switched to a different vehicle in this episode.