This is the only time in the series that a single sequence contains three separate songs performed by the same artist. However, while officially considered separate tracks, the three Chris De Burgh songs used each segue into one another, creating what is effectively a single eight-and-a-half minute composition with three distinct sections.
The name of Coati Mundi's character, "Conejo," means "rabbit" in Spanish but also has a somewhat vulgar colloquial meaning.
The situation with Mikey was all-too similar to that of real-live recurring guest star Charlie Barnett ("Noogie"), who had almost snagged Eddie Murphy's spot on Saturday Night Live (1975), but went on to secure a $1.2 million three-picture deal, but blew it all due to a combination of anger and drugs, eventually dying from an AIDS-related illness due to a shared needle. Sadly, Michael Carmine ("Mikey") would also miss out on a promising career when he died two years after this episode at the age of 30 from an AIDS-related illness.
Jan Hammer's music used in The Maze (1985) appears here, especially in the scenes involving Mikey and his poetry.
This is one of the few episodes when they had to shoot a scene in the rain, resulting in the scene being filmed in an open park pavilion.