The real "Yaponchik" was Vyacheslav Ivankov, a notorious vor v zakonye (thief in the law) thought to head the Russian mafia in the United States and have connections to the Russian intelligence services. His nickname "Yaponchik", meaning "Little Japanese", is a reference to his slanted eyes. He was shot on July 28, 2009 while leaving a restaurant on Khoroshevskoye Road in Moscow. A sniper rifle was found abandoned in a nearby parked vehicle. Ivankov died of his injuries 73 days later on October 9th, 2009.
This is the only episode in the entire series that ends by fading to white not black.
The helicopter that evacuates the wounded Yaponchik has a registration number of "666"
This episode's original title was "The Second Coming".
Maranatha is an Aramic word which means "our lord has come".