This is the first episode of the series in which the entire regular cast appear in a scene together.
This episode appears to be based on the Russian mafia drug money laundering scams during the 1980s and 1990s between New York's JFK Airport and Russia's Moscow.
This is the first appearance of Zoe Saldana. She rose to greater fame with roles as Uhura in the Star Trek (2009) movie series, Neytiri in the Avatar (2009) movie series, and as Gamora in the Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) movie series and in the Avengers universe. She is first actor to star in four films that broke $2 billion at box office; these are four of the six highest-grossing movies of all-time.
Brian Keane plays the part of McAlary in this episode. He later goes on to play Dr. Murphy in episodes 10.23 Stiff (2000), and 11.14 A Losing Season (2001).