This episode was a backdoor pilot for a planned spin-off focusing on a younger group of officers, but the series was not picked up. As a result, the on-screen credits after the opening sequence list three "Starring" roles ahead of the usual "Guest Stars". The series would have resembled another young police drama at the time, 21 Jump Street (1987), which ironically is one of the shows credited with this show's demise.
Final episode of the series to air on NBC.
As a result of the episode being a pilot for a new show with a different cast, Tubbs only appears in the opening scene while Crockett is only featured in a couple of scenes after that. Saundra Santiago (Gina), Michael Talbott (Switek), Olivia Brown (Trudy) and Edward James Olmos (Castillo) do not appear at all. This is the third of four consecutive episodes in which Olmos does not appear.
Laura San Giacomo and Cameron Dye, who played Tania Louis and Zach Andrews, respectively, were married from 1990 to 1998.
While this was the last first-run episode aired on NBC, the network aired repeats until July 26, 1989, after which the show left network television. During this episode, a phone-in poll encouraged fans to choose their favorite episode that would air the following week (July 5, 1989).