The IMF Dossier scene was reinstated for this episode with Jim using a computer hidden inside his coffee table which replaced the portfolio
Shares not only the title ("The Killer"), but also key elements with S05E01 of the 1966-1973 run.
Both pilot episodes for Star Trek: TNG and the second MI (which were originally Desilu productions which were remade in the '80's) feature a main supporting character impersonating John de Lancie's voice for an important plot point.
Like the version from the original series. Jim's contact in receiving the mission is a fisherman and the message is in the man's tackle box.