Chris Bruno, who plays the role of Tim King, is the biological brother of Dylan Bruno.
Enrico Colantoni, who plays the hostage taker in this episode, began playing the regular role of a hostage negotiator on Flashpoint (2008), which was also broadcast in the USA by CBS.
Ben's workspace, as visited by agents Warner and Reeves, is highly reminiscent of that of Harry Caul (played by Gene Hackman) in the 1974 movie The Conversation, also about a paranoid wiretapper/surveillor.