The government officials Phillip Price (Michael Cristofer) meets with are Janet Yellen (Alice Schaerer), Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Jack Lew (James Lloyd Reynolds), Secretary of the Treasury; and Mary Jo White (Suzan Perry), Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Together, they are the three highest-ranking financial officers in the United States.
The dim room that Dom (Grace Gummer) is standing in at the FBI office is the whiteboard room that will be revealed later. The word "Berenstain" can be seen among the investigation notes.
Origin of the Title:
- In bitwise operations, a mask is data that turns bits to 1 (on) or 0 (off). It is a simple operation used to put images over a screen, such as moving video game images in early games such as PacMan.
- The extension: The .tc extension indicates a file has been encrypted with TrueCrypt. True Crypt was a freeware encryption program used for on-the-fly encyption. It was discontinued in 2014, following issues with unfixed file security problems.
An Inconspicuous Man (Deshane Granger) and an Inconspicuous Woman (Anne Tolpegin), who cameo in the background of many of Angela (Portia Doubleday)'s scenes, can be seen behind her in the bar.
Music:
- "Game, Set, Match". Performed by Glitterbitch. Playing softly as Scott Knowles (Brian Stokes Mitchell) arrives at Battery Park with the $5.9 million.
- "Take Me Home". Performed by Phil Collins. Plays as Scott Knowles waits for the pick-up, takes the delivery and burns the money.
- Theme from The Parallax View (1974). Composed by Michael Small (1974) for the film of the same name. Plays as Phillip Price (Michael Cristofer) ends his meeting with the Feds. The Parallax View tells the story of a political conspiracy covering up the assassination of political figures and the reporter attempting to uncover it.
- "Bull In The Heather". Performed by Sonic Youth. Plays in Angela (Portia Doubleday)'s earphones while working at Evil Corp.
- "Till We Meet Again". Performed by Gladys Rice (1918). Plays as the episode ends. The song was written during World War I, and tells the story of a man saying farewell to his sweetheart.