In all of season 1 and the previous part of season 2, the action would jump between the present era and flashbacks to the protagonists' training at either the FBI (season 1) or the CIA (season 2). Starting with this episode, the action takes place entirely in the present.
Features Jamie Cullum singing "Sack O' Woe.
Blair Underwood's character Owen Hall makes a quip about the team being ready for their "Mission: Impossible". Henry Czerny starred in the two of the Mission Impossible movies and also stars in this episode.