This episode is the last time that the Knight Industries truck is seen with a white trailer. It is next seen in a few episodes time, in "Hearts of Stone" with its familiar black design with gold Knight chess piece logo, that would remain for the rest of the show's run.
On the opening teaser, a sequence for the climatic pursuit shows Marty saying "I think I'm going to be ill"; he does not say this line in the actual episode.
The episode closes with a tribute to (then recently deceased) series producer Robert "R.A." Cinader with the following tag: "In remembrance of R.A. Cinader. He was an original."
K.I.T.T. is first outfitted with his Graphic Analyzer.
This is the first of Don Gordon's two, unrelated appearances on Knight Rider. He can also be seen in season three's Knight by a Nose (1985).