The exploding warship shown at the start of the episode is actual footage of HMS Antelope, a Royal Navy frigate destroyed in the Falklands War in 1982, with the loss of two lives.
Mark Harmon and Sherilyn Fenn worked together before in a TV movie called Dillinger (1991). Harmon played John Dillinger, the legendary bank-robbing criminal. Fenn was cast as Dillinger's girlfriend, Billie Frechette.
The actor portraying the German business owner is actually Dutch.