First time when Ethan Embry did not appear. It was explained he suddenly left town due to his father having a stroke, but in reality the actor had suffered a sports injury. He was replaced here by Luna Lauren Velez as Det. Beltran. She would likewise disappear in the following Let's Make a Deal (2003) but then mysteriously reappear for the last time in For Whom the Whistle Blows (2003).
Ed O'Neill and William Russ guest starred during the first season of Miami Vice (1984). O'Neill played Arthur Lawson / Artie Rollins in Heart of Darkness (1984), and later that season Russ played Evan Freed in Evan (1985).