First of four episodes written by Glenn Gordon Caron, who went on to create the strikingly similar series Moonlighting (1985).
When talking about the CIA, Remington Steele describes them as "big, fat guys with deadly hats they throw at your neck." He is actually describing Oddjob from the James Bond movie Goldfinger (1964), whose trademark weapon was a steel-rimmed bowler hat. Thirteen years after this episode first aired, Pierce Brosnan would assume the role of James Bond in GoldenEye (1995).
For the second episode in the row, Mr Steele doesn't make a reference to an old movie.