Reggie Lee's character is named Mike Weston, CIA spy. Just like EX CIA spy Michael Weston on the tv show Burn Notice
When Lopez mentions the "Brazil-style bureaucratic hellscape" she is referring to the movie Brazil (1985) about a dystopian world where the government is run by a convoluted bureaucracy.
Reggie Lee plays the character Mike Weston. Shawn Ashmore (Wesley Evers) also played a character called Mike Weston in the series "The Following"
Thorsen reveals to Chen that his nickname in the academy was "No Biz" because all the other rookies thought he had no business being in the Academy or trying to become a cop.
The Honda involved in the accident has the same mineralogical plate than a police vehicle seen in the impoundment.