This was the last episode filmed where you can still see the World Trade Center towers in the distance at the 7:20 minute mark. The camera is filming through a chain fence but you can see the sun reflecting off the two towers before they fell on 9/11.
The heliport used in this episode--described as the Metro Heliport--is labeled as the East 34th Street Heliport (TSS) Heliport on Google Map. It is located adjacent to FDR Drive on the East River. The camera view (@7m20s) is looking up the East River towards the United Nations building and several high-rise apartment buildings. [11.01.2020]
Michael Gaston has played five different roles over the course of the series:
- Episode 4.22 Old Friends (1994) - Wheeler.
- Episode 7.9 Entrapment (1997) - Ron Fletcher.
- Episode 9.16 Harm (1999) - Mr. Delany.
- Episode 11.18 White Lie (2001) - Major Jim Wyman.
- Episode 19.15 Bailout (2009) - Pete Gardner.
This episode appears to be based on the 2000 "Plan Colombia" initiative set up to combat Colombian drug cartels and left-wing insurgent groups in Colombia.
Socorro Santiago has played seven different characters over the course of the series:
- Episode 2.5 God Bless the Child (1991) - Cora Amado.
- Episode 5.19 Cruel and Unusual (1995) - Clarice Reynolds.
- Episode 7.14 Working Mom (1997) - Teresa Regalado.
- Episode 9.8 Punk (1998) - Alma Cabrera.
- Episode 11.18 White Lie (2001) - Teresa Martinez.
- Episode 13.22 Sheltered (2003) - Mrs. Anna Rodriguez.
- Episode 16.5 Life Line (2005) - Estela Richter.