When Mannix says, at the start of the episode, that he has already been off for 2 weeks, it is an inside joke, as the show had been off for 2 weeks. It had been preempted on Saturday, November 11 for the Miss Teenage America pageant.
The first use of what would become a recurring storyline in the series: Mannix goes to a small town where the residents have something to hide and who band together to keep him from learning the truth.
At the end of the episode, Wickersham asks Mannix whether the police are overlooking his breaking and entering charges, escape from jail and manslaughter of the mayor. However, nothing is said of the bulldozer operator Joe also shot, nor the Jeep he stole, even though the sheriff is standing next to him during the phone call.