Burn Notice

Andrew Strong is Michael's new CIA handler.

This episode's warehouse scenes and season 6 premiere's factory scenes were shot in the same location.

The character of Schmidt was written specially for Patton Oswalt who is a big fan of Burn Notice.

This was Ayn's first apperance on Burn Notice since Fiona was released from prison in Shock Wave.

The name of the bar, "Cantina el Cabezon" means "Fathead's Cantena" in Spanish.

In this episode, we finally meet Sam's girlfriend Elsa.

The security cards Oswald gives to Michael have a QR code. When scanned it reads: "Good Luck cracking this shit! These are some secure ass cards!"

Continuity: When Fiona and Nicki get off the motorcycle, their clothes are all dried, despite having jumped into the sea before riding it.

An interesting piece of trivia here, Jeffery Donnovan was a recurring guest star on Michael T. Weiss' series The Pretender. Donnovan played Weiss' brother.

Sam and Fiona enter the weapons factory by planting a smoke bomb that sets off the fire sprinklers. However, fire sprinklers are set off by heat. Smoke has no effect on them.

CIA agents Matt Bailey and Gabriel Manaro first appeared in the TV movie "The Fall of Sam Axe" where the events in Columbia they referred to occurred.

Goof: Jacob Starky's driver license shows his date of birth as 06-18-75, the issue date as 06-17-1985 and expires as 03-15-2015. Florida may very well have licenses that are valid for 30 years, but I doubt they issue them to people on the day before their 10th birthday.

In the final scene, the visible breath of Michael and the agent is faked. When the camera is on Michael, his breath goes off to Michael's right. When the camera is on the agent, it goes off to the agent's right, which is Michael's left, the opposite direction, meaning one of them is moving upwind.

Featured Music:
"Arrive Act One" by Methodic Doubt Music (Opening scenes)
"Cuerpos Calientes" by Beat Chamber (Michael receives an offer)
"Troopers" by Kurt Farquhar (Running errands)
"Anticipation" by M.A.D Music (At the nightclub)
"Deposit Box" by Danny Saber (Strategy discussion)
"En Memoriam De" by Hermanos De Alma (Fiona talks about Jesse)
"Masonic" by Kurt Farquhar (Assault gone wrong)
"Screamer" by Kurt Farquhar (Fake prison van)
"Intrepid Introspection" by M.A.D Music (Hostage exchange)
"Monster Party" by Brian Rogers (Hostage exchange)

Sam: I guess it's time to go someplace where you won't be interrupted by Canasta.
Canasta is a card game of the rummy family of games believed to be a variant of 500 Rum.

Featured Music:
"Arrive Act One" by Methodic Doubt Music (Opening scenes)
"Clubbing With Castro" by Grand Slam Music (Opening scenes)
"The North Bank" by Machine Vandals (Michael calls Barrett)
"Me Tienes Vilgilado" by Los Niches (Madeline complains)
"Born To Rumble" by Russell Howard (Booby trap)
"El Café" by Latin Pulse Music (Sam and Fiona watch Charles)
"Hey Oh" by Daniel Lenz (At the nightclub)
"This Will Never Be" by Beat Chamber (At the nightclub)
"Dance Dance Dance" (Instrumental) by Bellringer feat. Irene Hart (At the nightclub)
"Spin Us Out" by Beat Chamber (At the nightclub, part two)
"All Points" by Bizzy Carl (The kiss)
"MDV- Caliente Salsa 15" by Latin Pulse Music (Sam meets Charles)
"Demolition" by Jeff Biebuyck (Building a listening device)
"Grey Pulse" by Methodic Doubt (Fiona defends Emily)
"Money Break" by Apple Trax (Another blackout)
"Stud Sensor" by Stephen Greaves (Michael convinces Charles to pay)
"Cool Gooves" by Apple Trax (Sam reveals the plan to Charles)
"Knelt (Remix)" by DJ Kambo (Madeline leaves)
"The United Bond" by Machine Vandals (Barrett's in town)

The character Juan Ruiz is played by John Verea, who is actually Gabrielle Anwar's ex-husband and the father of her son Hugo and daughter Paisley.

Featured Music:
"Bells" by DJ Kambo (Opening scenes)
"Ambient Intro" by DJ Kambo (Michael talks to Simon)
"Grunge Hop" by The Glove and Kurt Farquhar (Sam meets Juan)
"The Heist" by Will Richter (Sam leaves jail)
"La Tierra" by Correa Bros and Kurt Farquhar (Michael offers help)
"Conundrum" by Kurt Farquhar and Dave Bateman (Michael goes to jail)
"Mystery Room" by Kurt Farquhar and Dave Bateman (Dangerous silence)
"Miss En Garde" by Jon Mattox (At the library)
"Who You Are" by The Grave Spinners (Jesse and Fi uncover the treasure)
"Beat Down" by Dave Bateman (At the infirmary)
"Break Glass" by Kurt Farquhar (At the infirmary)
"Asphixiate" by Kathie Talbot (Michael meets Vaughn)

In this episode, Michael goes undercover as "Matt Reese."

During a 2007 episode of Law & Order, entitled "Good Faith," Jeffrey Donovan played a character named Jacob Reese. However, when this character is named at trial, he is introduced as Jacob Matthew Reese.

Featured Music:
"El Jugo" by Qbanito (Opening scenes)
"The Ever Under" by Kopius Few (Michael meets Vaughn)
"She Is A Handful" by Rene Van Verseveld and Kurt Farquhar (Shootout)
"Ionic Smack" by Kopius Few (At the couple's house)
"Para Force" by Methodic Doubt Scenes (At the couple's house)
"Gun Parts" by Threshold (At the couple's house)
"The Hunt" by The Flood (At the couple's house)