Goof: After everyone has escaped from Cromartie, when Sarah is talking with Ellison, she is cradling her injured hand. Just after she drops her arms to her sides, the camera view switches to John and Riley and suddenly Sarah's arms are held in front of her again.
Goof: When John sneaks out of the house he leaves his bedroom door wide open, but it is closed in the morning when the terminator comes. If it had been open all night, Sarah and Cameron would have known he was gone in the morning.
While eating in a small cantina in the Mexican town, John and Riley are approached by a man with a camera who is hustling tourists for snapshots. He asks them for "five bucks" for him to e-mail the picture to them, since it is digital. This is a reference to the end of the original film, The Terminator when Sarah Connor, pregnant with John stops for gas on the edge of a small Mexican village and a young boy takes a Polaroid snapshot of her and tries to hustle her for "five dollars" for the picture. She negotiates with him and buys it, and the same picture is the one which Kyle Reese later carries around as a good-luck charm in the future before coming back in time to save Sarah and become John's father.
Goof: When everyone gets into Cromartie's car to escape, Cromartie begins shooting at them as they drive away in reverse. Sparks indicate that several shots strike the grill/headlights area of the car, yet there is no damage.
The Mexican village that John and Riley visit is called Dejalo, which doesn't actually exist in real life. "Dejalo" is actually the title of a song from the band Rilo Kiley's album Under the Blacklight. "Dejalo" also means let it go in Spanish.
When Cameron and Derek arrive at the police station in Mexico, Cameron says "I gotta find John." While insignificant by itself, if viewers listen closely they can hear that Cameron says the statement with emotion. A few seconds later she says "I can't let anything happen to him." Cameron says the second statement with an even higher amount of emotion. Afterward, Derek stares at Cameron in disbelief in her show of emotion. It seems that the writers are trying to imply that Cameron has feelings for John.
Sarah: You want answers. Ellison: I just want to know my role in all of this. What happens after this? Sarah: This is it. There's nothing else behind the curtain. This is what I do. It's all I do. You already know why I do it. I'm sorry for what you lost. But I can't help you get any of it back.
John: (to Riley, about the helmet) It's supposed to stop cars from playing ping-pong with your head.
Sarah: (Responding to Cromartie's statement that she should have killed the boy in the bowling ally in an earlier episode.) I'm not a murderer! Cromartie: Who is?
Ellison: (kneeling in prayer inside the church) Have you come to repent? Cromartie: I'm looking for John Connor. Ellison: All things are possible, to him who believes. (Derek comes out of hiding and opens fire on Cromartie)
Cameron: You bring danger into Riley's life. John: I know that. I'm not stupid. Cameron: But sometimes you do stupid things. It would help me to understand why? John: Humans do stupid things. So don't worry about it and be happy you're a machine! Cameron: I'm a machine, I can't be happy. But I understand more than you think.
Cameron: (after John and Sarah argue about Riley) I'll talk to John. Sarah: He's not listening. Cameron: He's always listening.
John: (referring to Riley's new bike helmet) I bought her a helmet. Sarah: Responsible. You think it'll stop a bullet? John: Why, you gonna take a shot at her? Sarah: Well, a lot of bullets fly around here. Someone will. (John starts to leave) You care about this girl? John: Yeah. Sarah: Then leave her alone.
Original International Air Dates: New Zealand: November 26th, 2008 on TV2 United Kingdom: December 11th, 2008 on Virgin 1 Denmark: January 9th, 2009 on TV3 Brazil: February 3rd, 2009 on Warner Channel Sweden: March 26th, 2009 on TV6 Australia: May 1st, 2009 on FOX8 Norway: August 8th, 2009 on TVNorge Germany: September 28th, 2009 on Sky Cinema Hits Czech Republic: October 22nd, 2009 on Prima COOL Finland: October 18th, 2009 on Sub Slovakia: September 2nd, 2010 on Markiza
Quentin Tarantino Allusions: There are many allusions to Director Quentin Tarantino in this episode. First, the episode progresses through different character points of view, a Tarantino signature as seen in his films Pulp Fiction & Jackie Brown. Second, the death/destruction of Cromartie and the shot lookup up at his killers/destroyers is an allusion to Tarantino's "Massacre at Two Pines" in Kill Bill, Vol. 2 when Uma Thurman's character "The Bride" is nearly killed by Bill and "The Vipers Assassination Squad".
Title: The title "Mr. Ferguson is Ill Today" refers to how Cromartie introduced himself in his first scene during the pilot. He used this sentence as the reason for appearing as a substitute teacher in John's class.
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