Robert Glenister balked at doing the entire car stunt himself, saying "I got a stunt man who did all the smashing against the windscreen stunts but I did everything else... We all like doing the stunts involving driving fast because it's boy's-own stuff but when it comes to the dangerous stunts I'm quite happy to leave it to someone else!"
The building that Mickey is standing on the street in front of at the beginning of the episode is called The Red Herring. He then looks up at a billboard that says "Never Give A Sucker An Even Break".
The con Stacie and her husband are said to be known for having run (the badger) involves a woman luring a married man to bed and then blackmailing him with proof of his infidelity, threatening to tell his wife if he doesn't pay. As a two person con, this involves the male partner breaking in mid-tryst claiming to be her husband or boyfriend and threatening the mark, ensuring he doesn't stick around or take a moment to think things through. Stacie appears to still be running a single-person version of this con in her first appearance.
Danny Blue is introduced to the mark as Mr. Redford. This is a nod to the character played by Robert Redford in The Sting, Johnny Hooker. Much like Danny Blue, Hooker was a player in short cons playing his first long con.