At the beginning, the delivery truck in front of the cab at the security checkpoint has a logo on the back that says: "BUY AMERICAN". Yet when the security guard opens the door you can plainly see the product "Icelandic Spring", which is bottled water manufactured in Iceland.
The interview with a man dying in a Moscow hospital sets the stage for an upcoming episode raising doubts as to whether or not Director Sheppard's father is alive or not and the role he had involving The Frog.
The interview with dying Colonel General Borov took place in Moscow, Russia. Not Paris, France as stated above. Director Shepard was in Paris for a conference but after meeting with Trent Kort flew to Russia to see the General on a plane ticket Kort had booked for her.
Vladimir Skomarovsky, playing Colonel General Dimitri Borov, played a different character on JAG (1995) which spun off NCIS. He played Col. Mikhail Parlovsky and Israeli Minister Barruch.
Brian George (Dr. Ameen Temani) appeared in the show Reasonable Doubts (1991), a previous Mark Harmon show.