Edward Asner guests as Saul, one half of the couple whose plane is commandeered by Mac and Jack. Asner starred as Carl in Up (2009). Up was referenced in the cold open of the previous episode, which had Mac, Riley and Dalton floating through white clouds in a blue sky on a trampoline suspended from brightly colored party balloons.
One of a handful of episodes where a title deviates slightly from the usual format (season 1 titles were of one object MacGyver used, season 2 of an object, plus sign, and another noun word or name, season 3 has mostly three word/object titles, each connected by a plus sign, and so on). This is the only one to use a minus sign, referencing the team being forced to carry out their mission in a near-total power outage.