In this episode, Juan Ruiz (Sam's asset in Prison) is played by Gabrielle Anwar's Ex husband
On Sam's prison uniform the last name "Campbell" is sewn into the name strip, clearly a reference to the actor who plays Sam: Bruce Campbell.
When Michael tells Vaughn that he let Simon believe he convinced Michael to kill Vaughn, Vaughn asks, "Should I be worried?" Michael replies, "I just told a psychopath what he wanted to hear," leaving us to wonder which psychopath he was referring to.
Many of the actors who play Burn Notice's villains also played Terminators on film. Garret Dillahunt played Simon Escher on Burn Notice, after a recurring role as the evil Terminator on 'Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles'. Robert Patrick shot to fame after playing the evil Terminator in Terminator 2: Judgement Day; he joins the cast of Burn Notice as the villainous John Barrett. Terminator Salvation actress Moon Bloodgood plays Michael's nemesis Michelle Paxton in Season 3 of Burn Notice.