This episode starts with Cinnamon getting the taped briefing and then photos of the assembled team with no indication who is selecting them. Rollin handles the briefing. The reason for this is that Steven Hill had refused to do a relatively inconsequential action sequence and was fired. Hill had caused problems throughout the season because of his Orthodox Judaism, since he wouldn't work on Saturdays to make up when they were behind schedule. Tom Troupe was called in to play the part of David Day, taking over Dan's part in the plot. Barbara Bain was called upon to film the opening tape sequence. Recycled footage was used to show Dan picking up briefing in future episodes in production orders.