Suitcase's statement when he awakes from his coma is not the only connection to Magnum, PI. Sean Young's character responds to Jesse's questions about her car and boat with "Don't I look like a person who could own a car/boat like this?". This was also a common response of Thomas Magnum when people asked if Robin Masters' Ferrari was his.
Stephen McHattie plays Captain Healy in the Jesse Stone movie series. However, Scott Wickware, who plays Sam Holton in this installment, previously played Captain Healy in Spenser: Small Vices (1999) and Walking Shadow (2001).
In the scenes just before Jesse Stone (Tom Selleck) stops Terry Genest ('James Rogers (X)') for following him, the front window is blacked out. The same is done to the windows on Jesse Stone patrol car when he makes the quick turn around. Both are clear again in the pull over.
When Chief Stone and Rose Gammon are walking out to where Leeann Lewis is supposedly buried they are carrying nothing. However, when we see them there, Jesse is digging a hole with a large shovel and a pick can be seen next to the hole he is digging.
The first time Jesse Stone visits Hasty Hathaway in prison, the number on Hasty's prison garb is 9501, however, on the second visit the number has been changed to 9505.