Matthew Perry plays West Beverly High's star tennis player Roger Azarian. In real life, before becoming a movie and television star, Perry was a nationally ranked tennis player in Canada.
Plot is loosely based on the Menendez brothers crime which occurred 2 years prior.
This episode marks the third Twin Peaks reference in the first season of Beverly Hills, 90210. When reading a screenplay, Brenda mentions a "Twin Peaks" like blonde, Janine.
Matthew Perry's character is at his psychiatrist, who asks, "What about your friends?" Perry's Roger says, "Friends?" Perry would gain fame on the TV series Friends later on.