Last appearance by Lew Saunders as officer Gene Fritz. He was replaced in the supporting cast by Michael Dorn (Turner). Dorn also appears, making this the only episode they both appear on.
Dee Wallace and Christopher Stone also stared together in the horror movie The Howling (1981).
Approximately eight months after this episode originally aired, Christopher Stone (Dennis) and Dee Wallace (Sheila) would marry on June 28, 1980, and she started using the name Dee Wallace Stone. The couple appeared together in the Stephen King horror film "Cujo" (1983), and the two remained married until his death in 1995.