The flashback character Gunnar Borgstrom (Jeremy Slate), the brother of Ben Cartwright' second wife Inger, appeared previously in a season two episode entitled "The Last Viking". Borgstrom was portrayed by Neville Brand in that first appearance in which he visits the Cartwrights as an older man.
In the last scene, Hoss refers to his left arm as being "stove up." In reality, Dan Blocker had broken his collarbone and suffered a separated shoulder on February 22, 1962, while he and Pernell Roberts were filming a chase scene for "The Dowry" when their horses fell and sent both actors sprawling. Blocker returned in time to film the final two episodes of season 3, working with his arm in a sling. Based on February 23, UPI, Hollywood.