Guest star James McEachin, who plays the derelict Lomax, is better known as Lt. Brock in the Perry Mason TV movies, and as Lt. Daniels during Season 1 of Matlock.
Strand's self portrait of him holding his rifle closely resembles the famous self portrait of Lee Harvey Oswald that was taken just before he assassinated Kennedy.
Scott Baio and Alanna Ubach appear in the episode. They would later play husband and wife in Nickelodeon' s See Dad Run