While everyone else is panicking about the plane's multiple malfunctions, Fay is noticeably calm, focusing on her crossword puzzle. She distractedly asks the group if anyone knows "an 11-letter word for 'tie breaker'," a question to the which the answer is, ironically, "sudden death."
This season finale originally aired as a single one hour episode but has since been split into 2 episodes for syndication.
Series regular Tim Daly and guest actor Ronald Guttman appeared together on Broadway in "Coastal Disturbances" at the Circle in the Square Theater in 1987.
Tony Shalhoub does not appear in this episode.