Frank assures Julie that he is not going to die and that he will be there when she graduates from high school, graduates from college and gets married. Less than 18 months after the broadcast of this episode, Larry Riley died of AIDS related renal failure on June 9, 1992 at the age of 38.
Showing off his tie, Mort tells Linda, "Last week, Arnie Becker wore one exactly like this," a reference to the L.A. Law (1986) character played by Corbin Bernsen. This is an-joke as Knots Landing (1979) and L.A. Law (1986) aired opposite each other on Thursdays at 10 o'clock on CBS and NBC respectively from 1987 to 1993.