Paul Sparer (Dr. Walter Goren) was married to Nancy Marchand (Mrs. Pynchon) from 1951 until his death in 1999.
This is the second consecutive season finale in which Phillip R. Allen (Marvin Hartley) appeared. He previously played David Marcus in Hazard (1980).
Art Donovan says that the United States Supreme Court ruled that student newspapers were protected by the First Amendment. In 1988, seven years after this episode originally aired, the Supreme Court ruled 5-3 in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier that schools can restrict the content of student newspapers if a paper has not been identified as a public forum.