In the opening stakeout scene, the squad is watching Slow Boy (Chuck Connors) outside a theater showing the movie The New Centurions (1972), which is the movie based on the novel by Joseph Wambaugh.
In the syndicated two-parter, John Karlen and Taylor Lacher appear in just one scene. They play two unidentified detectives walking the character played by Diane Baker out of the supermarket after a hostage situation.
On the DVD version released in 2011 by Shout Factory, the menu and promotional info has the correct title of "Slow Boy". On the episode's opening credits, the title is listed as "Stakeout".
Both Barbara Rhoades & Hal Williams guest-starred on the classic "Sanford and Son" Season 6, Ep2: The Hawaiian Connection: Part 2 (1 Oct. 1976) But they did not have any scenes together.
A year later, Ralph Meeker, who played the Chief of Police here would play a police sergeant in Chief (1974).