David Cassidy plays a teenager on drugs. He would go on to play Officer Dan Shay on Police Story (1973) and a spin-off David Cassidy - Man Undercover (1978), both with the plot of a young officer going undercover to investigate drug sales to youths.
Although Reed had talked about buying a house previously in light of starting a family, this is the first time that the Reeds' "new" house is shown or even mentioned, they who previously rented an apartment.
The backyard fence and gate were also used in the TV series The Brady Bunch (1969). David Cassidy went on to star in The Partridge Family (1970). These were two of the most popular TV shows on Friday nights in the early '70s.
TA = traffic accident.