So many episodes feature people who would yet to become stars, mostly on television: here it's Sharon Gless, who would co-star on Cagney and Lacey in ten years.
Erica Hagen is credited at the end of the episode as Miss Carmichael. However, she plays the part of a patient, Nancy Dansk.
The sequined lips-and-cigarette embezzlement on the gag gift tee shirt is a reverse design of the embellishment on Emily's shirt. The cigarette on Emily's shirt is on the left, and the cigarette on the gag shirt is on the right. NEW: Actually it's the exact same shirt design that is viewed upside down.