The footage that illustrates the opening credits for Nia Peeples and Michael Cerveris in this season was taken from alternate takes of scenes shot for this episode.
Debbie Allen was starring in the revival of Sweet Charity on Broadway at the time, and therefore could only appear in exterior scenes shot on location in New York for the first half of this season.
When husband and wife team Harry Longstreet and Renee Longstreet were offered the job of producing/show running season 6, they were told up front that it would be the final season. MGM TV had decided that this would give them enough episodes to syndicate the show.