Zekial Marko, who wrote the teleplay, also plays Gabe the coroner, who is seen leaning over the body at the beginning.
The house used for where Charlie Harris' wife's body is found, was previously used in the Dark and Bloody Ground and Profit and Loss Pt 2.
Tony Musante (Charlie) previously had the title role in Toma (1973). A writers' strike during the making of that series indirectly led to The Rockford Files (1974). Writer Stephen J. Cannell and his mentor Roy Huggins created the character of Jim Rockford as a way to get around an impossible schedule created by the strike.