When Nick goes to talk with the sheriff, the stage is the exact set-up for the Marshal's office on Gunsmoke (1955), even right down to the coffee pot.
The only time in the series Audra shoots and kills someone.
Barbara Stanwyck does not appear in this episode.
In 3 of the 4 guest appearances by James Whitmore, he plays a troubled character from Heath's past.
Jarrod says that Victoria has gone to visit her sister in Denver.