Guest starring in this episode is Christina Pickles as Mrs. Hobart, and Courtney Cox as Lauren, Alex's girlfriend. Years later they would co-star together in several episodes of "Friends", with Pickles playing the part of Mrs. Geller, the mother of Ross and Monica Geller, who was played, of course, by Courtney Cox.
In this episode we learn, via flashback, that Steven's father passed away on Sunday, 14 October 1984.