Shirley wears the same necklace worn by Janet's friend Randy a few episodes earlier, An Affair to Forget (1982). They also wore similar dresses.
In this episode Terry's Soap Opera Date asks her to marry him with the wedding being set at a close date. That is usually a Typical Day Time Soap Opera Trop as weddings are usually a way to either Launch New Storylines and Arcs while still being attached the old ones, or to Further the Current Storylines and Arcs. On the Day Time Soap Operas as it wouldn't make sense to have your audience wait a long time and all the while having a mass amount of filler in between. Despite being on every weekday including on Long Weekends and Christmas and New Years including the their respective Eves as well.
In this episode Terry Dates a Day Time Soap Opera. But in real life the two biggest an longest and the most well known Day Time Soap Operas 'Days Of Our Lives' who was on Season 12 at the of this episode and 'The Young And The Restless' was on Season 10 at time of episode.