First appearance of Donna Culver, who will become a regular character midway through the third season. Donna tells Ray she was born in Marshall, Texas and is 28 years old. Actress Susan Howard was also born in Marshall, Texas, in January 1944, making her 35 years old at the time of filming.
This is the third consecutive episode of Dallas (1978) in which Ken Kercheval (Cliff Barnes) does not appear. This is the first of only two occasions in the series' history that he missed three episodes in a row, the second being when he was absent from the fourteenth season episodes Designing Women (1991), 90265 (1991) and Smooth Operator (1991).
References to Garnet McGee.
Filmed: February 5-14, 1979. Production code: #188592.