In this episode, Steven says that Alex had them mark July 17, 1998 on their calendars as the date of his eventual wedding. In real life, Michael J. Fox married his wife (Tracy Pollan) ten years to the date before this (July 17, 1988).
This episode marks Alex's first day working at Adler's Grocery. He delivers groceries while wearing an apron reading "Adler's Grocery." Episode 9, Death of a Grocer, expounds more fully on his responsibilities at Adler's.
This is the first episode in which the theme song is sung by Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams. It is also the first time the song is titled "Without Us". Previously (and also in the following episode) it was titled as "Us", and sung by Dennis Tufano and Mindy Sterling.
Although there is supposed to be a significant age gap between Stephanie(Amy Steel) and Alex(Michael J.Fox) who is also supposed to only be 17. The actors are only 1 year apart in real life and at the time of airing, Fox was 21 and Steel was 22.