First appearance of Cuba Gooding, Jr. on the show. He would come back three more times playing a different character, as one of the Colton brothers.
Actor Michael D. Roberts plays Booker Wilson, a man who runs the Challenger Club, for troubled youth, who tries to keep them off drugs and get their lives back on track. In real life, Roberts founded the anti-drug educational program "Right Track", and in 1985, Roberts received a proclamation from Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley, for his "outstanding contributions to the community and the city in promoting and encouraging youth to resist drugs".