James Spader worked with Andrew McCarthy three times before: in Mannequin (1987), Less Than Zero (1987), and Pretty in Pink (1986).
Amanda Plummer played the same type murder in "A Stitch in Time" from the television series The Outer Limits (1995).
This episode was directed by Andrew McCarthy, who starred with James Spader in the John Hughes film Pretty in Pink (1986) as well as Less Than Zero (1987).