Lily Tomlin submitted this episode to Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for Emmy consideration. She was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series that year.
In this episode, we learn that it's been a year since Robert and Sol came out.
The exterior of the club where Grace met her bowling group is the upper club of the Bel Air Bay Club, 16801 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, California. The angle on the exterior is looking up the coast, with traffic on PCH visible below. The interior is a small section of the Club's interior and not a set. This writer's wedding reception was held there in 1984, and it is, thankfully, mostly unchanged.