Cesare Danova appeared posthumously as Father DiMarco, having died just two months before the episode first aired.
This was the last original episode broadcast on NBC. After this, the show moved to CBS where it ran for its final three seasons.
At the end of the original and final broadcast on NBC, it was revealed that the jury couldn't reach a verdict, a mistrial is declared and the two men are freed. Bill and Harriet spend the night together for the first time.