The title is a quote from James William Emery Townsend, the notorious 19th century liar who said "When thieves fall out honest men get their dues. But when honest men fall out lawyers get their fees."
The population of Cabot Cove is 3560.
There were only fifty-four episodes of MSW set in Cabot Cove. Three of those episodes were in Season 1, prior to Dr. Seth Hazlitt's introduction. This was the only episode set in Cabot Cove, without William Windom.
Guest stars Michael Lembeck and John Bennett Perry were also costars in the movie "Gorp"(1980).