The title is from the common expression "If the shoe fits, wear it" meaning the if something fits the facts, then accept it or live with it.
Audrey Meadows sister Jayne had appeared 10 episodes earlier in Murder by Appointment Only (1986) (it had aired 4 months prior to this one).
Deborah Adair and John de Lancie are both alumni of the daytime soap opera "Days of Our Lives": John portrayed Eugene Bradford from 1982-1990, while Deborah portrayed Kate Roberts from 1993-1995.