This episode features three actresses nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar: series regular Anne Baxter and -guest starring as romantic rivals - Hope Lange and Lynn Redgrave. Baxter had won the Oscar for The Razor's Edge (1946): Lange had been nominated for Peyton Place (1957) while Redgrave would be nominated for Gods and Monsters (1998). Baxter and Redgrave had also received Best Actress Oscar nominations, Baxter for All About Eve (1950) , Redgrave for Georgy Girl (1966).