At the end of the episode, the last in the first season, Mrs. Garrett huddles around Tootie, Natalie, Blair, and Sue Ann and says, "Well, at least our group is back together again." However, while the producers eliminated the four central girls for the second season, they especially decided to eliminate Sue Ann in favor of Jo.
The last appearance of Felice Schachter (Nancy), Julie Piekarski (Sue Ann), Julie Anne Haddock (Cindy) and Molly Ringwald (Molly) as the regular cast. Molly appears in one more episode (The New Girl: Part 2 (1980)); Nancy, Sue Ann, and Cindy appear in a few other episodes.
This is the last time that the dormitory set was used.
This is the last time John Lawlor appeared as Mr. Bradley. He was dropped as a regular cast member, and "Facts of Life" would continue the next eight seasons without him.
A then-unknown Helen Hunt makes an one-time guest appearance here as Emily. She would later become a star and win an Oscar, 4 Emmys, 4 Golden Globe Awards, one People's choice Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.