For the second time in the series, Jessica hires a local boy to help with her garden, and the boy gets her "spare bicycle" as payment. The first was Tommy Rutledge in Simon Says, Color Me Dead (1987).
This was Kiel Martin's final acting role before his death on December 28th, 1990 at the age of 46. Ironically, this episode was broadcast the same night, January 21st, 1990, as his other final TV movie, Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990)
Bridget Hanley, who played Gloria Franzen, previously played Candy Pruitt on the TV series "Here Come the Brides" starring 1960s heart throb Bobby Sherman. She was married to E.W. Swackhamer, who was a prolific TV director (Columbo; Murder, She Wrote; Quincy, M.E; L.A Law).
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.
Dr. Seth Hazlitt (William Windon) says "Now there goes a young man who's going to make something of himself one day" about Kevin Bryce (Jonathan Brandis). Sadly Jonathan Brandis died at the age of 27 on 12th November 2003 due to suicide.