In this episode the Martin couple agrees to adopt Timmy, and to take over the farm for the departing Miller family, who are moving to the city after the death of Gramps.

Leachman, however, did not have a signed contract and left at the end of Season 4, citing her role was not challenging enough for her.

The producers decided to release Shepodd in the wake of the departing Leachman as they felt casting him with a "new wife" would be difficult to explain to an audience composed mainly of children.

The characters Paul and Ruth Martin were thereafter played by Hugh Reilly and June Lockhart.

[2] In an opening sequence, Jackson irritates the other men in the unit who are queuing up for coffee, when he jumps the queue.