When McCloud is first talking to Eve in Thelma's, an instrumental cover of "Don't Sleep in the Subway" is playing in the background.
Shelley Winters and Kay Lenz characters shared a similar dynamic when they costarred in the original production of the supernatural-themed television movie "The Initiation of Sarah".
When she's talking to McCloud, Thelma (Shelley Winters) makes a joke about knowing a fella in Taos, NM "about a hundred pounds ago." Shelley Winters gained 35 pounds for the part of Belle Rosen in "The Poseidon Adventure (1972)" and complained that she was never able to get back to her original weight. This line may gave been a reference to her continuing frustration with her weight.
Gordon MacRae starred with Shirley Jones in "Carousel" and "Oklahoma"... Kay Lenz would marry David Cassidy (Shirley Jones' stepson) from 1977 to 1983.