Episode guest stars 'foxy' Kristian Alfonso and Peter Reckell are the daytime supercouple Hope and Bo Brady from Days of Our Lives (1965). The two at the time were not on the soap and never shared screen time on this episode. Interestingly, Alfonso's character's lover's name was "Brady," and is played by Bo Eason.
In spite of the title, the giant octopus from Part I is not seen or even mentioned in this episode.
Kelly Slater as Jimmy Slade is listed in the opening credit but is not in this episode.