The first episode of this season, "Chicago," ended with a scene of Sam and Frankie reading the Lorraine Hansberry play A Raisin in the Sun back and forth to each other. In this episode, Glynn Turman guest-stars as Rocket. As a child, Turman played Travis Younger in the original Broadway cast of A Raisin in the Sun, acting alongside Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Louis Gossett Jr., Claudia McNeil, and Diana Sands.