Title Reference
- The title refers to the song "Fortunate Son", by Creedence Clearwater Revival, about spoiled and privileged American youth.
- Several of the young men in the episode are "fortunate sons": the newly "made" Christopher (who has difficulty handling his new Mafia pressures), rebellious Jackie Jr. (who resents losing, what he misperceives to have been, heir apparent status after the death of his father), and A.J., who suffers from the same panic attacks as his father.
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