The episode's title refers to the 1885 oil on canvas painting, "The Homecoming", by the American artist Jennie Augusta Brownscombe.
John asks Kathryn, "What do you want to do," and she answers, "I don't know. But I'm going to find out." Lea Thompson says this line in Back to the Future as Lorraine before she finds out where "Calvin Klein" lives, after the skateboard chase.