The plot line has some similarities with the real life case of Daniel Wayne Smith, son of Anna Nicole Smith.
Just as Lorelai Mailer is a thinly veiled variation of Playmate Anna Nicole Smith, George Merritt (Bogdanovich) is modeled after the real life Hugh Hefner. But there is another wrinkle to the casting of Peter Bogdanovich: a fixture at Playboy Mansion parties, he had an affair with Dorothy Stratton, a Playmate of the Year who was tragically murdered. Later, he married Stratton's younger sister.
Chris Noth (Mike Logan) & Peter Bogdanovich (George Merritt) also worked together on episode 5.11, Goliath and David (2014), of The Good Wife (2009), as Peter Florrick & himself respectively.
Chris Noth (Mike Logan) & Ashlie Atkinson (Lisa Williams) also worked together on episode 7.5, Payback (2015), of The Good Wife (2009), as Peter Florrick & Octavia Howe respectively.