Everyday People Sly Stone's pleas for peace and equality between differing races and social groups, a major theme and focus for the band. The Family Stone featured Caucasians Greg Errico and Jerry Martini in its lineup, as well as females Rose Stone and Cynthia Robinson; making it the first major integrated band in rock history. Sly and the Family Stone's message was about peace and equality through music, and this song reflects the same. Unlike the band's more typically funky and psychedelic records, "Everyday People" is a mid-tempo number with a more mainstream pop feel. Sly, singing the main verses for the
A Room with No View "A Room With No View" was the first to have been written by producer Ken Horton, and his only solo writing credit. Horton would pen a further two episodes in the third season, both with Chip Johannessen. "A Room With No View" saw the third appearance of recurring villain Lucy Butler, who had previously appeared in "Lamentation" and "Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions", and would return for the third season episodes "Antipas" and "Saturn Dreaming of Mercury". Redmond, a fan of series creator Chris Carter and recurring series director David Nutter, had initially auditioned for another episode of the first