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This episode, ‘Blood Ties’, although very enjoyable, is probably the least well camouflaged of all the backdoor pilots. A pair of female vice Detectives: Amy Devlin ( Kathy Evison ) and Taylor Lucas ( Zoe McLellan ) behave like female versions of Murtaugh and Riggs (from the Lethal Weapon franchise).
Diagnosis: Murder is an action comedy/mystery/medical crime drama television series starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a medical doctor who solves crimes with the help of his son, a homicide detective played by his real-life son Barry Van Dyke.
Jack Stewart does reappear in a couple of Lee Goldberg's Diagnosis Murder books, "The Silent Partner" and "The Last Word". In the first three TV Movies his name was Jack Parker. Dr. Jesse Travis (played by Charlie Schlatter , 1995–2001, seasons 3–8), a residency and handsome student at Community General Hospital who Mark took under his wing ...
This episode feels like one of the backdoor pilots that DM became a little notorious for. It features a professional female thief and feels like a synthesis of ‘Raffles’ and ‘Mission: Impossible’. The seven deadly sins of the title refer to seven jewels that were crafted for Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia.
Julia Kay and her son, 11-year-old Sean Kay, leave behind a broken-hearted husband and father – and three other children – after they were killed in the horrific collision.
Lee Goldberg is an American author, screenwriter, publisher and producer known for his bestselling novels Lost Hills and True Fiction and his work on a wide variety of TV crime series, including Diagnosis: Murder, A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Hunter, Spenser: For Hire, Martial Law, She-Wolf of London, SeaQuest, 1-800-Missing, The Glades and Monk.
Television pilots within a series.. This category includes pilot episodes that were not broadcast as the series premiere.. It also includes backdoor pilots, i.e. films or miniseries that serve as a proof of concept for a full series, but may be broadcast on their own even if the full series is not picked up.
The story of Grady and his eyebrow-raising gift to his daughter and son-in-law just before their cocktail party for stuffy university professors. Note: The Family Man serves as a backdoor pilot for the spin-off Grady which also starred Joe Morton, Carole Cole and Haywood Nelson (later of What's Happening!!). It is the only episode in which ...