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Discards

Episode Number: 95    Season Num: 5    First Aired: Thursday November 13, 1997    Prod Code: 095
Jesse finally reunites with his father. After they narrowly elude an assassin, Jesse begins to realize his father isn't the accountant he's always claimed to be, but rather a spy. The Travis's attempt to discover who's sending the killers.

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Writer: David Bennett Carren, J. Larry Carroll
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Star: Dick Van Dyke (Dr. Mark Sloan),  Barry Van Dyke (Detective Steve Sloan),  Charlie Schlatter (Dr. Jesse Travis),  Victoria Rowell (Dr. Amanda Bentley, Medical Examiner (1993-2001))
Guest Star: Robert Vaughn (Alexander Drake),  Phil Morris (Jim Kesler),  Patrick Macnee (Bernard Garrison),  Robert Culp (Dane Travis),  Barbara Bain (Cinnamon Carter),  Ted Mattison (Bruce Travis)

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Unlike Barbara Bain, Phil Morris does not reprise his Mission: Impossible character in this spy get together even though the character he plays here was the son of another spy just like his Mission: Impossible character. (edit)
The character Drake that Robert Vaughan plays could be a nod to John Drake, the character that Patrick McGoohan played in the spy series Danger Man (or Secret Agent to American audiences) before he went on to become the Prisoner. (edit)
This episode uses several actors who portrayed secret agents on other series. Barbara Bain reprises her Cinnamon Carter character from Mission: Impossible, Robert Culp acted in I Spy, The Name of the Game and The Greatest American Hero, Patrick Macnee appeared in The Avengers , Phil Morris in the 1988 Mission Impossible, and Robert Vaughn starred in several series including The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Protectors. (edit)

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"Cleverly plotted"
Jesse finally gets to spend some time with his Dad, only to find out that he's a spy
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