Right after the title sequence, Agent Dan Briggs drives into a deserted Drive In movie theater to receive his next assignment. The marquee for the theater says "Geller and Solow 'Spend the Money' " As stated in other posts.. this was to be the last episode where we see Agent Dan Briggs played by Stephen Hill.
The production staff was growing weary with the mounting difficulties that Stephen was causing (likely not intentionally).. He had converted to orthodox Judaism which greatly affected his availability.. additionally he was injured performing a stunt in one episode which made filming his shots more difficult.
Geller = Bruce Geller Solow = Herbert R. Solow
you can make out the entire marquee @ 0:54 minutes into the show.
We miss you, Stephen, but hey .. Peter Graves was the one everyone remembers the most.
Classic moments: when Leonard Nimoy came on as Paris, he got to play along another "Jim" character just like he did in Star Trek.
As both Star Trek and M:I were produced by the same studio (Desilu) it is great to see guest actors from one series guest act in the other (as if they needed another connection besides Leonard Nimoy).
The production staff was growing weary with the mounting difficulties that Stephen was causing (likely not intentionally).. He had converted to orthodox Judaism which greatly affected his availability.. additionally he was injured performing a stunt in one episode which made filming his shots more difficult.
Geller = Bruce Geller Solow = Herbert R. Solow
you can make out the entire marquee @ 0:54 minutes into the show.
We miss you, Stephen, but hey .. Peter Graves was the one everyone remembers the most.
Classic moments: when Leonard Nimoy came on as Paris, he got to play along another "Jim" character just like he did in Star Trek.
As both Star Trek and M:I were produced by the same studio (Desilu) it is great to see guest actors from one series guest act in the other (as if they needed another connection besides Leonard Nimoy).