Quincy She Wrote?

In the time I've been spending away from MSW, I decided to explore other series in the mystery genre, and while I feel like I'm cheating on Jessica Fletcher, I started watching Quincy M.E. JB and I are far from through, but I was in need of time away from MSW in order to properly report its MP links.

Anyway, the reason that I am divulging my infidelity is because I have been feeling skeptical about my purpose with this blog. While I do think that the numerous mutual actors from MP/MSW must be and should be recorded, it's beginning to seem as if the same connection could be made between any two long running shows. Now, I was aware of this when I first took on this project, but I never thought I'd feel discouraged, and Quincy has made me feel discouraged.

In the second ("Who's Who in Neverland") and third ("A Star Is Dead") episodes of Quincy's first season, TWO MP actors appeared. "Who's Who..." featured Monte Markham who played Allison's father, and coincidentally, he was in several episodes of MSW! An actress in "A Star Is Dead," Donna Mills, was never in MSW, but portrayed Jane's birth mother in MP! As if back-to-back MP parent episodes weren't enough, the third episode of the second season featured Stephen Macht (pictured in a previous entry), who played Jane's birth mother's boyfriend! CONNECTION AFTER CONNECTION!

I realize that all of these actors and actresses had to eat, and therefore had bit parts in numerous television shows, so one could say that the MP/MSW connection is merely coincidental, but we all know that is not true. Despite my recent doubts, I know that my quest to document each occurrence of a mutual actor appearing in both Melrose Place and Murder She Wrote is not in vain!

Quincy shan't get me down again!