 In the opening episode, two elements of the original series  _"Fantasy Island" (1978)_ (qv) are referenced: the white suits  (Roarke in this series makes a point of choosing black) and the  infamous "The plane! The plane!" announcement (Roarke orders the  underling who does this never to do it again). In a later episode we  see a woman living in a trailer with a Ricardo Montalban  commemorative plate.