 Michael J. Fox (I) (qv)s final episode contained numerous  references to his earlier series, _"Family Ties" (1982)_ (qv),  including a cameo appearance by Michael Gross (I) (qv) (who played  Foxs father in the earlier series), a reference to a Republican  senator named "Alex P. Keaton" (Foxs earlier character) and  Meredith Baxter (qv) starred as his mother, who also was his  mother in _"Family Ties" (1982)_ (qv).