 Contains numerous references to Michael J. Fox (I) (qv)s 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).