 The plot for the pilot episode was eventually recycled into that season's Christmas episode, "Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk", in which the story of the pilot episode, concerning the practical problems on landing, is related through a series of flashbacks.Footage featuring characters that had been recast was reshot using the current actors.For scenes including only Denver, Hale, Backus, and Schafer, the original footage was reused.