 In the season five episode "Dick For Tat" it was revealed that Mary had had a fling with Strudwick.Their rivalry continued until the very last episode of the series, in which the aliens held an alien-themed farewell party, that Dick misled Strudwick into arriving at dressed for a masquerade ball recreating the court of King Louis XIV.Alissa Strudwick becomes Tommy's long-time girlfriend after he breaks up with August.