"titled "Skin Deep", written by joint series creator Donald P. Bellisario, used a similar premise.Ian McShane guested as the Lydecker type, an insanely jealous film producer, and Cathie Shirriff guest-starred as the episode's version of Laura Hunt, the prominent actress Erin Wolfe, whose apparent suicide series main character Thomas Sullivan "Tom" Magnum IV (series lead Tom Selleck) is investigating.