Mile-High Club: Banacek and his Girl of the Week get it on in a light plane in "A Million the Hard Way".She is as seemingly in the dark about what happens to her father as everyone else. Lovely Assistant: In "Now You See Me, Now You Don't", the vanishing Stage Magician was using his daughter as his lovely assistant.Landing Gear Shot: Used in "Now You See Me, Now You Don't" to establish that Banacek has travelled from Los Angeles to Los Vegas.He later brings both of them with him to the Summation Gathering.
A Lady on Each Arm: In "Rocket to Oblivion", Art Gallagher arrives at the exposition with a girl on each arm.Interestingly, he is the only character who ever refers to Banacek by his first name.
Distracted by the Sexy: A Running Gag in the series is Jay turning up somewhere to deliver a message to Banacek, only to be distracted by the plethora of scantily clad women in the area to the point that he forgets why he is there till Banacek presses him on it.Bonus points for him proceeding to arrange the flowers in a vase while conducting his interrogation. Banacek dons a white coat, picks up two bunches of flowers, and waltzes into her room unnoticed. Delivery Guy Infiltration: In "If Max Is So Smart, Why Doesn't He Tell Us Where He Is?", various flunkies are preventing Banacek from getting into a hospital room to talk to the owner of the stolen supercomputer.The monkey has no bearing on the plot whatsoever. Cymbal-Banging Monkey: In "The Three Million Dollar Piracy", a scene opens with a cymbal banging monkey when Banacek visits the office of the president of a toy company.Cool Car: The AMX-400 from "Project Phoenix".Computer Equals Tapedrive: In "If Max Is So Smart, Why Doesn't He Tell Us Where He Is?", the object stolen is Max a 1970s supercomputer with spinning tape drives and blinking lights that takes up half a room.In the mid-1980s, she became interested in natural beauty therapies, and in 1989, she created a self-named line of skincare products, Principal Secret.Principal became a best-selling author, writing three books about beauty, skincare, fitness, well-being, and. Afterwards, she began her own production company, Victoria Principal Productions, focusing mostly on television films. She spent nine years on the long-running series, leaving in 1987. Vicki Ree Principal (born January 3, 1950), later known as Victoria Principal, is an American actress, producer, entrepreneur, and author, best known for her role as Pamela Barnes Ewing on the American primetime television soap opera series Dallas.