Moonlighting Doubles
I’m still wading through season 3 of Moonlighting and I’ve gotten to the series of eps where Mark Harmon joined the show as Sam Crawford, Maddy’s love interest. It’s the catalyst for David to realize that he’s “in care” with Maddy and which pushes David and Maddy to finally get physical, as we used to say back in the 80’s.
Anyway, I was struck, as I watched Mark Harmon, who I remember as a huge heart-throb back then, by how much he looks like John Barrowman. Or maybe I mean, by how much the John Barrowman of now looks like the Mark Harmon of then. It’s almost uncanny. I’ve done a little snooping around, call it Internet research if you prefer, and I’ve been unable to find that they are in any way related. But they should be. Mark is only 16 years older, but he could almost be John’s dad. I’m surprised that I never realized it before now.
For those of you who don’t know, John Barrowman plays Captain Jack Harkness on Doctor Who and it’s spin off, Torchwood. Torchwood is starting its new season on Saturday, January 26 at 9 pm on BBC America. If you haven’t seen it, you should. It’s worth it just for dreamy Captain Jack alone. I mean, the show is good, too, but Jack is certainly nice to look at. No, really, the show is very good and you should check it out. And maybe even more exciting for me is the fact that James Marsters will be guest starring in the first ep.
If you want to check out the Mark Harmon of now, he’s over on NCIS, which airs, in repeats, on CBS, Tuesdays at 8 pm ET. I also saw that repeats of the first season are airing weekly on USA, Wednesdays at 9 pm and 10 pm ET. That show also stars Michael Weatherly, another favorite of mine, from Dark Angel.
Moonlighting, Mark Harmon, John Barrowman, Torchwood, Doctor Who, James Marsters, NCIS, Michael Weatherly, Dark Angel
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:04 pm
OMG i am so glad i am not the only one who thinks Mark Marmon looks so much like John Barrowman.
March 31st, 2009 at 9:20 pm
If Mark is his father I wonder if Kirstie Alley is the mother?
April 3rd, 2009 at 7:36 am
Oh, did you just see Summer School on HBO, too?!
It could be possible, cause they were both cute and so is he.