In "The Cats Of Paradise," Modesty Blaine wants to buy cats to sell to a mining town besieged by mice. Bret resorts to the thousand dollar bill pinned inside his coat. Naturally, Modesty cons Bret, even tries to have him shanghaied. We learn that eights and aces are the "dead man's hand." Wild Bill Hickok supposedly held these cards when he was murdered in Deadwood. Bret was always quoting his pappy, and those words of wisdom became known as pappyisms: Bret says, "A man who sticks his head in the sand makes an awfully good target." The women in the series left much to be desired. Whether it was Modesty Blaine, Melanie Blake or Samantha Crawford, they were always trying to make off with the money.