In the opening scene for the pilot , as a throwaway joke , Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is shown being judged after his death , with the date given as July 29 , 2011 . In the year after the Berlin discotheque bombing and the U.S. response , the 1987 pilot was playing off Gaddafi 's prominent negative perception by the American public . Twenty-four years later , by coincidence , Gaddafi 's death ( on October 20 , 2011 ) occurred within three months of the " predicted " date and was from the same cause ( multiple gunshot wounds )
Berlin discotheque bombing
1986 West Berlin discotheque bombing
Second Chance (1987 TV series)