▁episode ▁" B ird s ▁G otta ▁Fly ", ▁directed ▁by ▁Mario ▁Van ▁Pe eb les , ▁star red ▁I rene ▁Car a ▁as ▁Bird ' s ▁est r anged ▁daughter ▁C eline , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁movie ▁and ▁TV ▁person ality ▁Michael ▁Beach ▁as ▁Joseph ine ' s ▁military - bound ▁son , ▁and ▁Me agan ▁Good ▁in ▁a ▁small ▁role . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁rev amp ed ▁version ▁of ▁Gabriel ' s ▁Fire ▁was ▁announced , ▁its ▁original ▁working ▁title ▁was ▁Bird ▁& ▁K att , ▁as ▁C ren na ' s ▁character ▁was ▁first ▁named ▁Peter ▁K att ▁in ▁development . ▁After ▁further ▁revision ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁format , ▁Peter ▁K att ▁became ▁Mitch ▁O ' H annon ▁and ▁the ▁produ cers ▁settled ▁on ▁the ▁title ▁Pro s ▁and ▁Cons , ▁which ▁had ▁a ▁dual ▁meaning — not ▁only ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁posit ives ▁and ▁neg atives ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁leads ▁working ▁together , ▁but ▁of ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁professional ▁detect ives ▁often ▁ch asing ▁after ▁conv ict s . ▁ ▁Char acters ▁Gabriel ▁Bird , ▁played ▁by ▁James ▁Earl ▁Jones ▁Joseph ine , ▁played ▁by ▁Mad ge ▁S inc la ir ▁Mitch ▁O ' H annon , ▁played ▁by ▁Richard ▁C ren na ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Category : 1 9 9 0 s ▁American ▁crime ▁drama ▁television ▁series ▁Category : T ele vision ▁series ▁by ▁Lor imar ▁Television ▁Category : American ▁Broadcast ing ▁Company ▁original ▁programming ▁Category : English - language ▁television ▁programs ▁Category : 1