Corbin Bernsen Guest Stars as a Cat-Loving Former NFL Coach on Reggie Dinkins

Corbin Bernsen appears as Duck Donovan, Reggie’s former NFL coach, in Episode 4 of NBC’s sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins. The series stars Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe and, executive produced by Tina Fey, features a supporting cast that includes Erika Alexander and Bobby Moynihan.

In “Save the Cat,” Reggie spots a missing-cat poster that resembles Donovan’s emotional support cat, Namath, and pitches a plan to Arthur Tobin to find and return the feline as a way to win his old coach’s forgiveness. The episode frames Donovan as another figure who suffered public fallout after Reggie’s gambling scandal wrecked his NFL career.

Tobin joins Reggie on a chaotic search through the New Jersey wilderness that yields no results and a failed dry-cleaning scent trail, which only alerts Donovan to their meddling. He later confronts Reggie at his home, where the cat is revealed to be safe in a backpack carrier; insulted and furious, Donovan erupts at Reggie, deepening the grudge between them.

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