Tom was a mob-connected business man and potential investor in the screenplay written by Dylan McKay and Charlie Rollins, who came to Palm Springs to meet with him about making the screenplay into a movie. At first, everything was great during their initial visit, but when Tom questioned the financial scam of one of the characters in the script, Dylan explained that his father, Jack McKay, pulled off the scam. After hearing this, Tom indicated that he knew Jack and stated that if Jack pulled it off, he believed it.