So, to be clear, was the reference to Travis McGee or Matt Bracken?
The name mentioned was “Travis McGee” — I assumed it was a reference to our freeper, but I guess the world reads his books and knows him only as Matt Bracken. So perhaps the show was simply referencing a John McDonald character from decades past.
Tee head agent dialogue mentioned reading Travis McGee novels, and I put two and two together and got 5 it seems. I was unaware of the novels by another author and naturally attributed the reference to our own Travis McGee, AKA Matt Bracken. My bad.
Coulson said he was dropped off on an island in the Caribbean with a stack of Travis McGee novels. Pretty sure that was in reference to the MacDonald books since they are set in Florida and the Keys.
Not me. The ref would be to the serial character of novelist John D. MacDonald. It’s just my screen name on FR.