I must confess I haven't watched the dorama "Tokyo Airport" of which this "Tokunoshima Airport" is a spin-off, so I've possibly missed a few references here and there (though I got the baseball one in the last episode, LOL). Still, this very short dorama (4 episodes, 15 minutes each) is in my very humble opinion enjoyable just the same, with the kind of humor you might find in a 4-koma manga, if you know what I'm talking about. Last but not least, Koike Eiko is - as always! - superbly gorgeous (and also pretty scary, portraying this crazy control freak, LOL). All in all not a masterpiece, ok, but still a totally watchable, funny miniseries ^__^