If, in the Red Dawn episode, Murphy is the Lenin analogy, then Sparks is the Stalin analogy.
Which, actually WOULD explain where the hell he was that episode. In the early part of Lenin's rule, Stalin mainly stayed in the background building up his power base. It wasn't until Lenin's stroke that he started actively seizing power for himself.http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/Sealab2021
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