Former NFL star Fred Dryer (Yes, his name is a home appliance.) is told somewhere down the line, "Gosh, Fred, you'd be a great actor", and he freaking believed them. The end result is this soft Stephen Cannell-produced cop show that managed to run for what felt like an eternity on NBC Saturdays.
The show spends literally years trying to convince you the lead character - Hunter, clever that - is Dirty Harry, but on television, so not as dirty, but oooh, he's dirty enough. But no, he's not.
Inexplicable chemistry between Dryer and his sidekick/partner played by Stepfanie Kramer, who apparently never properly learned to spell her name, manages to carry this show for SEVEN SEASONS AND A REUNION MOVIE.
Seriously, this is the longest-running worst crime drama of the 1980s to early 90s. If you're looking for some of that gritty Hallmark Channel "intensity", keep changing channels because you're bound to eventually hit "Matlock" instead.
The show spends literally years trying to convince you the lead character - Hunter, clever that - is Dirty Harry, but on television, so not as dirty, but oooh, he's dirty enough. But no, he's not.
Inexplicable chemistry between Dryer and his sidekick/partner played by Stepfanie Kramer, who apparently never properly learned to spell her name, manages to carry this show for SEVEN SEASONS AND A REUNION MOVIE.
Seriously, this is the longest-running worst crime drama of the 1980s to early 90s. If you're looking for some of that gritty Hallmark Channel "intensity", keep changing channels because you're bound to eventually hit "Matlock" instead.