History Series / SilkStalkings

''Silk Stalkings'' is an American crime drama television series that premiered on Creator/{{CBS}} on November 7, 1991. Broadcast for two seasons until CBS ended the Crimetime experiment in June 1993, the remaining six seasons ran exclusively on Creator/USANetwork until the series finale on April 18, 1999. The show was creator Creator/StephenJCannell's longest-running series. Its title is a wordplay on silk stockings.

* PunBasedTitle: playing on the silk stockings worn by femme fatales and "stalking," being the nefarious crimes perpetrated by the villains of the week.

* WorkingWithTheEx: In the final seasons, the original cops were replaced by the characters of Tom Ryan and Cassy St. John, who have been through a somewhat angry divorce, but who also (it rapidly becomes ''very'' clear) are far from over each other. It's shown over time that Tom would die for Cassy, if necessary, and Cassy is definitely still hung up on him, to the damage of her other relationships. It rapidly becomes clear from their comments and other indications that the biggest problem between them was mostly immaturity on both their parts, the only thing standing in their way as a couple was/is the need for them both to grow up a bit.

* AffectionateNickname: Chris and Rita call each other Sam. It was because they were both fans of golfer 'Slamming' Sam Snead.

* TheMountainsOfIllinois: The show was filmed in San Diego, but supposedly took place in Palm Beach, Florida. Of course, Mount Soledad, the Laguna Mountains and many lesser hills were prominent in the backgrounds of many exterior shots. Several Floridian fans of the show joked that it was obviously Mount Dora we were seeing in the background. [[note]]For the record, Mount Dora, Florida is a small town that sits at an elevation of 144 feet. In Florida, 144 feet puts Mount Dora at one of the higher elevations in the state.[[/note]] While not famous for hills the way, say, San Francisco is, San Diego does have a few streets that climb 144 feet over a few blocks. The highest point in all of Palm Beach County (which is twice the size of Rhode Island) is a 20-foot high ridge east of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.

--->'''Tom Ryan''' Sergeants Ryan and St. John, Palm Springs P.D..\\

* SpiritualPredecessor: This show can be considered a kind of LighterAndSofter more glamorous version of ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU''.

The series portrays the daily lives of two detectives who solve sexual-based crimes of passion ("silk stalkings") among the ultra rich of Palm Beach, Florida.

* DropDeadGorgeous: A series about detectives investigating "crimes of passion" among Palm Beach's tony set? Cue the dead bodies of beautiful, glamorous women - it seemed like almost every other episode had at least one female victim whose dead body was seen at the crime scene or laid out in the morgue.

* StockingFiller: Stockings and garter belts feature in many episodes, and are even used in the opening credits. As mentioned above, the title itself is a pun on the phrase "silk stockings".

* WaifFu: Both Sgt./Lt. Lance and Det. St. John had their respective motives, to the surprise of whomever they were up against.
* WorkingWithTheEx: In the final seasons, the original cops were replaced by the characters of Tom Ryan and Cassy St. John, who have been through a somewhat angry divorce, but who also (it rapidly becomes ''very'' clear) are far from over each other. It's shown over time that Tom would die for Cassy, if necessary, and Cassy is definitely still hung up on him, to the damage of her other relationships.
** It rapidly becomes clear from their comments and other indications that the biggest problem between them was mostly immaturity on both their parts, the only thing standing in their way as a couple was/is the need for them both to grow up a bit.

* SunshineNoir: Sexy, noir-style crimes among the super-rich in glamorous Palm Beach, Florida. The color palette is noticeably bright.

* StockingFiller: Stockings and garter belts feature in many episodes, and are even used in the opening credits.