A CBS American Crime Drama that has Chicago cop Joey LaFiamma (Michael Pare) teaming up with Texas lawman Levon Lundy (Michael Beck) after LaFiamma is transferred to Houston.
The show also stars Robyn Douglass, John Hancock, James Crittenden, and Madlyn Rhue.
It aired from March 11, 1987 to June 7, 1988 for two seasons.
Tropes for the series:
- Alliterative Name: Leevon Lundy.
- Bar Brawl: In the pilot episode, Joey and Levon {who do not get along yet) get into a knock-down-drag-out fight in the middle of a crowded bar. This naturally sparks a bar brawl, but before it can really achieve its full potential, the bar's owner fires a shotgun in the air and announces that this is a private fight between these two and everyone else needs to settle down and stay out of it.
- External Combustion: This is the backstory of Detective Levon Lundy; the criminals he was investigating decided to get him off their case permanently, but unfortunately his wife took the car out that morning.
- Hidden Wire: A particularly nasty example. The person wearing the wire was a civilian volunteer helping the police (partly because he had a romantic interest in one of the cops). Partway through the discussion, the wire malfunctioned and started sparking, and he was immediately shot and killed.
- Not Listening to Me, Are You?: Detective Lundy tell his distracted lieutenant that he's thinking about buying a suspect lunch, a new car, and a round-trip ticket to Paris. She doesn't react as he says it, but a few minutes later she dryly warns his bemused partner that she doesn't want to see a ticket to Paris on their expense report.
