This show had a good cast; Dennis Franz and Benjamin Bratt, but it didn't last very long. It was bit stereotypical: the asian cop owned a martial arts dojo, colombians were drug pushers, african-americans were crack addicts, etc. However, it had great story lines, good character development, and great action sequences. The producer of this show, Dick Wolf, later added Benjamin Bratt to another of his long running vehicles, Law & Order. It just wasn't given enough time to develop.
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bpeck1315 January 2009Episode 1: Fire and Ice Lt. Stan Krieger takes over Lt. Farlow's position. Cruz puts his cover on the line in order to catch another Columbian who exhibits multiple personalities. Poptop: Cuba Gooding Jr., CareoRamy Zada
Episode 2: End Game Cruz becomes a player in a deadly poker game run by a maniacal drug lord, leaving Lt. Krieger to watch over Serena (Nia Peeples) when she goes into labor. Eddie Marco: Patrick Massett. Phillip Marco: Richard Marcus. Boris Diamond: Terry Kiser. Lt. Krieger: Dennis Franz. Midwife: Pamela Dunlap, Thug: Sly Smith
Episode 3: The Good, the Bad, and the Nasty Reports of copy-cat killings at crack houses jeopardize the Nasty Boys' undercover operations when Internal Affairs gets involved. Morrissey gets cozy with the reporter covering the story. Danny befriends a kid who witnessed a mass killing by the fake Nasties. Payday: Tommy Ford. Lynn Ulrich: Finn Carter. Gardner (false witness): Richard Riehle. Judson (kid): Thomas T.J. Evans.
Episode 4: Last Tango in Vegas The Nasties infiltrate a casino gunrunning operation to learn who's supplying Los Angeles gang members with automatic weapons. Alex gets involved with a singer who threatens his cover. Nicole Stanhope: Victoria Dillard. Russ Stanhope: Glenn Plummer. Major Clemens: Marc Alaimo. Wheeler: Don Franklin. Susan Rosencrans: Michelle Forbes, Max: Cary-Hiryuki Tagawa
Episode 5: Flesh and Blood Cruz's daughter is kidnapped by drug-cartel leaders (the Lofton brothers) who demand the release of their key associate, recently captured by the Nasties. Patrick Lofton: Stewart Finlay-McLennan. Dale Lofton: David Hunt. Batiste: Will Patton. Hernandez Vasquez: Julio Oscar Meshoso, Cruz: Benjamin Bratt. Serena: Nia Peeples.
Episode 6: The Candidate A gubernatorial candidate is a media manipulator who plans to use the Nasties to publicize his tough-on-crime campaign. Chuck Bradshaw: Charles Frank. Jimmy Murphy: John Shepard. Mr. Larsen (Danny's father): Richard Kuss. Larsen: Craig Hurley. Krieger: Dennis Franz.
Episode 7: The Line Wheeler goes undercover to smoke out dirty cops who've been stealing money and narcotics from drug busts. Capt. Ed March: Richard Venture. Jan Palmer: Cheryl Paris. Daniel Gilliam: SaMi Chester. Finley: Tobin Bell. Kaufman: Steve Rankin.
Episode 8: Home Again The Nasties follow Kee to Los Angeles when he's beset by family troubles after an uncle mixed up in the laundering of drug money dies. Uncle Oscar Kee: James Hong. Ruth Kee (Jimmy's mother): France Nguyen. Johnny Chung: Ping Wu. Willy Leong: Lloyd Kino. Kee: James Pax. Sammy (hot shot karate kid): Steven Ho.
Episode 9: Crossover While the Nasties try to catch Wayne Trilling (Pat Corley) for laundering money, Wheeler's cousin (Calvin Emory: Stan Foster), a college basketball player, dies from an apparent drug overdose. The Nasties discover a blackmailing scheme and more college kids are dying from drug overdoses. The Nasties babysit Cruz's son for a couple of days Kathy Heckland: Sarah Trigger, Mr. Aaron (recruitment agent): Steve Vinovich, Security Guard: Anthony DiMaria, Trip Harding: Vince Vaughn
Desert Run The Nasties go after Wetstone, a drug dealer, and are left stranded in the desert with an injured Kee. Wetstone: Jim Beaver, Slo Mo (pilot): Michael J. Pollard, Mr. Neff: Billy Barty, Ginger: Ginger Baker, Mr. Crilley: Tracey Walter, Mr. Krebs: Thomas F. Duffy
Episode 11: Kill or Be Killed: Part 1 (aka Blaze of Glory??) The "Vegas Vigilante" (Clarence Williams III) is a sniper who targets the Nasty Boys and dope peddlers in his one-man campaign to rid the streets of crime. Krush: Bruce Beatty. Joshua Dumars: Vincent Guastaferro. Dr. Chanel Cory: Lorraine Toussaint. Poptop: Cuba Gooding Jr.
Episode 12: Kill or Be Killed: Part 2 (Twelve and a Half) Conclusion. Cruz is held hostage in a warehouse filled with plastic explosives set to go off by the "Vegas Vigilante" (Clarence Williams III). Cruz: Benjamin Bratt. Joshua Dumars: Vincent Guastaferro. Milt Jackson: William Shockley. Poptop: Cuba Gooding Jr. -
scallender126 April 2004This was yet another show that was cancelled before it was even given a chance. That is one of the reasons I do not watch a lot of television today. All the good shows get cancelled, yet stupid sitcoms last forever. High Mountain Rangers was another great show that ended, and I am sure everybody can think of others. Great action. Fast paced. Exciting. this stupid window will not accept unless I have ten lines. this is annoying. I am used to saying short comments.
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These people went absolutely the whole Hollywood hog. It was almost, but not quite, laughable. They strained to be oh, so hip and oh, so cool. The dialog was ludicrous, seeded deliberately with "cool" lines that sounded phony and were often not even appropriate to whatever action was on screen.
But wait, there's more. They preached PC! The writers adopted Politically Correct causes and wrote scripts around them! You almost wanted to puke. In one episode, the only one I could make myself watch all the way through, the cool, hip Nasty Boys got nasty on some illegal gun runners. At the end they swooped down on the bad guys, caught them red handed doing the deal (without a shot fired, of course; can't show anybody getting hurt) and when everyone had surrendered they said something like, "All right you guys, get out of here and don't you ever do anything like this again. It's a good thing we got here in time. Now we can get these guns off the street." They arrested the guns and let all the criminals go!
It was a classic, all right, a shining example of Hollywood PC claptrap.