Watchable TV crime drama takes L. A. Law's Jimmy Smits from the streets of Miami to San Juan Puerto Rico to Atlantic City where he's out to expose a criminal syndicate responsible for several murders and ends up in over his head. Along the way there's beautiful hostess Tasia Valenza, wealthy Robin Strasser and singer Markie Post, all attracted to those dimples and surface gentle demeanor, hiding a determined cop who'll break rules to get the job done.
Then there's John Diehl as the bad guy, killing the friendly Puerto Rican cab driver in the jungle whom he suspects was a rat, and out for revenge against Smits. He's a mama's boy, and oh what a mama he has, the irrepressible Kathleen Freeman who when confronted by the cops doesn't go off on them like she did with the same year's "Dragnet". In fact, she gets to be quite gentle (at least on the surface), with a gorgeous white cockatoo who hates junior. Smits has such charm that he's irresistible, and Strasser is having a great time as the horny hotel magnate. Post gets to sing a couple of classic standards. This may be nothing new, but there's some fun stuff along the way.
Then there's John Diehl as the bad guy, killing the friendly Puerto Rican cab driver in the jungle whom he suspects was a rat, and out for revenge against Smits. He's a mama's boy, and oh what a mama he has, the irrepressible Kathleen Freeman who when confronted by the cops doesn't go off on them like she did with the same year's "Dragnet". In fact, she gets to be quite gentle (at least on the surface), with a gorgeous white cockatoo who hates junior. Smits has such charm that he's irresistible, and Strasser is having a great time as the horny hotel magnate. Post gets to sing a couple of classic standards. This may be nothing new, but there's some fun stuff along the way.