I remember it as the show with Disproportionate Attractive People
i always thought it was cool they had the undercover HQ in the middle of a high security prison …
If I remember correctly the news that he was a huge piece of shit didn’t come out until he was too sick to work. Bad role choices had already taken away most of the bump he got from Wiseguys.
I recall the multi-episode story arcs were almost like watching a different show every srason.
The first arc with Ray Sharkey is my favorite. I remember the big climatic fight introduced me to Knights in White Satin. I freaked out and had to immediately find out who sang it. This was a decade before Google. I had to ask coworkers.
The Profitt Storyline arc with Kevin Spacey and Joan Severance was very good. I had a serious crush on Joan Severance. She had the same persona as Kathleen Turner.
Amazon’s got the entire series streaming except for the seven episode ‘Dead Dog Records’ storyline from season two.
As I recall, the lead was replaced, due to the issues mentioned above, and the show just petered out.
I tried to watch the episodes. They are mislabeled and are actually from a later story arc in the season.
Memory is a funny thing. Some of the story arcs had so much impact on me that I remember them as being much longer. I remember Ken Wahl having to leave the show and Tony Denison coming in to replace him. Looking at it now I see that Denison was only in 4 episodes.
Wahl came back for a while, but was ultimately replaced permanently by Steven Bauer.