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Season 1 – Hardcastle & McCormick

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A retired judge works with his last defendant to follow up on cases that were dismissed due to technicalities.
Hardcastle & McCormick — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Veteran actor Brian Keith capably commits to his hard-bitten role as a vigilante judge, but this action vehicle quickly veers off the road with its offensive premise and deluge of car chases.

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Tom Shales Washington Post 08/26/2021
Hardcastle and McCormick originally had the working title "Rolling Thunder." There is too much rolling on the premiere, but the thunder summoned by Keith is enough to shake one's chandelier. But good. Go to Full Review John J. O'Connor New York Times 08/26/2021
The relationship between the two, which is the only new element this action contraption has going for it, will be crucial for survival. The start is at least promising. Go to Full Review Eric Mink St. Louis Post-Dispatch 08/26/2021
If you're a fan of car chases, you'll have plenty to watch. What do you expect when one of the lead characters is a professional race driver. Otherwise, forget it. Creator Stephen Cannell has missed with this one. Go to Full Review Karl Vick Tampa Bay Times 08/26/2021
The misguided pilot preoccupies itself with shootouts, fistfights, and a race car straight out of Knight Rider. It's invigorating only when the pair bicker Go to Full Review Bill Kelley South Florida Sun-Sentinel 08/26/2021
Squeezed between the roaring engines and squealing tires (not for nothing is the co-star portraying a race car driver) are some pretty dangerous -- and stupid -- politics. Go to Full Review Mark Goodman Santa Cruz Sentinel 08/26/2021
Keith is an admirable screen staple, but there's an uneasy lynch-mob mentality about this one. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
Hardcastle & McCormick — Season 1

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Brian Keith

Judge Milton "Hardcase" Hardcastle

Daniel Hugh Kelly

Mark "Skidmark" McCormick

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 18, 1983 Rolling Thunder Race-driver Mark McCormick, tricked into stealing an experimental car, comes before Judge Milton Hardcastle. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 18, 1983 Rolling Thunder Retiring Judge Hardcastle offers McCormick an unusual deal, help him fight crime or go to prison. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 25, 1983 Man in a Glass House Mobsters snatch a priest, the son of an ex-gangster, to get the father's incriminating files. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 2, 1983 The Crystal Duck Mark violates parole by sheltering his ex-cellmate, who later holds up the judge's weekly poker game. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 9, 1983 Goin' Nowhere Fast A convict (Robert Desiderio), seeking revenge on Hardcastle, escapes with the help of the warden's wife. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 16, 1983 The Black Widow Mark and the judge get involved with a woman (Marta Du Bois) linked to the strange deaths of mob leaders. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 23, 1983 The Boxer By pressuring a young boxer's father, a crooked promoter tries to force the Olympic hopeful to turn professional. Details Episode 8 Aired Oct 30, 1983 Once Again With Vigorish Hardcastle plans to trap a dangerous loan shark by having Mark pose as a desperate escaped convict. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 6, 1983 Killer B's Milton talks old pal Buddy Ebsen into taking a B-movie role in a plan to trap a drug-dealing producer. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 13, 1983 The Prince of Fat City Milt and Mark shelter a young gang member (Stoney Jackson) marked for death from several fronts. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 27, 1983 Hotshoes So he can fill in for an injured driver, Mark begs Milt not to harass a race-car owner. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 4, 1983 Flying Down to Rio Hardcastle is framed for drug dealing when he and Mark try to stop Caribbean gunrunners. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 11, 1983 Just Another Round of That Old Song Mark and Milton help an ex-convict find a 25-year-old cache before a crooked, retired police officer does. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 1, 1984 Third Down and Twenty Years to Life Mark poses as a student to discover if a man Hardcastle sentenced for murder actually committed the crime. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 8, 1984 Whistler's Pride Hardcastle races his inherited Thoroughbred, unaware a desperate woman has fixed the competition. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 15, 1984 Mr. Hardcastle Goes to Washington Mark and Hardcastle investigate a plot against the judge's nomination to the Supreme Court. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 29, 1984 School for Scandal A society-party heist leads Milt and Mark to a sophisticated, crime-school founder (Robert Culp). Details Episode 18 Aired Feb 5, 1984 The Georgia Street Motors An inmate's decision to forgo parole leads to a band of vigilante judges; guest Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Details Episode 19 Aired Mar 4, 1984 The Homecoming Two old classmates of the judge's die mysteriously at his reunion in Kansas. Details Episode 20 Aired Mar 11, 1984 The Homecoming With Hardcastle presumed dead, McCormick goes into hiding with the daughter of one of the murdered alumni. Details Episode 21 Aired Mar 18, 1984 Did You See the One That Got Away? The judge sees a man he sentenced to life and later discovers the criminal's records have disappeared. Details Episode 22 Aired Mar 25, 1984 Really Neat Cars and Guys With a Sense of Humor Mark's mechanic (Patrick Collins) "borrows" Coyote to impress a rich woman he met through a dating service. Details Episode 23 Aired Apr 1, 1984 Scared Stiff Prison inmates abused by corrupt officials revolt, taking Mark and the judge hostage; guests Red West, Daryl Anderson. Details

Season Info

Genre
Crime, Drama, Adventure, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 18, 1983