What if Dirty Harry had to do dishes between murders?
At work, Chris is a hardboiled no-nonsense detective who's investigating a series of brutal murders of jazz musicians. At home, he's a family man straight out of sitcom who has to satisfy every whim of his wife and kids.
Acting
Chris Elliott commits to both genres with deranged sincerity.
Writing
The pilot that dared ask: what if cop shows hated women MORE?
Direction
Gary Weis cuts between blood spatter and laugh track flawlessly.
Director
Gary Weis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was produced for HBO but never became a series, possibly because test audiences experienced 'comedy vertigo' from the whiplash pacing.
A direct ancestor of 'Too Many Cooks' and every Adult Swim anti-comedy that followed—this 1987 misfire invented a whole aesthetic by accident.
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