The former star of a cancelled cop TV show solves crimes. The pilot was broadcast on NBC in July 1991 but was not picked up as a series despite being a "personal favorite" of NBC chairman Brandon Tartikoff.
Acting
West's commitment to absolute nonsense is chef's kiss
Writing
Conan O'Brien & Robert Smigel's first collab, predictably unhinged
Direction
Treats sitcom absurdity with straight-faced cop drama gravity
Director
E.W. Swackhamer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Conan O'Brien wrote this between SNL and Late Night; it's his earliest TV work with Robert Smigel.
The 'failed pilot' format became a comedy genre itself—Lookwell is its patron saint of brilliant disasters.
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