The ultimate grumpy dad vs. reckless son cop show that nobody remembers but everybody should.
Season 1 • Episode 18
LatestKaz's bike and a valuable baseball card are stolen and lead into a different type of ball game managed by a player who could have Charlie legally tossed out.
Battles is a 45-year-old hard-nosed veteran cop who is forced to take a desk job or retire. Battles is soon assigned a new partner, the 25-year old hotshot Kaczierowski who follows his own set of rules when dealing with criminals. The pair are soon at odds over their respective methods of law enforcement. HARDBALL is an American crime drama television series that ran on NBC during the 1989-1990 television schedule.
Acting
John Ashton brings weary gravitas; Richard Tyson oozes chaotic energy.
Writing
Robert Palm scripts that actually let cops be flawed humans.
Creator
Robert Palm
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hardball arrived at the tail end of the 80s buddy-cop boom, when networks greenlit anything with mismatched partners and car chases. It got buried by Cheers and Golden Girls.
John Ashton had just played the same weary cop energy in Midnight Run; Richard Tyson was fresh off Three O'Clock High. The casting director clearly had a type.
US
