Avery Brooks was a magnetic sidekick as Hawk in Spenser: For Hire. The man who kept a watchful eye out to protect Spenser's back.
When the series was cancelled. Brooks got a short lived spin off in A Man Called Hawk. A rarity as it was a series with a black lead.
The action relocates from Boston to Washington DC. It explores Hawk's background more as a former operative in American Intelligence and a Vietnam veteran.
The first episode has Hawk looking for an old friend David Tracton (Vondie Curtis-Hall.) He is a mirror image to Hawk. Black, a former soldier who became a government operative.
Now Tracton has gone missing and there are fears that he has gone freelance, a killer for hire. Hawk tries to get through to him via his daughter.
Also hunting Tracton is Colonel Edward Stoller from the US intelligence community. He was Hawk's old boss.
A pilot episode which has two black male leads would be seen to be ahead of his time. It is a solid but hackneyed story. There is a question mark whether the character of Hawk could be a charismatic lead character.
When the series was cancelled. Brooks got a short lived spin off in A Man Called Hawk. A rarity as it was a series with a black lead.
The action relocates from Boston to Washington DC. It explores Hawk's background more as a former operative in American Intelligence and a Vietnam veteran.
The first episode has Hawk looking for an old friend David Tracton (Vondie Curtis-Hall.) He is a mirror image to Hawk. Black, a former soldier who became a government operative.
Now Tracton has gone missing and there are fears that he has gone freelance, a killer for hire. Hawk tries to get through to him via his daughter.
Also hunting Tracton is Colonel Edward Stoller from the US intelligence community. He was Hawk's old boss.
A pilot episode which has two black male leads would be seen to be ahead of his time. It is a solid but hackneyed story. There is a question mark whether the character of Hawk could be a charismatic lead character.
