Pointman

This will always be one of my all-time favorite television series. Jack Scalia was excellant as ex-con Constantine "Connie" Harper, providing justice for victims of crime week after week. Well-written scripts, excellent cast, and solid action combined to make another example of a great series that was cancelled WAY too early. At least it got to finish a full season. Watch it next time it's on.

The show was actually filmed in Jacksonville, Florida.

The city in which the show was set was never mentioned. It was implied in several scenes that the setting was California. In one scene "Connie" is running on the beach at sunset with the sun setting over the ocean (I'm sure they filmed at sunrise for the effect).

The restaurant where "Connie" hung out was a Miami Subs franchise in Baymeadows.

The office lobby shown in one episode was the lobby of the Independent Life Tower in downtown Jacksonville (visible in several cityscape photographs taken for the Super Bowl).

This excellent TV series was one of the finest shows ever made. It had sun, action, extremely beautiful settings in sunny California and some really interesting storylines. All this together with a dynamite handsome Jack Scalia who was absolutely perfect for the part, this is one extremely handsome actor that only can be surpassed by Roger Moore in looks.

The series is about an ex banker that tries to help people who are in trouble. The last episode for example was probably the best thing I`ve ever seen on a TV show, I`ve never seen anything like it, the episode had a terrific and interesting story.

Too bad the series only had 24 episodes before it got cancelled. When I think about TV series like One West Waikiki starring Richard Burgi and Cheryl Ladd and MR. & MRs. Smith (13 episodes) also got cancelled before it even started I get really frustrated. All of these was terrific series that should have been around for a long time.

Watching this show after finding out it was filmed in the city I grew up in! I actually watched them filming a scene on Jacksonville's west side. The show was not all that great, but it was not half bad, either. I think it had a feel-good vibe and it was not suppose to really be anything more than that. I can recall taking my son to see as many of the places they filmed in and trying to see if we could meet Jack Scalia! It seemed to me, we ALWAYS "just missed him"! But we had fun trying to get there in time. (Not like they published film scheduling so we could figure it out!) I do not think we ever really DID get to every place where they filmed, but we sure had fun trying! My favourite place they filmed was in Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park! They filmed at the Dolphin Plaza on the beach. We went there a few days later, but we missed the actual filming. :(

With so many disappointing one-hour action-comedies out there, Pointman stands up fairly well. Sure, it wasn't going to win any awards for originality, nor Emmys for acting, but it was an enjoyable and entertaining series.

Jack Scalia plays Constance Harper, sent to prison after being set up by a colleague. After getting out, he is armed with certain tricks of the trade, and a list of people who could help him-or go to him to seek help.

There are tones of The Equalizer here: Harper renders his services for free, fighting for the underdog, and is even prepared to invest substantially doing so—and this is no surprise, for Maurice Hurley executive-produces and writes certain episodes. Unlike the earlier series, it is not gritty, nor dark—Pointman was made in Jacksonville, Florida, with all the sun that city provides.

Most of the episodes lie between action and comedy and delivers the former in a fairly well sewn-up fashion. The plot holes are not particularly numerous—Hurley, Stephen Hattman, Jamie Paul Rock, Jon Cassar and others have seen to that with their usual professionalism—and each episode is pacy, fun and enjoyable.

Occasionally, it's nice to watch something formula; Pointman filled this role infinitely better than most other 1990s American TV series.