Pros and Cons (TV series)

Pros and Cons is an American crime drama television series that ran on ABC from September 26, 1991 to January 2, 1992, in the United States during the 1991–92 television season. It is a revamped, more lighthearted version of Gabriel's Fire, which aired on ABC the previous season.

Pros and Cons
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Donald R. Boyle Grenville Case J. Rae Fox George Schenck Frank Cardea
Starring	James Earl Jones Madge Sinclair Richard Crenna
Composer	William Olvis
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producers	Frank Cardea George Scheneck
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Schenck/Cardea Productions Lorimar Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 26, 1991 (1991-09-26) – January 2, 1992 (1992-01-02)
Related
Gabriel's Fire

Overview

Gabriel Bird is a former Chicago police officer, who, over twenty years prior, had been wrongfully sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a fellow officer. He was exonerated and subsequently became a Chicago private detective (as seen on Gabriel's Fire). Bird then moves to Los Angeles, where he teams up with another private eye, Mitch O'Hannon. Bird also marries his love interest, Josephine, She had been the proprietress of a café where Bird had begun frequenting shortly after his release, at first for her good, homestyle cooking, but soon, primarily for her companionship.

The episode "Birds Gotta Fly", directed by Mario Van Peebles, starred Irene Cara as Bird's estranged daughter Celine, as well as movie and TV personality Michael Beach as Josephine's military-bound son, and Meagan Good in a small role.

When the revamped version of Gabriel's Fire was announced, its original working title was Bird & Katt, as Crenna's character was first named Peter Katt in development. After further revision of the new format, Peter Katt became Mitch O'Hannon and the producers settled on the title Pros and Cons, which had a dual meaning—not only that of the positives and negatives of the two leads working together, but of the fact that they were professional detectives often chasing after convicts.

Characters

• James Earl Jones as Gabriel Bird
• Richard Crenna as Mitch O'Hannon
• Madge Sinclair as Josephine

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
1	"Fire and Ice"	Eric Laneuville	TBD	UNAIRED?	TBA
2	"Dead Men Don't Check Out"	Unknown	Unknown	September 26, 1991 (1991-09-26)	447301
3	"Rookie Mistake"	Vern Gillum	Tony Blake & Paul Jackson	October 3, 1991 (1991-10-03)	TBA
4	"It's the Pictures That Got Small"	Unknown	Unknown	October 10, 1991 (1991-10-10)	TBA
5	"Stand Up"	Unknown	Unknown	October 17, 1991 (1991-10-17)	TBA
6	"Double Identity"	Unknown	Unknown	October 31, 1991 (1991-10-31)	TBA
7	"Murder Most Perfect"	Unknown	Unknown	November 7, 1991 (1991-11-07)	TBA
8	"Once a Kid"	Unknown	Unknown	November 14, 1991 (1991-11-14)	TBA
9	"May the Best Man Win"	Unknown	Unknown	November 28, 1991 (1991-11-28)	TBA
10	"Scarlet Biretta"	Unknown	Unknown	December 12, 1991 (1991-12-12)	TBA
11	"Ho! Ho! Hold Up!"	Unknown	Unknown	December 19, 1991 (1991-12-19)	TBA
12	"The Ex Spots the Mark"	Vincent McEveety	Tony Blake & Paul Jackson	January 2, 1992 (1992-01-02)	447311

External links

• Pros and Cons at IMDb