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4 August 1998 (USA)
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A "Twin Peaks"-like series. "Maximum Bob" is an ultra right-wing conservative judge in Florida who has a psychic ex-marine show mermaid for a wife...
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Based On Novel
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2 nominations
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too good for abc
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 18 of 19) | Beau Bridges | ... | Judge Bob Gibbs (7 episodes, 1998) |
 | Liz Vassey | ... | Kathy Baker (7 episodes, 1998) |
 | Sam Robards | ... | Sheriff Gary Hammond (7 episodes, 1998) |
 | Kiersten Warren | ... | Leanne Lancaster (7 episodes, 1998) |
 | Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly | ... | Wanda Grace (7 episodes, 1998) |
 | T. Scott Cunningham | ... | D.A. Hector Finch (6 episodes, 1998) |
 | Karen Gordon | ... | Maylene Corkle (6 episodes, 1998) |
 | Paul Vogt | ... | Bogart Crowe (6 episodes, 1998) |
 | Peter Allen Vogt | ... | Dirk Crowe (6 episodes, 1998) |
 | Beth Grant | ... | Inez Crowe (5 episodes, 1998) |
 | Pati Lauren | ... | Court Reporter (5 episodes, 1998) |
 | William Sanderson | ... | Dicky Crowe (5 episodes, 1998) |
| Dave Corey | ... | Warden Elroy White / ... (3 episodes, 1998) |
 | Garret Dillahunt | ... | Deputy Dawson Hayes (3 episodes, 1998) |
| John Zipperer | ... | Deputy Tom / ... (3 episodes, 1998) |
| Ted Bartsch | ... | Bailiff (2 episodes, 1998) |
 | Brent Briscoe | ... | Elvin Crowe (2 episodes, 1998) |
 | Sam Trammell | ... | Sonny Dupree (2 episodes, 1998) |
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This wonderful series veered slightly from the book, but mostly in ways necessary to make an ongoing TV show. The tone, the characterization, the feel were all right on target.
The casting was superb. Although Elmore Leonard pictured Harry Dean Stanton to play the judge, Beau Bridges brought so much verve and energy to the part it became difficult to imagine anybody else in the role. Liz Vassey was excellent, and the supporting cast and guest stars pulled the whole thing together.
Production values were very high, and writing and direction top-notch. Ordinary and eccentric people, getting on with the day to day business of living -- or not -- in some backwater of Florida isn't something we see every day on TV, and credit is due the producers for going out of their way to get this series on the air.
There was a higher ratio of comedy to drama than is usual in a one hour show, and this may have scared the network. Is ABC so crammed with exciting, original, well-written, well-produced programming that it could afford to let this one get away?
Only a few episodes were aired, and, alas, no other network picked it up; one might imagine that Showtime or HBO, with their commitment to original programming might have been interested.
It's interesting to note how well Barry Sonnenfeld captured the spirit of Elmore Leonard's book in this series, and how poorly he captured the spirit of "The Wild Wild West" TV series in his ghastly, unbelievably bad film version.