Series cast summary: | |||
Richard Dean Anderson | ... | Ernest Pratt / ... 12 episodes, 1995 | |
John de Lancie | ... | Janos Bartok 12 episodes, 1995 | |
Mark Adair-Rios | ... | Huitzilopochtli Ramos 12 episodes, 1995 | |
Jarrad Paul | ... | Skeeter 12 episodes, 1995 | |
Robert Donner | ... | Mayor Chamberlain Brown 5 episodes, 1995 | |
Ernest Pratt, a dime-store novelist in the old west, lives with his scientist friend Professor Janos Bartok in the small town of Sheridan, Colorado. The people of Sheridan mistakenly believe that Pratt, a drinker, gambler, and womanizer, is the audacious and pure hero of his novels, Nicodemus Legend. Bartok and his associate, Ramos, convince Pratt to assume the Legend persona while supplying him with Legend-like futuristic gadgets that they invent. Together, Bartok and the reluctant Pratt (as Legend), adventure throughout the west solving mysteries, capturing wrong-doers, and even making scientific discoveries. Written by Michael Kaminsky <kaminsky@ucsee.eecs.berkeley.edu>
If there ever was a show that deserved a fair chance to find its audience, or for its audience to find it, it was Legend. It had everything going for it. Everything except network executives with the discernment to recognize what they had. Anderson and de Lancy were the perfect actors for the roles of Pratt/Legend and Bartok, and the chemistry between them was pure magic. I haven't enjoyed a show with such an outrageous premise and sly humor since The Wild Wild West.
I place Legend in the small and sad category of TV shows that truly died before their time.