Martial Law (TV series)
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Martial Law was a television show that ran from 1998 to 2000. It was created by Carlton Cuse.
The title character, Sammo Law, was a Chinese law officer and martial arts expert who came to Los Angeles in search of a colleague and wound up sticking around.
The cast endured turnover from the beginning. Detective Dana Dickson (played by Tammy Lauren) exited the show after a handful of episodes. Not long after that, Arsenio Hall joined the cast as Terrell Parker, a wisecracking former LAPD press liaison who began helping out Sammo and the gang on cases. The pairing of Hung and Hall as partners was similar to the partnership between Sammo's friend, Jackie Chan, and Chris Tucker in the Rush Hour films.
New producers took the helm at the beginning of the second season. They more or less pretended that the first season did not exist, retaining only the basic concept of a fish-out-of-water detective. Cast members Louis Mandylor and Tom Wright were dropped. Gretchen Egolf was brought in to play the unit's new leader, Amy Dylan. Additionally, Parker's past in public relations was scrapped. The first season's cliffhanger ending was explained away with a few throwaway lines.
Law made crossover appearances on episodes of Early Edition and Walker, Texas Ranger. Chuck Norris's Walker character, Cordell Walker, also made an appearance as part of the two-part Martial Law/Walker, Texas Ranger crossover.
Cast
- Sammo Law - Sammo Hung
- Terrell Parker - Arsenio Hall
- Grace Chen - Kelly Hu
- Dana Dickson - Tammy Lauren (Season 1)
- Louis Malone - Louis Mandylor (Season 1)
- Benjamin Winship - Tom Wright (Season 1)
- Amy Dylan - Gretchen Egolf (Season 2)
Episodes
Season One:01: Shanghai Express
02: Diamond Fever
03: Dead Ringers
04: Funny Money
05: Cop Out
06: Extreme Measures
07: Trackdown
08: Takeout
09: How Sammo Got His Groove Back
10: Bad Seed
11: Lock-Up
12: Painted Faces
13: Substitutes
14: Wildlife
15: Breakout
16: Captive Hearts
17: Trifecta
18: Big Trouble
19: Nitro Man
20: Red Storm
21: Requiem (Part One)
22: End Game (Part Two)
Season Two:
01: Sammo Blammo
02: Thieves Among Thieves
03: This Shogun for Hire
04: 24 Hours
05: 90 Million Reasons to Die
06: My Man Sammo
07: The Friendly Skies
08: Call of the Wild
09: Blue Flu
10: Sammo Claus
11: No Quarter
12: Scorpio Rising
13: No Fare
14: Dog Day Afternoon
15: Deathfist 5: Major Crimes Unit
16: Honor Among Strangers (This episodes storyline is continued on Walker Texas Ranger)
17: Freefall
18: The Thrill is Gone
19: Heartless
20: In the Dark
21: Final Conflict, Part 1
22: Final Conflict, Part 2
External links
- [Martial Law] at the Internet Movie Database
- A fairly comprehensive fansite [link]
- [Martial Law Television Show]: A general Martial Law fansite currently updating. Currently provides episode lists, cast information and media.
- [A petition to release Martial Law on DVD]
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