Swift Justice(1996)
CrimeDrama
First Air Date: 1996-03-13
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 7.0
Votes: 4
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
Swift Justice is an American detective drama television series created by Dick Wolf and Richard Albarino, broadcast for one season (13 episodes) on UPN from March 13 to July 17, 1996. James McCaffrey stars as former Navy SEAL Mac Swift, a private investigator fired from the NYPD. He receives support from his former partner Detective Randall Patterson (Gary Dourdan) and his father Al Swift (Len Cariou). Critics noted the series' emphasis on violence, specifically in the pilot's opening sequence, drawing comparisons to The Equalizer (1985–1989) and Die Hard (1988). UPN canceled the program after receiving complaints from viewers, advertisers, and critics for its stark depiction of violence. Wolf considered the cancelation a mistake due to good ratings. Further, it was praised for its visuals and McCaffrey's performance, but often criticized as being either too violent or formulaic.
Keywords
private investigatoru.s. navy sealpolice crime drama
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 13E01
Out on a Limb
Air Date: 1996-03-13
Ex-cop turned PI Mac Swift works outside the normal law enforcement routine on cases too hot for the standard justice...
E02
Pilot
Air Date: 1996-03-20
Swift goes undercover to retrieve a young boy from his dangerous, white supremacist father, Stone Paxton, who has tak...
E03
Sex, Death and Rock 'n' Roll
Air Date: 1996-03-27
Mac helps a rockstar's wife escape his clutches
E04
Supernote
Air Date: 1996-04-03
Swift is approached by Rita Vicks, a beautiful treasury agent concerned over the disappearance of her partner, Bo Max...
E05
Where Were You in '72?
Air Date: 1996-04-10
Swift learns the latest person under his protection was involved in a bank heist to support IRA activities
E06
Takin' Back the Street
Air Date: 1996-04-24
When Mama Em, a neighborhood matriarch and old friend of Swift's father, is gunned down for trying to organize her co...
E07
No Holds Barred
Air Date: 1996-05-01
Pregnant college girl Allison enlists Swift to find her missing boyfriend, college wrestler Palo Montega. Swift disco...
E08
Horses
Air Date: 1996-05-08
Swift helps a horse breeder avoid selling out to a business tycoon.
E09
Bad Medicine
Air Date: 1996-05-15
When research scientist Bud Wertheim dies under suspicious—but apparently natural–circumstances, his friend and colle...
E10
Isaiah's Daughter
Air Date: 1996-05-22
An Amish man, Isaiah Zook, travels to New York to search for his runaway daughter Sarah but is quickly overwhelmed by...
E11
The Haze
Air Date: 1996-07-02
Patterson asks Swift to watch over a woman somehow involved in his latest case.
E12
Stones
Air Date: 1996-07-10
Swift and Paterson clash on issues of strategy when cases they are working on collide. Paterson, under pressure from ...
E13
Retribution
Air Date: 1996-07-17
A serial killer escapes and goes after those who put him away: Swift, Patterson and a criminal profiler.
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