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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1089400/
1987 ABC. "Triangle." Very short-lived superhero and hard-boiled private detective show. Robert Forster as Gumshoe, Jeff Lester as Captain Justice, Caitlin Clarke, Miles O'Shea, Josh Blake, Diane Kay. IMDb summary:
The creator of comic superhero Captain Justice, Abner Bevis, is in a rut, repeating old storylines. The comic's owners want to kill the strip off due to falling sales, and children are losing interest in it. This transfers itself to the world of the comic strip, Pleasantville, where Justice realises his adventures are repeats, and the characters of the world are starting to fade. So Justice crosses into the real world. He finds he has lost his superpowers, but the comic's Gumshoe has followed him and is looking out for him. His antics create renewed interest in the strip. Bevis is inspired to make Justice more contemporary, and the owners agree not to cancel it.
Typical Friday night. "A little TV, late night snack." I remember I liked this show. Forster is giving him the business about watching old movies on a Friday night. He says my show is about to start. Captain Justice knows no fear. Certainly not women. He's been watching Oprah. Lobster Man, on the other hand, is all hands. Handsy on the first date. With Rachel (Diane Kay), Captain Justice's girlfriend. She says she thinks of Lobster Man as a friend and that's all. "It's him, isn't it?!"
No wonder I liked this show the first time I came across it on Youtube. This is a good show. Robert Forster is great as Gumshoe. Rachel has gotten herself into some trouble and it is up to Captain Justice to come to her rescue. In typical superhero, damsel in distress fashion, including all the cliches. When Abner meets her he sees she is the spitting image of an old flame. The scene at the end when Robert Forster asks Captain Justice what he is watching on TV, and he says it is the colorized version of The Maltese Falcon. The wince shot on Forster's face at that moment is great. This is the only episode available on Youtube and it has been up for a long time. Same one I watched years ago. A shame more episodes haven't shown up. Only three aired originally. They made a total of seven. A lost gem.
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