A Man Called Hawk: Season 1

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ABC | Season Premiere Date: January 28, 1989

Starring: Avery Brooks, Moses Gunn

Summary: Avery Brooks reprises his role of streetwise crime-fighter Hawk in this Washington D.C.-set spin-off from Spenser: For Hire that lasted for just 13 episodes. Moses Gunn co-stars as Hawk's father figure, known only as "Old Man" (DS9 fans: now you know where that comes from!), while notable guest stars include Angela Bassett, Samuel L.Avery Brooks reprises his role of streetwise crime-fighter Hawk in this Washington D.C.-set spin-off from Spenser: For Hire that lasted for just 13 episodes. Moses Gunn co-stars as Hawk's father figure, known only as "Old Man" (DS9 fans: now you know where that comes from!), while notable guest stars include Angela Bassett, Samuel L. Jackson, and Wesley Snipes.… Expand

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E13. Life after Death
Air Date: May 13, 1989
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S1:E12. Beautiful Are the Stars
Air Date: May 6, 1989
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S1:E11. If Memory Serves
Air Date: April 29, 1989

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Marvin Kitman

Aug 7, 2014

The new show is very violent, in bursts, in between all the poetry and music. I don't know why, but violence bothers me less when its mixed with lyrical scripts like in "A Man Called Hawk." It's like Shakespeare on TV. ... Any script becomes Shakespeare when Brooks gets his vocal cords around it; pearly words float out of the TV. [27 Jan 1989]

John J. O'Connor

Aug 7, 2014

The title role of the hourlong show is played with insinuating relish by Avery Brooks. ... Now the series ... has to find some scripts worthy of the character. Read full review

Steve Sonsky

Aug 7, 2014

It's standard fare, not worth staying home for. [26 Jan 1989]

Robert P. Laurence

Aug 7, 2014

Previously icy, menacing, aloof and fascinating, [Hawk] is now mostly noise and bluster, a swaggering, gun-toting pontificator, as ready with an aphorism as with a bullet, a "Shaft" rehash. ... Within the context of "Spenser," there was already a cartoonish aspect to the figure of Hawk. Now all restraint has been dropped, and Hawk has become a parody of himself. Brooks has done better work. [27 Jan 1989]

Tom Green

Aug 7, 2014

An economy of Hawk worked well in Spenser. But to feature the character in almost every scene quickly turns enigma into transparency. [27 Jan 1989]

Tom Shales

Aug 7, 2014

Strives hard for dumbfounding inscrutability, and achieves it. [28 Jan 1989]

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 28, 1989
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  S1:E13. Life after Death
  Air Date: May 13, 1989
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  S1:E12. Beautiful Are the Stars
  Air Date: May 6, 1989
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  S1:E11. If Memory Serves
  Air Date: April 29, 1989
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  S1:E10. Intensive Care
  Air Date: April 15, 1989
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  S1:E9. Never My Love
  Air Date: April 1, 1989
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  S1:E8. Poison
  Air Date: March 25, 1989
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  S1:E7. Choice of Chance
  Air Date: March 11, 1989
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  S1:E6. Vendetta
  Air Date: March 4, 1989
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  S1:E5. The Divided Child
  Air Date: February 25, 1989
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  S1:E4. Passing the Bar
  Air Date: February 18, 1989
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  S1:E3. Hear No Evil
  Air Date: February 11, 1989
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  S1:E2. A Time and a Place
  Air Date: February 4, 1989
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  S1:E1. The Master's Mirror
  Air Date: January 28, 1989