The story of an unorthodox but savvy detective who solves cases in highly original ways.
Series Overview
Rating
- imDb Rating: 7.0 (57 Votes)
- Metascore: N/A
Plot
A slick, street-smart private eye and top disguise artist solves various crimes with a little help from his friends and also takes care of his dad, a bar owner.
Details
- Rated: N/A
- Released: 12 Feb 1988
- Runtime: 60 min
- Genre: Comedy, Crime
- Director: N/A
- Writer: Stephen J. Cannell, Michael Daly, Dinah Prince, Randall Wallace
- Actors: Mario Van Peebles, Terry Donahoe, Bob Wieland, Melvin Van Peebles
- Language: English
- Country: USA
- Awards: N/A
- Total Seasons: 2
Previous Episode
Diamonds Aren't Forever
Episode 2x8; Dec 16, 1988
When a novelist hires Sonny to find the terrorists who gunned down her parents, he's pitted against a ruthless Federal antiterrorist squad.
Previous Episodes
2x8: Diamonds Aren't Forever
2x7: Deuces Wild
2x6: Ratman Can
2x5: Papa Rozzi
2x4: Blind Justice
2x3: The Final Exam
2x2: Cheap & Chilli
2x1: Never Go to Your High School Reunion
1x7: Too Good to Be True, Too Good to Get Caught
Cast
Mario Van Peebles as Sonny Spoon
Terry Donahoe as A.D.A. Carolyn Gilder
Bob Wieland as Johnny Skates
Jordana Capra as Monique
Joe Shea as Lucius DeLuce
Melvin Van Peebles as Mel Spoon
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Season 1
| Episode No. | No. Overall | Title | Airdate | Runtime | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sam's Private Eye | 1988-02-12 | 60 | Sonny and Carolyn track a hit man who reportedly died before he was able to testify against the mob. |
| 2 | 2 | Wizard of Odds | 1988-02-19 | 60 | Sonny aids a con man who stole jewelry from a mobster's home. |
| 3 | 3 | Crimes Below the Waist | 1988-02-26 | 60 | While helping a model retrieve nude photos of herself, Sonny learns his tailor has been murdered. |
| 4 | 4 | Who's Got Tonsillitis? | 1988-03-04 | 60 | Sonny is hired to find a missing blues singer and discovers two ex-cops and an oily music-business shark are also on the guy's trail. |
| 5 | 5 | Semper Fi | 1988-03-11 | 60 | A Marine colonel asks Sonny's help in locating an AWOL leatherneck, but he's taken off the case when he uncovers a prostitution ring. |
| 6 | 6 | Tough Habit | 1988-03-18 | 60 | When a young flimflam artist disappears from her orphanage home, Sonny must find the girl before two thugs can get to her. |
| 7 | 7 | Too Good to Be True, Too Good to Get Caught | 1988-03-25 | 60 | Sonny fixes Carolyn up with an eligible publisher, who turns out to be a key suspect in several murders. |
Season 2
| Episode No. | No. Overall | Title | Airdate | Runtime | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Never Go to Your High School Reunion | 1988-10-07 | 60 | Sonny learns at his high-school reunion that his football teammates are big-time drug dealers. |
| 2 | 9 | Cheap & Chilli | 1988-10-14 | 60 | Sonny tangles with two undercover cops posing as cocaine dealers while he tries to help a street kid suspected by gang members of stealing their drugs. |
| 3 | 10 | The Final Exam | 1988-10-21 | 60 | |
| 4 | 11 | Blind Justice | 1988-10-28 | 60 | Sonny is continually outwitted in his search for the killer who framed him for two murders, including that of a cop. |
| 5 | 12 | Papa Rozzi | 1988-11-04 | 60 | Sonny has misgivings when a photographer friend enlists his aid to retrieve some candid shots of a starlet and her stuntman lover before the pictures fall into the wrong hands. |
| 6 | 13 | Ratman Can | 1988-12-02 | 60 | Sonny helps the police by impersonating a one-armed hit man embroiled in a mob war. |
| 7 | 14 | Deuces Wild | 1988-12-09 | 60 | Even though one man has confessed to a murder, Sonny tracks another man. |
| 8 | 15 | Diamonds Aren't Forever | 1988-12-16 | 60 | When a novelist hires Sonny to find the terrorists who gunned down her parents, he's pitted against a ruthless Federal antiterrorist squad. |
Series Cast
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Mario Van Peebles | as Sonny Spoon | |
| Terry Donahoe | as A.D.A. Carolyn Gilder | ||
| Bob Wieland | as Johnny Skates | ||
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Jordana Capra | as Monique | |
| Joe Shea | as Lucius DeLuce | ||
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Melvin Van Peebles | as Mel Spoon |
