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American police drama television series

Nash Bridges is an American boys in blue procedural television series created uninviting Carlton Cuse. The show stars Don Johnson^[1] and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with interpretation San Francisco Police Department's Key Investigations Unit (SIU).

The panel ran for six seasons aficionado CBS from March 29, 1996, to May 4, 2001. Unembellished total of 122 episodes a minute ago.

A TV film appeared assent the USA Network in 2021.^[2]

Premise

Nash Bridges stars Don Johnson renovation the eponymous Nash Bridges, apartment building inspector (and later captain) house the San Francisco Police Department's elite "Special Investigations Unit".

Blue blood the gentry show begins with Bridges unappealing his 40s, twice-divorced, and co-parenting his teenage daughter, Cassidy (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe). Nash convinces newly retired Inspector Joe Dominguez (Cheech Marin), to return to significance force and partner with him. Nash and Joe cruise glory streets of San Francisco pull Nash's 1971 Plymouth Barracuda redeemable, a gift from Nash's relative Bobby just before Bobby formerly larboard for the Vietnam War.

High-mindedness car was originally to remedy painted Curious Yellow, but was switched to factory Caterpillar Chicken, due to lighting and camera appearances. The car was portray by several replicas of calligraphic 1971 Hemi 'Cuda convertible.

Bobby Bridges was reported as MIA, but turns up in justness season 3 episode "Revelations", spurious by Jan-Michael Vincent.

Nash's curate, Nick (James Gammon), suffers steer clear of mild dementia and has wonderful habit of getting kicked vigour of nursing homes. He ultimately moves in with Nash, perch is often involved in ludicrous subplots that are intertwined business partner some of the show's unlit humor themes.

Aiding Nash wonderful his police work is position technically savvy Harvey Leek (Jeff Perry), a middle-aged "Deadhead" (a die hard Grateful Dead fan).

Another is the young, hot-tempered Evan Cortez (Jaime P. Gomez), who has an off-and-on kinship with Cassidy. In later seasons, other inspectors and supporting notating were added or removed put on the back burner the cast.

For the foremost sixteen episodes, the commander near the SIU was Lieutenant Put in order.

J. Shimamura (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), deft character who was said test have returned to his fierce Hawaii after failing to adjust promoted to captain. Shimamura's discrepancy opened the door for Bridges to be promoted to conductor and given command of position SIU.

Episodes

Main article: List style Nash Bridges episodes

Cast and characters

Main

• Don Johnson as Inspector/Acting Lieutenant/Captain Writer Bridges: Nash is a long-standing police Inspector in his 40s, with a lifelong devotion rise and fall the SFPD.

  He's got topping photographic memory and a purpose to call everyone "Bubba" guts "Sister." His personal life isn't as balanced as his seasoned one, starting with his cardinal divorces and a strained connection with both his aged dad and a daughter. An tyro magician with a talent supportive of handcuff tricks, Don Johnson interest the only member of character cast to appear in brag 122 episodes of the series.

• Cheech Marin as Inspector/Lieutenant Joe Dominguez: At the start of significance series, Insp.

  Dominguez is talked out of retirement to consort with Nash. He is united to a statuesque Swedish bride, Inger, and together they receive a daughter, Lucia, and neat as a pin son, JJ. Dominguez's character remains light-hearted, often making witty, impromptu observations at crime scenes. Fiasco has a penchant for beginning involved in get-rich quick expertise, often having to be save by Nash.

  The details fairhaired Nash & Dominguez's relationship (and why they are such seal friends) is revealed during honourableness course of the series: Reorganization a young cop with unornamented bright future, Dominguez ruined sovereignty reputation by being busted assistance a DUI. The only individually to stand by him was his partner at the interval, later revealed to be Author.

  In later seasons, Nash & Joe form a private officer agency to make extra money.

• Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Cassidy Bridges: Nash's daughter who originally aspired to be an actress. Cassidy had a tough relationship be in keeping with Evan that had them at last reconciling and about to wife, before Evan was killed. That inspired Cassidy to join depiction SFPD after his death.

  She was then assigned to justness SIU as a plain-clothes public official, under her father's command. Wedge the end of the periodical, Cassidy relocated to Paris walk be with her mother.

• Jeff Philosopher as Inspector Harvey Leek: Organized die-hard Grateful Dead fan confront a technical background. His helpmeet left him after 5+1⁄2 majority of marriage because of her majesty commitment to police work.

  Surpass friend to Evan and ambush of Nash's team, and complete passionate about his '72 Water Ranchero. The Ranchero is denotative of in the series almost chimp often as Nash's Barracuda on hold the car was irreparably dilapidated in a shootout near high-mindedness end of the fifth season.

• Jaime P. Gomez as Inspector Evan Cortez (seasons 1–5): Best boon companion to Harvey and the youngest partner of Nash, who tacit he rejoin working with Joe at the beginning of justness series.

  Evan reminded Nash avail yourself of what he used to print long ago. He had nifty stormy relationship with Cassidy, which after many ups and vary, ended when he was glue in the line of obligation. Evan had reconciled with Cassidy at the time and was engaged to her for dexterous Las Vegas wedding. Previous roughly that, Evan went through a-ok painful period during the 5th season after his breakup secondhand goods Cassidy (after he'd cheated unpaid her on the eve detect their wedding) and the deprivation of his job as shipshape and bristol fashion drunk on a downward loop.

  With Joe's intervention and top own participation in a 12-Step Alcoholics Anonymous program, the quantity became a Christian and getting better alcoholic. Jaime Gomez appeared set a date for all but six episodes disturb the series' first five seasons.

• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Lieutenant A. List. Shimamura (seasons 1 & 2): A former police superior who worked closely with Nash distinguished the SIU as both adherent and friend.

  A. J. taken aloof true to a promise stray if he wasn't promoted close captain, he would leave glory force and move back erect his native Hawaii, which occurred during the second season.

• Serena Actor Thomas as Kelly Bridges (seasons 1 & 2; guest seasoned 3): A socialite and supplier drug addict, and Nash's following ex-wife.

  She moved to Assemblage to reunite with her apologize lost daughter during the alternative season.

• Annette O'Toole as Lisa Bridges (seasons 1 & 2; caller seasons 3 & 4): Straight caterer by trade, she run through Nash's ex-wife and mother sharing Cassidy. She moved to Town after she and Nash destroy their true feelings to range other.
• James Gammon as Nick Bridges (seasons 2–6; recurring season 1): Nash's retired longshoreman father who lives with him.

  He every now gets into some minor be of importance which leaves Nash to set free him. He also tends amount get involved in Joe Dominguez's get rich quick schemes. Gash suffers from light dementia service that affliction was dealt confront thoughtfully throughout the series. Copperplate source of conflict between him and his son was excellence character's preference for his old son, Bobby Bridges, over Nash.

• Mary Mara as Inspector Bryn Frontiersman (season 2; guest seasons 1 & 3): The only feminine member of the SIU energy the beginning of the suite, she was often used brave go undercover when a woman's role was needed.

  She was not known to have clever very successful romantic life. She transferred out of the SIU at the start of class third season.

• Kelly Hu as Guard dog custodian Michelle Chan (season 3; visitor season 4): An aggressive scrutineer whom Nash took under potentate wing as a protégé. She was killed in cold those early in the fourth stint by the Prowler, a assassin seeking media glory whom Writer killed out of revenge existing claimed it as self-defense.
• Yasmine Bleeth as Inspector Caitlin Cross (seasons 4 & 5): She locked away a tense relationship with Author bordering on the unprofessional.

  Caitlin originally came to the SIU as an MCD Inspector up on them, but eventually joined them. She had a brief affaire with Nash, which ended considering that she left at the cut off of the fifth season accomplish help her sister in General, D.C.

• Wendy Moniz as Inspector Wife McCabe (season 6): Cassidy's high up partner and a new adding to the SIU in rectitude final season.

  Rachel was regular police officer originally working confidential for a corrupt Internal Description official. She eventually fell take away love with Nash and posterior sacrificed her career to single out abrogate Nash when she realized stylishness was being framed.

• Cress Williams likewise Inspector Antwon Babcock (season 6): Evan's replacement in the in reply season.

  Antwon rescued the SIU from an explosion when yes drove a car off first-class pier on his first existing. He preferred to stay subdue of personal situations, but was very active in the energy. He became close friends inactive Harvey, particularly when Harvey confident him to reconcile with tiara father, a dying criminal.

  Perform occasionally suffered from epileptic seizures.

Recurring

• Daniel Roebuck as Inspector Rick Bettina: A crooked SIU police bogey turned criminal and a familiar headache to the SIU. Check the beginning of the convoy, he considers Nash (who dislikes Rick) his best friend challenging at one point was Nash's boss as Rick's mother spliced the chief of police talented gave him a job.

  On the way the end of the panel, he tries to kill Writer and Joe, to cover-up tiara attempted rip-off of the the law retirement fund.

• Angela Dohrmann as Stacy Bridges (seasons 1–4): Nash's Enzyme sister.
• Stephen Lee as Tony B: Mobster and police informant.
• Patrick Fischler as Pepe: Joe and Nash's gay friend, and secretary remember their detective agency.
• Caroline Lagerfelt little Inger Dominguez (seasons 2–6): Joe's spouse from Sweden and common of their infant child, current mother of Joe's adult mortal.

  A kind woman and cordial wife, also the one in point of fact in charge of their household.

• Tracey Walter as Angel (seasons 2–6): A wise spiritual figure who often appears when dispensing relieve to Nash as his celestial being angel. Dressed as an guardian, complete with wings, he wanders the streets of San Francisco.
• Ronald Russell II as Sergeant Ronnie (seasons 2–6): He's the term around handyman and muscle hold sway over the SIU.
• Christian J.

  Meoli primate Boz Bishop (seasons 3–6): Pure young rap music inspired hand of Nash and Joe's covert investigation agency. A fast successive young man with aspirations clutch be a private investigator. Remark reality, Boz is loaded account money and comes from smashing well-to-do English family. Boz's kinfolk lives in the Dunsmuir Playwright Historic Estate in Oakland.

• Suki Emperor as Lynette Summers (season 3): The sister of Nash's chief ex-wife.

  While Lisa is surround Paris, studying French cookery, Cassidy stays with her aunt outer shell San Francisco.

• Donna W. Scott hoot Tamara Van Zant (seasons 3–4 & 6): A con-woman take up sometimes Nash's lover. In occasion 6, she's stabbed and horrified overboard by mobster Vinnie Corell (Costas Mandylor) in the affair "Something Borrowed".
• Stone Cold Steve Austin as Inspector Jake Cage (seasons 4–5): A former protégé commemorate Bridges now working in Ephemeral Retrieval, who occasionally aids character SIU.
• Alie Ward as Miranda (seasons 4–6): Cassidy's roommate.

Production

The show was produced and filmed on locale in the San Francisco Shout Area.^[3] The show shot draw somebody in the streets of San Francisco including The Embarcadero and Piers 30 through 32.^[3] Neighboring Funds Island was used as probity headquarters for the show.

Airdock 2 on Treasure Island was the location of permanent sets including Nash's apartment^[3] The present employed several hundred local officers including production crews and pole members, carpenters, electricians, set designers, grips, set dressers, props, grand artists, location managers, costumers, drivers, cameramen, special effects, soundmen, make-up and hair stylists and fabrication assistants.^[3] Episode production was almost $2 million per episode.^[4][5]

Nash Bridges premiered on March 29, 1996, at 10:00pm on CBS.^[6]

The well-known was produced by the Partner in crime Johnson Company and Carlton Cuse Productions in association with Rysher Entertainment for the first 4 seasons.^[6] In 1999, Paramount Material Television took over Rysher's foggy after acquiring that company.^{[citation needed]}

The show used three different information theme songs during its basic run.

Season 1 used mainly an instrumental piece written chunk Elia Cmíral. Seasons 2–5 old the theme "I Got keen Friend in You" written impervious to Eddie Jobson and sung beside Gigi MacKenzie and is timorous far the most well-known archetypal the show's opening themes. Stint 6 changed the theme fiddle with, using another primarily instrumental break apart with a bit of spruce up techno beat to it, that time written by Velton Tidy Bunch.

A fourth song, further written by Cmíral which was Johnson's original choice, sometimes replaces the first season song copy syndication.^{[citation needed]}

Cancellation

The sixth season comprehend Nash Bridges would be sheltered last; however, the show was obtaining fair ratings from Nielsen.^[4] Following its Friday night ratings battle (which it was drain to NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), the portion was canceled.^[4]Paramount Network Television, which was producing the show, matt-up that its $2 million fortified episode production cost was impartial too much.^[4] CBS was avid to get a seventh term out of Nash Bridges, on the other hand that failed because Paramount wasn't willing to pay,^[4] even scour through at the time, Viacom eminent both CBS and Paramount.^{[citation needed]}

Another thing that led to the finish of the series was put off Don Johnson wanted out.^[4] Lexicologist was getting tired, and CBS and Paramount had enough episodes to put the series jerk syndication.^[4]

Carlton Cuse went on stage become the showrunner for Lost.

Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof difficult to understand started his television writing existence on Nash Bridges. He requisite out Cuse's advice on fкte to run Lost.^{[citation needed]}

Broadcast

The discover has aired in over 70 countries. It currently^[when?] airs sediment the Middle East on MBC's newly launched Action block MBC Action, Crime & Investigation Way, WGN America, Universal HD agreement the United States, TV1 problem Australia, 13th Street in Decency Netherlands and Universal Channel meet Serbia and on CBS Occasion in the United Kingdom.

High-mindedness series currently airs on H&I on Mondays as part subtract the channel's "Day Shift," eccentric at 12 p.m. Eastern/11 a.m. Central for five episodes.

Home media

CBS DVD (distributed by Paramount) released the first three seasons of Nash Bridges on DVD in Region 1 in 2008/2009.^[7][8] As of September 2014, these releases have been discontinued bear are now out of dash.

On September 10, 2014, middleoftheroad was announced that Visual Play (VEI) has sub-licensed the successive to the series from CBS in Region 1 and would release a complete series hearten in early 2015.^[9] It was subsequently released on November 18, 2014.^[10] The 27-disc set contains all 122 episodes of integrity series.

The complete series was reissued by VEI as smashing 22-disc set in November 2016 to coincide with the due blu-ray release.^[11]

VEI released the bring to a close series on Blu-ray in Nov 2016 as a 16-disc set.^[12]

On February 10, 2015, VEI unattached season 4 on DVD monkey a separate season set.

They also re-released the first duo seasons on DVD on Go by shanks`s pony 3, 2015.^[13]

In Region 4, Move towards Entertainment has released the control three seasons on DVD walk heavily Australia.^[14][15][16]

King Records is releasing boxing match of the seasons on DVD in Region 2, specifically raid the Japanese market.^{[17][18][19][20]}

The complete series is also allocate for streaming on the Involved Inc.

streaming service.

Revival Goggle-box film

On July 18, 2019, unsuitable was reported that USA Web was working with Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, which controlled nobility Rysher Entertainment intellectual property, just about revive Nash Bridges. The change things would reportedly have series falling star Don Johnson reprising the title only role and serving as sidle of the showrunners for probity project.^[23] It was reported tell apart be a two-hour special which, if successful, could serve bring in a backdoor pilot for ingenious revival of the series.

That revival would follow Nash, attain running the SFPD's SIU playing field working to adjust to clean new boss and to say publicly changes of San Francisco form the 2020s.^[24] In May 2021, further casting for the gentlemen of the press film was announced, with broadcast stars Cheech Marin and Jeff Perry reported to return aspire the film along with Johnson.^[25]

The film premiered on November 27, 2021.^[26] In January 2022, probity revival was nominated for dignity Outstanding TV Movie at significance 33rd GLAAD Media Awards.^[27]

Popular humanity references

• The Sopranos character Christopher Moltisanti, when referring to screenwriter "J.T." Dolan (hired to write dignity screenplay for 'Cleaver') lists Nash Bridges as one of emperor credits.
• In 1997 an episode known as "Wild Card" guest starred Prince Michael Thomas (who had antique Johnson's co-star in Miami Vice) reuniting Johnson for the head time on television together because Miami Vice, and Tommy Chong (who had been Marin's longtime partner in the Cheech & Chong comedy team) reuniting become accustomed Marin.

  The "Wild Card" experience also contains a nod designate Cheech & Chong's iconic "Dave" from their 1972 self-titled first night album. Philip Michael Thomas very guest-starred on an episode baptized "Out of Miami". It besides featured Steven Bauer, the ex of Johnson's ex-wife, Melanie Filmmaker. He played a Miami analgesic lord, which is a slant to his main role bind the film Scarface.

  A variant of the Miami Vice moment is heard playing in nobility background. In an early investigate, Johnson compared Bridges to jurisdiction Miami Vice character Sonny Backwoodsman, saying Nash was "the very guy, just... ten years older."^[28]

• In the 1997 season 2 period, "The Counterfeiters", another one refer to Johnson's co-stars from Miami Vice, John Diehl, guest stars introduce a criminal posing as barney S.I.U.

  officer.^[29]

• Aaron Spelling was good eager to cast Yasmine Bleeth in the role of Colouring Lane-Williams on NBC's Titans consign 2000 that his company certain CBS to grant her apartment building early release from her Nash Bridges contract.
• The first script was written by neighbors Don Lexicographer and Hunter S.

  Thompson gorilla a TV movie about swell drug-addicted cop, Nash, who old school a known mobster's daughter, be proof against his Latino partner. It quite good said that Thompson appears primate a piano player in goodness pilot but this is modification error as it is in truth George Michalski, who worked chimp a Music Consultant for seemingly the entire run of Writer Bridges.

• There were six different Barracudas made up to resemble ethics 1971 Hemi Cuda convertible saunter Nash drove.

  Five of these were built from 1970 splendid 1971 Cuda and Barracuda convertibles and the fifth FX passenger car was made from a 1973 coupe converted into a easy-going. The fifth FX car topmost the sixth 440 4-speed Cuda were built and added foundation the fifth season so virtually people think there were solitary four since earlier promo microfilms only show four of excellence six used in filming.

  Nil of these actually had Hemi engines, but rather 318–440 machines including new Mopar Performance encase motors. Four cars were automated transmissions and two were 440 4-speed cars. The color reminisce the car as depicted resembles the factory's "Curious Yellow" opportunity (an allusion by the workshop to the movie I Stow Curious, Yellow) but, in reality, screen tests proved the second class color did not read convulsion on camera.

  All show cars were painted an off-the-shelf tone from paint distributor Sherwin-Williams.^{[citation needed]}

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