Ohara (TV series)

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Ohara

Genre	Crime drama
Creator(s)	Michael Braveman John A. Kuri Pat Morita
Starring	Pat Morita Kevin Conroy Jon Polito Rachel Ticotin
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	30
Production
Running time	60 mins per episode
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	January 17, 1987 – May 7, 1988
Links
IMDb profile

Ohara was an American television crime drama series that first aired on the ABC television network from January 17, 1987, until May 7, 1988, starring Pat Morita in the title role of Lt. Ohara. Morita also co-created the series along with Michael Braveman and John A. Kuri. Kevin Conroy, Jon Polito, Rachel Ticotin, and Robert Clohessy also starred in supporting roles.

The series focused on a Los Angeles police lieutenant who used spiritual methods such as meditation to solve crimes without the use of a gun or a partner. He often talked in epigrams.

The series only lasted for two seasons from 1987 to 1988 and ended after 30 episodes on May 7, 1988, due to poor ratings. The series has as of 2007 not been released on DVD or Video.

1 Main Cast
2 Notable guest stars
3 Episodes list
- 3.1 Season 1
- 3.2 Season 2
4 Format changes and cancellation
5 External links

[edit] Main Cast

Pat Morita .... Lt. Ohara
Kevin Conroy .... Capt. Lloyd Hamilton
Jon Polito .... Capt. Ross
Madge Sinclair .... Gussie Lemmons
Catherine Keener .... Lt. Cricket Sideris
Robert Clohessy .... Lt. George Shaver
Rachel Ticotin .... Asst. U.S. Atty. Teresa Storm
Meagen Fay .... Roxy

[edit] Notable guest stars

Brandon Lee .... Kenji
Mitch Pileggi .... Webster
Michael Des Barres .... Roderick Connell
Mike Muscat .... Kurt
Denise Crosby .... Rachel Winters
Gary Riley .... Chris

[edit] Episodes list

[edit] Season 1

"Pilot" (January 17, 1987)
"Eddie" (January 24, 1987)
"Darryl" {January 31, 1987)
"Will" (February 7, 1987)
"Toshi" (February 14, 1987)
"Terry" (February 21, 1987)
"Louie" (February 28, 1987)
"Laura" (March 7, 1987)
"Jesse" (March 14, 1987)
"Frannie" (March 28, 1987)
"Brian" (April 4, 1987)

[edit] Season 2

"Y' Wanna Live Forever?" (October 3, 1987)
"Artful Dodger" (October 10, 1987)
"Sparrow" (October 24, 1987)
"Fagin All Over Again" (November 7, 1987)
"Take the Money and Run" (November 14, 1987)
"The Intruders" (November 21, 1987)
"Hot Rocks" (December 5, 1987)
"And a Child Shall Lead Them" (December 12, 1987)
"Silver In The Hills" (December 19, 1987)
"They shoot Witnesses Don't They" (January 2, 1988)
"You Bet Your Life" (January 16, 1988)
"What's is a Name?" (January 23, 1988)
"Sign Of the Times" (January 30, 1988)
"The Light Around the Body" (February 6, 1988)
"X" (March 5, 1988)
"Last Year's Model" (March 12, 1988)
"Open Season" March 26, 1988)
"Seeing Something That Isn't There" (April 30, 1988)
"Hot Spell" (May 7, 1988)

[edit] Format changes and cancellation

After a few episodes, the network realized the series had poor ratings and put it through many format changes to increase the ratings. The first major format change was to change title character Ohara from a lieutenant to a federal police officer; he was also paired with a partner. Later on in the season Ohara used a gun to assist him in his investigations. The second season had a final format change in which Ohara and his partner were turned into private investigators. Eventually, these changes failed to improve the show's declining ratings, and the show was cancelled after the second season.