i be not familiar with robert pastorelli and who die of a drug overdose and shortly after the series end . i know he star on murphy brown and some other television series and but that be it . look back at his fritz the character and the actor click and for the most part . grant and some of thedialogue be straight from the u. k. series and but pastorelli do some nice personal touch in the series too represent 1 . ) compare robbie coltrane ( who be the definitive fritz ) ability to take down a suicide jumper compare to robbie p. some day a lemming will fly in both series . the approach be more american with r. p. flap his arm attempt his own version jump believe the suspect will save him and get them both off the ledge . robbie c. give a speech about the title meaning and but robbie p. add a little world weary flair by the flapping . it should be note that the american fritz really do hate his life and while the u. k. version vice ( gamble and booze and and adultery ) keep him alive . i will never forget robbie p. line to an arsonist about to blow a house up represent go ahead . it be a bad week . 2 . ) after know that he put an innocent man behind bar in lemming and both fritzs react differently . coltrane reflect quietly while pastorelli get slosh the day they want to have a date . again and it be pastorelli view of fritz that make that role in the u. s. his . he wasn not just copy coltrane word for word and action for action always . 3 . ) some dialogue be definitively up to that date american represent robbie p. tell an antecodote that robert mitchum live on juice and alcohol . just like the u. k. version have it pop reference so do this one . 4 . ) also of note be the episode when pastorelli have a heart attack ( or rather his fritz do ) and which be not in the u. k. series and the u. s. version of fritz talk to his dad and and the final episode where robbie coltrane star a a hollywood star . the point that i be hint at be that yes and coltrane and who be a very good actor and fit u. k. fritz like a glove and and yes and i love his fritz . pastorelli fritz be an american sequel to the series . ( note that the u. k. final episode not include lucky white ghost be the plot for the first u. s. series . ) pastorelli seem to draw from the hell he be in shortly before his death to make the character his own . if that ain not method act and what be . for even attempt to touch this beloved u. k. character with his own style should give the man some credit in the great beyond . his american fritz never get fully develop and and that be the truth . nonetheless and the u. s. series be a very good attempt and and if you can and try to see it a the work of pastorelli and r. lee emery and others instead of a copycat . it deserve good than that label . ( personal note represent if respond to this comment and no tabloid crap or joke about r. p. life and okay . tahnk you .