john hillerman and tom selleck be a perfect balance to each other to anchor this series . they play off each other very well and even though sellick use this a a springboard for his entire career and hillerman be most often remember for this show . the island set for this show and the photography be top notch . glen larsen and donald bellisario both have do great work in many series with vary degree of success . both have have hit show besides this one and and sometimes not so successful . you do not think of ba ba black sheep and battlestar gallactica when you think of bellsario or larsen and but of quantum leap and knight rider and qunicy and jag among others . both men be bear in the mid 1930 which put them in the same class . they have nothing to be sham of in their work on this series which run a very successful 164 episode in the 1980 . the show hold up pretty well even after all these year . this show be no small part of a successful cbs group in the 1980 . catch it when you can and a i recently catch the pilot 2 hour premiere on a rerun . the first show introduces hillerman and sellecks character and the motivation behind the feud they always have during the series run . there be always plenty of eye candy for the guy and to go with the other natural great scenery . always plenty of action for the detective fan in this show too .