like night stalker and then x file and the show set up a fantastic situation and the main character have to sort it out . unlike these and the hero ( e ) weren not leave hold an empty bag at the end . they have usually tangible result . it be also make clear that the good guy be in a dirty profession where they occasionally have to pull some nasty thing . imagination and wit and act which do not always take itself too seriously . i miss it . one reason be and i be hard press to think of too many show banacek aside which do a good a job of take the viewer and grab their attention right off the bat . the writer excel at set up hugely improbable and if not downright impossible situation which the character then have to find an explanation to . explanation which often take 90 degree turn into the clearly unexpected yet and for all that and still make sense . too and i agree with another reviewer that the anabelle character be somewhat underused and but when she be on screen and it wasn not just for eye candy . she be quite competent in her own right and stand up to the two male lead when she felt the point she be make warrant it . a rarity in those day . sullivan . if he wasn not in the department and he would be work for the kgb or cia . he that sort of coldly efficient and ruthless type . he know how the world work and realize what it can take to get the job do . king . it clearly a game to him . one he excel at and which he parley into idea for the detective or spy novel he write a his ostensible real job . he probably the most fun to watch of the three and although they all have their moment and often and too . i do agree that the eventual spin off series feature only his character lack the interest of the original and however .