Where to begin? Based on the works of rex stouts (which they lifted most of the dialogue from), Nero Wolfe is the world's most brilliant detective.
Maury Chaykin is perfectly cast as the man who wishes to do nothing more than to eat the finest food and tend to his flowers. Nero's eccentric life style is costly, so he applies his honed intelligence to solving cases that are nigh unsolvable. Unwilling to leave his home (do to pride or girth), he has hired Archie Goodwin (Tim Hutton) to be his leg man, and occasional provoker.
This is not the series for the procedurialist (CSI) viewer - instead Nero and Archie take off at a breakneck pace, with quick, smart dialogue, colorful characters, and occasionally the use of black mail to get what they want. Even though you are often left clueless about who committed the crimes, the show was and absolute joy to watch.
Maury Chaykin is perfectly cast as the man who wishes to do nothing more than to eat the finest food and tend to his flowers. Nero's eccentric life style is costly, so he applies his honed intelligence to solving cases that are nigh unsolvable. Unwilling to leave his home (do to pride or girth), he has hired Archie Goodwin (Tim Hutton) to be his leg man, and occasional provoker.
This is not the series for the procedurialist (CSI) viewer - instead Nero and Archie take off at a breakneck pace, with quick, smart dialogue, colorful characters, and occasionally the use of black mail to get what they want. Even though you are often left clueless about who committed the crimes, the show was and absolute joy to watch.