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Nash Bridges was an American television drama of the 1990s. It starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two detectives with the San Francisco Police Department. It was shown in the U.S. on CBS, in Canada on CTV, and is currently syndicated on The USA Network.
In The Beginning
"Nash" debuted in 1996, features Johnson (formerly of the 1980s hit police drama Miami Vice) as Nash Bridges, captain of the SFPD's Special Investigations Unit. He is a man in midlife getting over two failed marriages and the growing up of his daughter, Cassidy (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe). Marin (formerly of the 1970s comic duo Cheech and Chong) portrays Joe Dominguez, Nash's partner and best friend. They cruise the streets in Nash's electric yellow 1970 Plymouth Barracuda convertible, a gift from Nash's brother Tommy before Tommy left for the Vietnam War (and was later killed).
Aiding Nash in his police work are Harvey Leek (Jeff Perry), a former hippie going into midlife, young Evan Cortez (Jaimie P. Gomez), who has a penchant for recklessness (including a stormy relationship with Cassidy), and ever present Officer Ronnie (Ronald Russell). Also helping are an assortment of detectives and superiors such as Michelle Chan (Kelly Hu, later of CBS's Martial Law), Caitlin Cross (Yasmine Bleeth of Baywatch fame), who Nash has a relationship with at the end of the 1999-2000 season, Antwon Babcock (Cress Williams), a big, beefy black man who wouldn't take no for an answer during interrogations, WWE superstar Stone Cold Steve Austin as roughhousing detective Jake Cage, and the independent Rachel McCabe (Wendy Moniz).
Other regulars include Tracey Walter from (who regularly played a Ferengi on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) as Angel, a spiritual vagrant who always seems to have supernatural guidance for the non-spiritual Nash, Daniel Roebuck from Matlock as corrput former detective Rick Bettina, a constant thorn in Nash's side due to the fact that Bettina's father is the police chief, Nash's ailing father Nick (James Gammon), who is showing the first signs of Alzheimer's Disease and Robocop 2's Stephen Lee as bumbling mobster and police informant Tony B.
The series showed a balance of some of Nash's interesting (and sometimes dangerous) cases, and the personal lives of the detectives and their extended families. The series was cancelled after the 2000-2001 season.
Cast of Characters
- Lieutenant/Captain Nash Bridges - Don Johnson
- Detective/Lieutenant Joe Dominguez - Cheech Marin
- Detective Harvey Leek - Jeff Perry
- Officer Ronnie - Ronald Russell
- Detective Evan Cortez - Jaimie P. Gomez (1996-2000)
- Detective Caitlin Cross - Yasmine Bleeth (1998-2000)
- Detective Rick Bettina - Daniel Roebuck (1997-2000)
- Detective Rachel McCabe - Wendy Moniz (2000-2001)
- Detective Antwon Babcock - Cress Williams (2000-2001)
- Nick Bridges - James Gammon
- Cassidy Bridges - Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
- Lisa Bridges - Annette O'Toole
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