Stanley Tong suggested a cop show based on "Police Story 3: Super Cop" a movie that he directed and Jackie Chan starred in. The creator, Carlton Cuse was aware that CBS was in need of a shows that would attract young male viewers to its Saturday night schedule. Tzi Ma, who portrayed Consul Han in Rush Hour, guest starred as villain Lee Hei for six episodes in this series. At the end of the episode "Cop Out", when Sammo Law is driving through Los Angeles, a sign is seen which advertises Rush Hour, as the movie was released at the time of the episode. The pairing of Hung and Hall as partners was similar to, albeit a bit less overtly comedic than, the partnership between Sammo's friend, Jackie Chan, and Chris Tucker in the Rush Hour feature films. Then on Episode 9, "How Sammo Got His Groove Back", Arsenio Hall joined the cast as Terrell Parker, a wisecracking former LAPD press liaison who began helping out Sammo and the gang on cases. Detective Dana Dickson (played by Tammy Lauren) exited the show after Episode 6, "Extreme Measures", as she moved away to live with "her parents" as noted on the following episode. The cast faced turnover from the beginning. Gretchen Egolf as Captain Amy Dylan (Season 2).Tom Wright as Lieutenant Benjamin Winship (Season 1).Louis Mandylor as Detective Louis Malone (Season 1).Tammy Lauren as Detective Dana Dickson (Season 1, first five episodes).Kelly Hu as Detective Grace "Pei Pei" Chen (Seasons 1 and 2, all episodes).Arsenio Hall as Detective-Lieutenant Terrell Parker (Seasons 1 and 2). Sammo Hung as Captain/Detective Sammo Law (Seasons 1 and 2, all episodes).
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