Ohara (TV series)

Ohara
	Pat Morita as Ohara
Genre	Police procedural
Created by	Michael Braveman; John A. Kuri; Pat Morita;
Developed by	Ronald M. Cohen
Starring	Pat Morita; Kevin Conroy; Jon Polito; Rachel Ticotin;
Composer(s)	Bill Conti
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	30
Production
Executive producer(s)	Brian Grazer; Hal Sitowitz; Tony Wharmby; Roderick Taylor;
Producer(s)	Skip Ward; Ralph Riskin;
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Imagine Television; M'ass Production.; Warner Bros. Television;
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	January 17, 1987 –; May 7, 1988

Ohara is an American police procedural television series that first aired on the ABC television network from January 17, 1987, until May 7, 1988, starring Pat Morita in the title role of Lt. Ohara. Morita also co-created the series along with Michael Braveman and John A. Kuri. Kevin Conroy, Jon Polito, Rachel Ticotin, and Robert Clohessy also starred in supporting roles. The series was notable for being one of the first television series to have a Japanese-American actor in the leading role.

Premise

The series focuses on an unconventional Los Angeles-based Japanese American police lieutenant named Ohara (Pat Morita) who uses spirituality methods such as meditation in his home shrine to solve crimes without the use of a gun or a partner, although he would use martial arts if necessary. He often talked in the form of epigrams. He was later paired with a partner named Lt. George Shaver (Robert Clohessy) who was a more conventional cop.

Main cast

Pat Morita as Lt. Ohara
Robert Clohessy as Lt. George Shaver-season 2.
Kevin Conroy as Capt. Lloyd Hamilton-season 1.
Jon Polito as Capt. Ross-Season 1.
Madge Sinclair as Gussie Lemmons.-Season 1.
Catherine Keener as Lt. Cricket Sideris.-Season 1.
Rachel Ticotin as Asst. U.S. Atty. Teresa Storm-Season 2.
Meagen Fay as Roxy-Season 2.

Notable guest stars

Brandon Lee appeared in the Season 2 episode "What's in a Name" which first aired on January 23, 1988 as Kenji, the evil son of a yakuza godfather. This was Lee's first and only appearance in a television series and his only acting role as a villain, although in Kung Fu: The Movie, his character was possessed and forced to be evil for most of the movie.
Other guest stars in the series included Michael Des Barres, Nana Visitor, Mitch Pileggi, Benicio del Toro, and Shannon Tweed.

Episodes list

Season 1 (1987)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Pilot"	TBA	TBA	January 17, 1987 (1987-01-17)
2	2	"Eddie"	TBA	TBA	January 24, 1987 (1987-01-24)
3	3	"Darryl"	TBA	TBA	January 31, 1987 (1987-01-31)
4	4	"Will"	TBA	TBA	February 7, 1987 (1987-02-07)
5	5	"Toshi"	TBA	TBA	February 14, 1987 (1987-02-14)
6	6	"Terry"	TBA	TBA	February 21, 1987 (1987-02-21)
7	7	"Laura"	TBA	TBA	March 7, 1987 (1987-03-07)
8	8	"Jesse"	TBA	TBA	March 14, 1987 (1987-03-14)
9	9	"Louie"	TBA	TBA	March 21, 1987 (1987-03-21)
10	10	"Frannie"	TBA	TBA	March 28, 1987 (1987-03-28)
11	11	"Brian"	TBA	TBA	April 4, 1987 (1987-04-04)

Season 2 (1987–88)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
12	1	"Y' Wanna Live Forever?"	TBA	TBA	October 3, 1987 (1987-10-03)
13	2	"Artful Dodgers"	TBA	TBA	October 10, 1987 (1987-10-10)
14	3	"The Sparrow"	TBA	TBA	October 24, 1987 (1987-10-24)
15	4	"Fagin All Over Again"	TBA	TBA	November 7, 1987 (1987-11-07)
16	5	"Take the Money and Run"	TBA	TBA	November 14, 1987 (1987-11-14)
17	6	"The Intruders"	TBA	TBA	November 21, 1987 (1987-11-21)
18	7	"Hot Rocks"	TBA	TBA	December 5, 1987 (1987-12-05)
19	8	"And a Child Shall Lead Them"	TBA	TBA	December 12, 1987 (1987-12-12)
20	9	"Silver in the Hills"	TBA	TBA	December 19, 1987 (1987-12-19)
21	10	"They Shoot Witnesses, Don't They?"	TBA	TBA	January 2, 1988 (1988-01-02)
22	11	"You Bet Your Life"	TBA	TBA	January 16, 1988 (1988-01-16)
23	12	"What's in a Name?"	Tony Wharmby	Jerome Lew	January 23, 1988 (1988-01-23)
24	13	"Sign of the Times"	TBA	TBA	January 30, 1988 (1988-01-30)
25	14	"The Light Around the Body"	TBA	TBA	February 6, 1988 (1988-02-06)
26	15	"X"	TBA	TBA	March 5, 1988 (1988-03-05)
27	16	"Last Year's Model"	TBA	TBA	March 12, 1988 (1988-03-12)
28	17	"Open Season"	TBA	TBA	March 26, 1988 (1988-03-26)
29	18	"Seeing Something That Isn't There"	TBA	TBA	April 30, 1988 (1988-04-30)
30	19	"Hot Spell"	TBA	TBA	May 7, 1988 (1988-05-07)

Format changes and cancellation

Following its premiere, the show was not attracting the audience ABC had hoped for. They put it through several format changes to increase the ratings. The first major change was to change title character Ohara from a lieutenant to a federal police officer; he was also paired with a partner. Later on in the season Ohara became a more conventional cop using a gun to assist him in his investigations. The second season had a final format change in which Ohara and his partner were turned into private investigators. These changes failed to improve the show's declining ratings and the show was cancelled after the second season.

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