TV series

Maximum Bob

Name: Maximum Bob
Released: 1998
Cast: Beau Bridges, Liz Vassey, Sam Robards, Kiersten Warren

1998· 1 season· 60 min episodes★ 7.3Ended

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Synopsis

Maximum Bob is a short-lived television series that debuted in 1998 on ABC TV. Starring Beau Bridges, the show was based on Elmore Leonard's 1991 novel with the same title.

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E1 PilotNext upAug 4, 1998 · 60 min
Synopsis
Public Defender Kathy Baker visits the small Florida town of Deep Water to defend a young client being used as a pawn by a politically minded judge. She stumbles onto the town's many peculiarities including a criminally minded backwoods family, an abusive deputy, alligators running rampant, and a crazed environmentalist, all presided over by an eccentric judge, ""Maximum"" Bob Gibbs.
Guest stars: Sam Trammell (Sonny Dupree), Beth Grant (Inez Crowe), Brent Briscoe (Elvin Crowe), Paul Vogt (Bogart Crowe), Garret Dillahunt (Deputy Dawson Hayes), William Sanderson (Dicky Crowe), Robert Deacon (Prison Guard), Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly (Wanda Grace)
E2 WandalustAug 11, 1998 · 60 min
Synopsis
Bob 'borrows' a convict from the prison to serve as his personal gardener, leading to problems when Wanda Grace chooses him to be her first love. Leanne willingly donates her body for Wanda's use. Bob bursts in, leading to a large manhunt and a kidnapped baby.
Guest stars: Beth Grant (Inez Crowe), R. Lee Ermey (Col. Theodore Baker), Paul Vogt (Bogart Crowe), William Sanderson (Dicky Crowe), Antonio David Lyons (Sylvane Soleil), Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly (Wanda Grace), T. Scott Cunningham (D.A. Hector Finch), Peter Allen Vogt (Dirk Crowe)
E3 Bay of Big'sAug 18, 1998 · 60 min
Synopsis
Bob enjoys the satisfaction when he busts he ex-wife Rosellen for smuggling Cuban cigars into the country. His satisfaction is short-lived when two Federal agents arrive, claiming that she's a federal operative. Determined to get to the bottom of things, Bob spies on Rosellen and in the process gets captured and held hostage by Cuban Freedom Fighters. Meanwhile, in another part of Deep Water, Kathy and Sheriff Hammond practice for an upcoming dance contest.
Guest stars: Lee Garlington (Rosellen Fortenot), Paul Vogt (Bogart Crowe), Jack Blessing (Agent Neff), Miguel Sandoval (Rudolfo Esquiva), Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly (Wanda Grace), Ted Bartsch (Bailiff), T. Scott Cunningham (D.A. Hector Finch), Peter Allen Vogt (Dirk Crowe)
E4 A Little TailAug 25, 1998 · 60 min
Synopsis
Kathy represents a man being refused a job as a mermaid. Dirk and Bogart Crowe refuse to return their pet manatee to its rightful owner. Kathy represents her estranged husband Kevin after he's brought before Judge Gibbs for traffic violations. Kevin tries to convince Kathy he's a changed man.
Guest stars: Beth Grant (Inez Crowe), Paul Vogt (Bogart Crowe), Leslie Jordan (Cletus Huntley), Garret Dillahunt (Deputy Dawson Hayes), William Sanderson (Dicky Crowe), Steven Eckholdt (Dr. Kevin Michaels), Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly (Wanda Grace), T. Scott Cunningham (D.A. Hector Finch)
E5 Good Dog KarlSep 1, 1998 · 60 min
Synopsis
Kathy befriends a dog that saved her life. Meanwhile, the whole town is up in arms over a beast of some sort that attacked a young woman, biting off three fingers. According to witnesses (the Crowe family) the beast was either a Gatorman or the Okeechobee Wolfman. Judge Gibbs hires an exorcist to cast out Wanda Grace.
Guest stars: Beth Grant (Inez Crowe), Nan Martin (President of the Daughters of Stars and Bars), Paul Vogt (Bogart Crowe), David Clennon (Nathan Cahill), Garret Dillahunt (Deputy Dawson Hayes), Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly (Wanda Grace), Deborah Smith Ford (Newspaper Reporter), Peter Allen Vogt (Dirk Crowe)
E6 Dead Babe WalkingSep 8, 1998 · 60 min
Synopsis
Bob falls for a born-again death row inmate. After 'Old Sparky' blows a fuse, Bob works with Kathy to find a way to let the prisoner, Angelyne, off the hook. Meanwhile, Inez Crowe comes to work as Leanne's personal aide.
Guest stars: Beth Grant (Inez Crowe), Alexandra Powers (Angelyne Linklater), William Sanderson (Dicky Crowe), Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly (Wanda Grace), T. Scott Cunningham (D.A. Hector Finch), Chad Ayers (Governor's Aide), Chad Brown (Pesky Reporter), Earleen Carey (Mrs. Givens)
E7 Once BittenSep 15, 1998 · 60 min
Synopsis
Judge Gibbs' gubernatorial campaign is temporarily derailed by allegations of sexual assault levelled by a former intern. Elvin Crowe and Sheriff Gary hunt down Sonny and another convict after the two break out of prison.
Guest stars: Sam Trammell (Sonny Dupree), Brent Briscoe (Elvin Crowe), Paul Vogt (Bogart Crowe), William Sanderson (Dicky Crowe), Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly (Wanda Grace), T. Scott Cunningham (D.A. Hector Finch), Peter Allen Vogt (Dirk Crowe), Nancy Duerr (Renata Guzman)