It's 1AM and I am checking the channels for something interesting or it's off to bed. On "Grit" I see this and am intrigued. I initially thought it was an episode from a series, but when hitting the "info" button on the remote saw it was scheduled for 2 hours. On IMDb discovered this was the pilot for a series. I enjoyed the heck out of it. McGavin wasn't this indestructible tough guy, but more like Jim Rockford, he took his lumps and made mistakes. He didn't have a good relationship with the police and even had a line where he said the PD didn't cooperate with private detectives like himself. The cars, the 60's drug culture, pretty impressive cast, made this a well spent 2 hours. The only problem I had was the ending where even after being knocked out and driven off a cliff he somehow wins a shootout and apprehends the remaining bad guy (a hot Shirley Knight).
Review of The Outsider
