Los Angeles private investigators Cody Allen (Perry King), Murray Bozinsky (Thom Bray), and Nick Ryder (Joe Penny) travel to the Caribbean island of Martigua for a weeks vacation. The three of them dote on their beautiful friend and hostess Italian undersea explorer Giovanna Guilirini (Ava Lazar) but Cody is the one who gots the biggest crush on 'er, eh? They met her late in the second season (Episode 21 - Arrivederci, Baby).
Leading their expedition to find lost pirate treasure is world famous adventurer Angelo Guilirini (Cesar Romero) - Giovanna's father and captain of his own boat - the Arrivederci (All introduced on Season 2, Episode 21). The expedition has been fraught with sabotage which is suspected to have been orchestrated by alcoholic rival Captain Jack Schofield (Christopher Cary) and his decrepit wreck of a boat the Forty Fathoms.
When Cody, Murray and Nick confront Schofield he does not deny he wants the treasure but does deny he has committed any act of sabotage. He proposes they work together after showing them parts of the treasure he has found. They have the man-power and the technology but after ten years head start on them he knows where it might be. The uneasy partnership is tested when the sabotage continues. Unbeknownst to them an evil businessman and an icy German fence (Christoper Neame) are trailing them in hopes of stealing the treasure out from under them.
Amidst the treasure hunt story-line the cast also enact fantasy sequences which depict the Pirate & the Princess legend (Similar to the Highwayman poem) which is tied to the treasure. Perry King (Channeling Errol Flynn) portrays Captain William Tyson - the pirate. Ava Lazar portrays the princess he captures. Joe Penny (Channeling Cary Grant) portrays the first mate. Stylistically it conveys a classic cinema/women's romance novel vibe.
The inference we are meant to draw is that the show is a modern take on swashbuckling adventure. The characters have that Peter Pan quality which invites the comparison already anyway.
Gorgeous leading lady Ava Lazar was more than passable in her dual role. But she is the only female character we see. On a show that already featured himbos Cody and Nick they added a couple of guest himbo characters portrayed by Paul Land (As Guido) and Russell Todd (As Tony) respectively. They could have made both female and cast gorgeous actresses but didn't. For that and other reasons (Hokey writing mainly) this is not a personal favorite.
As an implicit appeal to female viewers the detectives spend a significant part of a scene at the end talking about how to best be considerate of Giovanna who is heartbroken over a personal betrayal.
Fans of the show Lost might pick up on a line of dialogue Nick says i.e. "I've never heard of ghosts haunting an entire island before."
Leading their expedition to find lost pirate treasure is world famous adventurer Angelo Guilirini (Cesar Romero) - Giovanna's father and captain of his own boat - the Arrivederci (All introduced on Season 2, Episode 21). The expedition has been fraught with sabotage which is suspected to have been orchestrated by alcoholic rival Captain Jack Schofield (Christopher Cary) and his decrepit wreck of a boat the Forty Fathoms.
When Cody, Murray and Nick confront Schofield he does not deny he wants the treasure but does deny he has committed any act of sabotage. He proposes they work together after showing them parts of the treasure he has found. They have the man-power and the technology but after ten years head start on them he knows where it might be. The uneasy partnership is tested when the sabotage continues. Unbeknownst to them an evil businessman and an icy German fence (Christoper Neame) are trailing them in hopes of stealing the treasure out from under them.
Amidst the treasure hunt story-line the cast also enact fantasy sequences which depict the Pirate & the Princess legend (Similar to the Highwayman poem) which is tied to the treasure. Perry King (Channeling Errol Flynn) portrays Captain William Tyson - the pirate. Ava Lazar portrays the princess he captures. Joe Penny (Channeling Cary Grant) portrays the first mate. Stylistically it conveys a classic cinema/women's romance novel vibe.
The inference we are meant to draw is that the show is a modern take on swashbuckling adventure. The characters have that Peter Pan quality which invites the comparison already anyway.
Gorgeous leading lady Ava Lazar was more than passable in her dual role. But she is the only female character we see. On a show that already featured himbos Cody and Nick they added a couple of guest himbo characters portrayed by Paul Land (As Guido) and Russell Todd (As Tony) respectively. They could have made both female and cast gorgeous actresses but didn't. For that and other reasons (Hokey writing mainly) this is not a personal favorite.
As an implicit appeal to female viewers the detectives spend a significant part of a scene at the end talking about how to best be considerate of Giovanna who is heartbroken over a personal betrayal.
Fans of the show Lost might pick up on a line of dialogue Nick says i.e. "I've never heard of ghosts haunting an entire island before."