Maverick:-Season 1 [DVD] [DVD]

You can't go wrong with Maverick.

The two Maverick Brothers (Bret - James Garner - and Bart - Jack Kelly) are both anti-heroes who live under the code that he who avoids a fight and runs like heck catches the next river boat out of there. They will, however, fight if they have to but would rather play poker and charm the ladies (who are usually con ladies out to get them). Created by Roy Huggins (The Fugitive, Run For Your Life, Rockford Files, 77 Sunset Strip) one of the most brilliant writer-producers even seen in television this show was an instant classic and the first two seasons are the best (Garner jumped ship for a while to make movies and Roger Moore, who replaced him, always seemed out of place to me on a horse -- and I like Roger Moore a lot but if he's going to ride a horse it was better as Ivanhoe than a Maverick Cousin from England). This isn't Gunsmoke, so don't expect high drama (in fact they parodied both Gunsmoke and Bonanza -- the Wheelrights were a hoot, especially small Paul). This is tongue-in-cheek western adventure at it's best. It don't get much better than this!