Gary Hurd

The Nero Wolfe mysteries by Rex Stout were among my favorite pleasure reading for decades. The 20 TV episodes were brilliant premiering in 2001. Timothy Hutton was so good that he became Archie Goodwin as I re-read the novels. This even became true for all the cast. They became the voices, and faces I hear and see when I still read the original texts almost 20 years later. This has gotten to the point that even today I looked through every TV episode for "And Be A Villain." I was certain I had seen it. I could 'see' the scenes, and 'hear' the dialog. Alas, the Arts and Entertainment, A&E, network chose to neither be focused on the Arts, nor be Entertaining. They canceled this fantastic effort.

I just finished watching Episode 8 of Harry Wild. Sadly it only took since yesterday to complete the season to date. What I particularly enjoyed is the social frankness, and still imaginary plots. I have professional experience in homicide investigations and the fantasy elements from Harry Wild are much better than actual mundane murders.

My anticipation for Season 4 has made me hyper critical. There have been 2 episodes early on that were disappointing. The writers were making an over exaggeration of the premise. But aside from E.2 and 3 the season is a delight.