The Good Guys

2010 · 1 season · Drama
7.3 Modest

Series canceled

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Drama Comedy

Once upon the 1970s, Dan Stark and his partner, Frank Savage, were big-shot Dallas detectives. So big, in fact, that they were lauded as American heroes after saving the Governor's son. Thirty years later, Dan Stark is a washed-up detective who spends most of his time drunk or re-hashing his glory days. Dan's new partner, Jack Bailey, is an ambitious, by-the-book and overall good detective, but is sometimes a bit too snarky for his own good. His habit of undermining himself has earned him a dead-end position in the department, and he is stuck solving annoying petty theft cases that nobody else wants. Worse, he's been given the thankless task of babysitting Dan, the drunk pariah who can never keep partners for long.

Country of origin
🇺🇸 United States
Year
2010
Created by
Matt Nix
Channel
FOX

Trivia & behind the scenes

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Origins

The show went through several working titles before settling on The Good Guys: it was first called Jack and Dan, then Code 58 (the Dallas Police Department's radio code for a routine investigation), and briefly The Five Eight.

Origins

The series was originally planned to be set in Los Angeles, but creator Matt Nix decided to set it in Dallas after being convinced by Dallas city officials; he later said the city was 'a great city to jump on the hood of a car.'

Filming

The first season was filmed primarily in Dallas, Texas, making heavy use of the Fair Park area for varied shooting locations while trying not to disturb local residents.

Filming

Principal photography on the pilot began in January 2010 and wrapped in early February 2010.

Filming

Cast members spent time shadowing their real-life Dallas police counterparts to prepare for their roles.

Trivia

The protagonists' car changes throughout the series: they start with a mid-1990s Chevrolet Lumina, Dan then acquires a 1980 Pontiac Trans Am that becomes their signature vehicle, and after the Lumina is destroyed it is replaced by a mid-2000s Ford Taurus that the duo rarely uses.

Music

The show's title sequence uses the song 'Slink (A Hymn)' by the band Locksley as its theme music.

Reception

On the review-aggregation site Metacritic, The Good Guys had a middling average critic score of 61/100 from 20 reviews, but a notably higher user score of 8.3/10.

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