S01E01 Pilot
Detective Remy McSwain is a brash, womanizing, and unconventional New Orleans police detective who doesn't always play by the rules in order to get criminals locked up. But with the help of his uncle C.D....
The Big Easy
He's the hot cop. She's the cool D.A. When they get together, New Orleans sizzles.
Overview
The Big Easy television series was inspired by the film of the same name from 1987. The show premiered on the USA Cable Network August 11, 1996. Tony Crane played New Orleans police lieutenant/detective Remy McSwain, Susan Walters played state district attorney Anne Osbourne and Barry Corbin played police chief C.D. LeBlanc. Daniel Petrie Jr. was the executive producer of the series. 35 episodes were broadcast over two seasons.
The series takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana and was shot on location.
Episodes
S01E02 Murder in Mind
As Anne settles in New Orleans (aka: The Big Easy) to stay, Remy continues to try to win her affections with the help of Smiley and his other associates, while both Anne and Remy have...
S01E03 Cinderfella
Remy investigates the murder of a groom at his bachelor party where the only evidence is that of a high-heeled shoe left behind by the killer who may have been a transvestite. In attempting to...
S01E04 Hotshot
Remy and Anne investigate the mysterious death of a jazz musician friend of Smiley's where circumstantial evidence points to supernatural occurrences connected to a shady music producer, named Tyrell, whom Remy begins to suspect that...
S01E05 A Dead Man Is Hard to Find
Remy investigates the death of the father of a young debutante in a suspicious plane crash in the swamps and learns a series of facts about the unscrupulous businessman, including the fact that C.D. was...
S01E06 Stodermayer
Anne's fiancée, Geoffrey Stodermayer, a marine biologist, arrives in town to set an upcoming date for their wedding in which Remy drags him into his latest case of investigating a shady strip club owner's liquor...
S01E07 The Gambler
Remy tries to help out his old friend Delbert, a gambling addict, whom is heavily in debit to a local mobster. But when a treasury agent is found murdered at the casino boat where Delbert...
S01E08 Crawdaddy
Remy begins moonlighting as a personal bodyguard to a wealthy shipping magnate when his life is threatened. But Remy cannot resist temptation to the rich guy's young wife, Isabella, while leads point to a sordid...
S01E09 Love Doctor
When Anne's younger sister, Sophie, arrives in town for a quick visit, Remy takes them, Darlene, and Smiley out to a fund raiser at a local art gallery to save a local radio station where...
S01E10 The Voodoo You Do
Remy investigates the mysterious death of a businessman whom he believes it to be the work of voodoo. While everyone, but the skeptic Anne, believes in the local voodoo superstitions, Remy sets off with Smiley...
S01E11 Snake Dance
Remy, C.D., and Darlene investigate the mysterious death of a cult guru who was crushed to death by a large snake. While Anne and Remy try to seek out a dominatrix snake charmer who was...
S01E12 Big Life
On the night of Marti Gras, Remy finds himself held hostage at his hangout, the Blue Spot Bar, by an escaped convict, named Lyle Tillman (Silas Weir Mitchell), who seeks to prove his innocence of...
S01E13 Master of Illusion
In this take on 'Rear Window' one of Anne's friends, Holly, who is recovering with a broken leg, thinks she's witnessed a murder in the apartment from across the courtyard from her apartment. Remy initially...
S01E14 Don't Shoot the Piano Player
Remy tries to help out Frank, an old piano-playing friend whom has a crush on a young mobster's girlfriend, and when he's accused of murdering the thug, Remy must go against all laws of ethics...
S01E15 Long & Short
Remy investigates the murder of a traveling con artist whom may have been involved in a big scam to locate a mysterious cargo of merchandise worth millions. Assisting Remy and Anne with their case is...
S01E16 Gatoraide
Remy, Anne, and C.D. are approached by a young policewoman and Civil War buff to help her investigate the murder of her friend who was allegedly trying to track down alligator poaches in the bayous....
S01E17 Driving Miss Money
Remy and his team investigate the death of an elderly and ailing socialite at a fund-raiser where Anne and Hawkins were in attendance. Hawkins thinks that the manservant, Bernard, was responsible when the cause of...
S01E18 The Fabulous Bill Brothers
In the retrospective season final, Remy and Anne are abducted by a pair of redneck brothers whom Remy put away their serial killing eldest brother, leading to the mismatched detective and attorney trying to get...
S01E19 Lafitte Don't Fail Me Now
While investigating the murder of a mysterious businessman at a kiddie park, Remy, Anne, and Smiley get drawn into a search for four parts of what appear to be a legendary treasure map leading to...
S01E20 Ghost of Prickly Rose
While investigating the death of a wealthy businessman who died from a fall at a house reputed to be haunted, Remy and the team try to disapprove of the theory that the ghost of a...
S01E21 Vamps Like Us
Remy and Anne investigate the murder of a novelist who was researching a local vampire cult in New Orleans. While Remy tries to find the cult leader and prime suspect, Anne has a meeting of...
S01E22 One Little Indian
The death of a band leader in a barroom brawl leads to Smiley's uncle getting arrested on suspicion of the murder. Remy agrees to help Smiley look into the case involving an Marti Gras Indian...
Cast
Tony Crane
Remy McSwain
Barry Corbin
C.D. LeBlanc
Eric George
Smiley Dupree
Susan Walters
Anne Osborne
Leslie Bibb
Janine Rebbenack
Troy Bryant
Lightnin' Hawkins
Karla Tamburrelli
Darlene Broussard
