Shades of L.A.

📊 Series Specifications

Network Network Broadcast
Episode Runtime ~60 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 20
Original Language EN
Creator William Bleich

Shades of L.A. (1990)

Created by William Bleich
⭐ 3.5 / 5 (2 votes) 🎬 1 Seasons 📼 20 Episodes 🏷️ Drama 📡 Ended
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Synopsis

Shades of L.A. is an American crime drama television series that aired from October 10, 1990 until April 6, 1991. Det. Michael Burton of the Los Angeles Police Department is a casual cop until he finds himself in limbo after a bullet grazes his head. He finds himself surrounded by "shades" - spirits trapped between heaven and hell until they can complete any unfinished business on earth. Once resuscitated, he can still see the "shades" so goes about helping them.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 Rest in Peace

After being nearly killed by gunfire, Michael is contacted by the spirit of a dead astronaut.

E2 The Wrong Man

Dead thief Lewis Delgado feels guilty over having framed an innocent man now on death row for murder.

E3 Cooper's Coroner

A baseball announcer wants to make peace with the grown-up son of a former rival he framed for gambling.

E4 Concrete Evidence

The ghost of a mob-involved musicians-union leader asks Burton to locate his missing corpse.

E5 Big Brother Is Watching

The murdered ventioloquist Sibling of one of Michael's friends returns to point out his killer.

E6 Pointers From Paz

Prodded by a dead detective framed for corruption, Michael goes after the true crooked cop.

E7 Where There's No Will There's a Weigh In

The greedy nephew of a recently deceased retired woman plans to keep the portion of her estate she willed to her financially strapped seniors' centre.

E8 The Teacher from Hell

The shade of Michael's old high school science teacher helps him solve the case of a reporter's apparent suicide.

E9 Some Like It Cold

A touch and attractive lawyer on whom Michael had a crush falls in love with him—but only after she's murdered.

E10 Dreams
E11 Dead Dogs Tell No Tales

Michael helps Trudy, a dog accidentally killed while being used in a bank robberty, save her four pups from similar fates.

E12 Send Up the Clowns

Michael goes undercover at a circus to investigate the murder of two miming clowns, possibly by their ringmaster.

E13 Last Laugh
E14 Burial Ground

While returning a suspect to L.A., Michael helps a Nevada cop killed trying to stop an Indian Payroll Service robbery.

E15 Cross the Center Line

While Lt. Wesley is investigated for shooting a fleeing suspect, Michael encounters two '50s biker ghosts.

E16 Til Death Do Us Part

Det. Michael Burton tries to clear the name of a shade accused of killing his wife, however the original investigator impedes his efforts.

E17 Ten Little Thespians

At a house party/murder mystery weekend, Michael encounters the shade of a novelist really killed at the house.

E18 The Really Big Sleep

Tough, old-time private eye Sam Doyle, killed 50 years ago, wants Michael's help in nailing the louse who bumped him off.

E19 Line of Fire (1)

TV evangelist Jimmy Scarborough, seeking an incriminating videotape of his murder of a call girl, stalks the TV-news-producer widow of Michael's former partner.

E20 Line of Fire (2)

Part two of two: B.J.'s ghost, jealous of Linda and Michael's fledgling relationship, nevertheless helps Michael save her from Scarborough.