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| 18 Wheels of Justice | |
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| Based on | 18 Wheels of Justice by Ray Brown |
| Developed by | Richard C. Okie |
| Starring | |
| Composer | Christopher Franke |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 44 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | TNN |
| Release | January 12, 2000 – June 6, 2001 |
18 Wheels of Justice is an American crime drama series that aired from 2000 to 2001 on TNN. It starred Lucky Vanous as federal agent Michael Cates (posing as a truck driver, with a Kenworth T2000 semi-truck), and G. Gordon Liddy as Jacob Calder, the crime boss Cates was chasing. The episodes followed a format not unlike The Incredible Hulk or The Fugitive or The Rebel, in that the wandering Cates would meet and interact with different people and help them with their particular problems before moving on. The series was distributed by King World Productions, and was filmed at Stu Segall Productions in San Diego.
Cast
- Lucky Vanous as Michael Cates / Chance Bowman
- G. Gordon Liddy as Jacob Calder
- Billy Dee Williams as Burton Hardesty
- Lisa Thornhill as Celia "Cie" Baxter [1]
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 22 | January 12, 2000 | September 6, 2000 | |
| 2 | 22 | January 3, 2001 | June 6, 2001 | |
Season 1 (2000)
| No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Genesis" | Unknown | Unknown | January 12, 2000 |
| 2 | 2 | "Key to the Highway" | Unknown | Unknown | January 19, 2000 |
| 3 | 3 | "Mr. Invisible" | Unknown | Unknown | January 26, 2000 |
| 4 | 4 | "Showdown" | Unknown | Unknown | February 2, 2000 |
| 5 | 5 | "Triple Play" | Camilo Vila | Doug Heyes, Jr. | February 9, 2000 |
| 6 | 6 | "Prize Possession" | Unknown | Unknown | February 16, 2000 |
| 7 | 7 | "Ordeal" | Unknown | Unknown | February 23, 2000 |
| 8 | 8 | "Through a Glass Darkly" | Unknown | Unknown | March 1, 2000 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Fire Next Time" | Unknown | Unknown | March 8, 2000 |
| 10 | 10 | "Games of Chance" | Unknown | Unknown | March 15, 2000 |
| 11 | 11 | "Two Eyes for an Eye" | Unknown | Unknown | March 22, 2000 |
| 12 | 12 | "Smuggler's Blues" | Unknown | Unknown | June 21, 2000 |
| 13 | 13 | "Ranger's Chance" | Unknown | Unknown | July 5, 2000 |
| 14 | 14 | "Wages of Sin" | Unknown | Unknown | July 12, 2000 |
| 15 | 15 | "Road to Hell" | Unknown | Unknown | July 19, 2000 |
| 16 | 16 | "There's Something About Marvin" | Unknown | Unknown | July 26, 2000 |
| 17 | 17 | "Outside Chance" | Unknown | Unknown | August 2, 2000 |
| 18 | 18 | "Sleeping Dragons" | Unknown | Unknown | August 9, 2000 |
| 19 | 19 | "Con Truck" | Unknown | Unknown | August 16, 2000 |
| 20 | 20 | "Legacy of Blood: Part 1" | Unknown | Unknown | August 23, 2000 |
| 21 | 21 | "Caged: Part 2" | Unknown | Unknown | August 30, 2000 |
| 22 | 22 | "Revelation: Part 3" | Unknown | Unknown | September 6, 2000 |
Season 2 (2001)
| No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | "Shattered Images" | Unknown | Unknown | January 3, 2001 |
| 24 | 2 | "Dance with the Devil" | Stewart Raffill | Richard Maxwell | January 10, 2001 |
| 25 | 3 | "Amore...Omerta" | Unknown | Unknown | January 17, 2001 |
| 26 | 4 | "Old Wives' Tale" | Unknown | Unknown | January 23, 2001 |
| 27 | 5 | "Honor Thy Father" | Unknown | Unknown | January 30, 2001 |
| 28 | 6 | "Criminal Trespass" | Unknown | Unknown | February 6, 2001 |
| 29 | 7 | "Just South of El Paso" | Unknown | Unknown | February 13, 2001 |
| 30 | 8 | "Hot Cars, Fast Women" | Unknown | Unknown | February 20, 2001 |
| 31 | 9 | "Countdown" | Unknown | Unknown | February 27, 2001 |
| 32 | 10 | "Past Imperfect" | William Gereghty | Harold Apter | March 5, 2001 |
| 33 | 11 | "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" | Unknown | Unknown | March 13, 2001 |
| 34 | 12 | "A Place Called Defiance" | Stewart Raffill | Darrell Fetty | March 20, 2001 |
| 35 | 13 | "Come Back, Little Diva" | Unknown | Unknown | March 27, 2001 |
| 36 | 14 | "Slight of Mind" | Unknown | Unknown | April 3, 2001 |
| 37 | 15 | "Dream Girls" | Unknown | Unknown | April 10, 2001 |
| 38 | 16 | "The Cage" | Unknown | Unknown | April 17, 2001 |
| 39 | 17 | "Crossing the Line" | Unknown | Unknown | April 24, 2001 |
| 40 | 18 | "A Family Upside Down" | Unknown | Unknown | May 1, 2001 |
| 41 | 19 | "Once a Thief" | Rob Dunson | Story by : David Balkan & Richard Maxwell Teleplay by : Richard Maxwell | May 8, 2001 |
| 42 | 20 | "The Game" | Unknown | Unknown | May 15, 2001 |
| 43 | 21 | "Second Sense" | Unknown | Unknown | May 30, 2001 |
| 44 | 22 | "The Interrogation" | Unknown | Unknown | June 6, 2001 |
References
- ^ "18 Wheels of Justice co-star Lisa Thornhill no stranger to trucking". landlinemag.com. May 2000. Archived from the original on February 19, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
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