Sable(1987)

4.7
1 Seasons
DramaCrimeAction & AdventureMystery

Overview

Sable is a short-lived television program that aired on ABC during the 1987-1988 season, and is based on the comic book, Jon Sable: Freelance, by Mike Grell. Only seven episodes ever aired. The show was a one-hour adventure/drama about mercenary and vigilante Jon Sable, who by day was children's book author Nicholas Fleming. The program ran on Saturdays at 8:00, and aired its final episode on January 2, 1988. Rene Russo had her first television role on the series. Lara Flynn Boyle also had one of her first acting roles playing a kidnapped girl in the series pilot.

Episodes

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Ep 1

Toy Gun

Sable is hired by a toy manufacturer to recover his kidnapped granddaughter. The kidnappers demand the man commit suicide or they'll kill his daughter

07/11/198746 min
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Ep 2

Hunt

Jon gets word from an old friend that the son of a man he once killed has come to town...to kill him

14/11/198746 min
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Ep 3

Evangelist

Jon investigates a murdered orphanage worker who knew tom much about the orphanage's illegal baby-selling scheme, while he and Cheesecake have to deal with the baby he found in the woman's apartment

21/11/198746 min
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Ep 4

Serial Killer

In a bizarre twist, a serial killer hires Sable...to protect his next victim

28/11/198746 min
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Ep 5

Copycat

Imitation is not the most sincere form of flattery when Jon must deal with a killer using his name while dispensing justice to criminals

05/12/198746 min
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Ep 6

Watchdogs

Cheesecake is forced to hire Sable when a neighborhood watch group turns racist and begins preying on minorities

12/12/198746 min
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Ep 7

Mob

Jon helps out an old friend, a thief, who made the mistake of robbing a rich mobster who is now hunting down the men who dared to steal from him

02/01/198846 min

Show Info

StatusCanceled
NetworkABC
TypeScripted

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