The Big Easy
The Big Easy
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The Big Easy

He's the hot cop. She's the cool D.A. When they get together, New Orleans sizzles.

8.7 / 10
1996
2 seasons
35 episodes
DramaCrime

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.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Pilot

    11-08-199644m

    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 th...

  • Ep 2

    2.Murder in Mind

    18-08-199644m

    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 h...

  • Ep 3

    3.Cinderfella

    25-08-199644m

    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 a...

  • Ep 4

    4.Hotshot

    08-09-199644m

    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 pro...

  • Ep 5

    5.A Dead Man Is Hard to Find

    15-09-199644m

    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...

  • Ep 6

    6.Stodermayer

    22-09-199644m

    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...

  • Ep 7

    7.The Gambler

    29-09-199644m

    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...

  • Ep 8

    8.Crawdaddy

    06-10-199644m

    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...

  • Ep 9

    9.Love Doctor

    13-10-199644m

    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 statio...

  • Ep 10

    10.The Voodoo You Do

    20-10-199643m

    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 superstitio...

  • Ep 11

    11.Snake Dance

    08-12-199643m

    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 wh...

  • Ep 12

    12.Big Life

    15-12-199643m

    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 h...

  • Ep 13

    13.Master of Illusion

    22-12-199643m

    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...

  • Ep 14

    14.Don't Shoot the Piano Player

    12-01-199743m

    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 la...

  • Ep 15

    15.Long & Short

    19-01-199743m

    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...

  • Ep 16

    16.Gatoraide

    26-01-199743m

    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 poac...

  • Ep 17

    17.Driving Miss Money

    02-02-199743m

    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,...

  • Ep 18

    18.The Fabulous Bill Brothers

    09-02-199743m

    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 detect...

  • Ep 19

    19.Lafitte Don't Fail Me Now

    16-02-199743m

    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...

  • Ep 20

    20.Ghost of Prickly Rose

    23-02-199743m

    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...

  • Ep 21

    21.Vamps Like Us

    02-03-199743m

    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 m...

  • Ep 22

    22.One Little Indian

    09-03-199743m

    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...

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