When a US Marshal inherits an unruly dog he finds his new pet is the key to his biggest case yet.
Scott Turner (Josh Peck) an ambitious, buttoned-up rookie US Marshal eager to make an impression on the force is the son of Detective Scott Turner portrayed by Tom Hanks in the 1989 film of the same name. Turner’s father hoped to leave his sleepy California town and work in the big city, until solving the murder case of his friend Amos Reed (John McIntire) with the help of a French Mastiff named Hooch.
This series follows a case of the week type format, the series has an overarching mystery, to a case that Scott’s father was working on before his passing, it’s decent. There should be twists and turns as Scott and Laura set out to find answers to their most burning questions.
In the series premiere episode “Forever and a Dog,” Turner and his partner Jessica Baxter (Carra Patterson) are assigned to the protection of Larry Gluck (Ryan Beil), a men part of a bank robbery crew who hit 22 banks in 2019. The FBI convinced Gluck to take the stand in court against the others involved. This seems to be a clear-cut assignment for the two of them with a 24-hour security detail until the trial.
Scott’s world is turned upside down after his sister Laura Turner (Lyndsy Fonseca) leaves their father’s dog who embodied the spirit of the old Hooch. Scott did not want to take on Hooch, and it’s not surprising. He’s at a pivotal stage of his career, trying to come to terms with the loss of his father and the breakdown of his relationship with his girlfriend. The death of his father seemed clean cut at the beginning of the premiere, but it’s clear there is much more to the story than meets the eye.
The next day the motel that was hiding out in gets hit and he is captured Turner happened to be on his way and as luck would saw the suspects and the high-speed chase began. After following the vehicle to an ally after the shoot out Hooch barked to warn Turner of the danger of approaching the vehicle that was rigged to explode, this was one hint into Hooches training thanks to Turner Sr.
Jessica Baxter introducing Erica Mounir to Scott Turner.
Unaware of this Turner mistakes this for behavioral issues and seeks the help of Erica Mounir (Vanessa Lengies), she runs the K-9 explosives detection training for the Marshal Service. After showing Scott that Hooch is properly trained her advice which is to trust the dog.
In a prior scene, Hooch was barking at the lawyer of Gluck but after seeing him a second time Hooch acted as if he didn’t want anything to do with him, it turns out Hooch was barking at FBI Agent Long who happened to be standing behind the lawyer and it turns out being behind the abduction. In order to retrieve the millions that Gluck and his crew stole in order to have a better life. this was the old trope of the good guy turning to the dark side because of all the bad things happening in their life.
After a shootout at the ports where Gluck was being held Turner, Hooch, and Baxter were able to arrest Agent Long and his accomplices and save Gluck. Proving his worth Hooch has been given a job with Scott as part of a K-9 Unit. It will be fun to see how the dynamic continues to unfold.
Erica showing Scott that Hooch is well trained and explaining to him that dogs act upon things that feel from people around them.
While not Disney’s first attempt at making a spin-off/follow-up television series to the Turner & Hooch movie this is a Disney+ original series created, executive producer, and written by Matt Nix and produced by 20th Television. With reboots and revivals ruling the TV development slate over the last few years, I had reservations about a TV show sequel to Turner & Hooch. Thankfully, Turner & Hooch’s first episode manages to forge a path that makes it a worthy follow-up to the Tom Hanks movie, while introducing fresh and exciting concepts, and of course, a lovable dog in Hooch.
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