Gabriel's Fire

Gabriel's Fire
Created by	Donald R. Boyle Coleman Luck Jacqueline Zambrano
Starring	James Earl Jones Brian K. Grant Laila Robins Dylan Walsh Madge Sinclair
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Executive producer(s)	Robert Lieberman Coleman Luck
Running time	60 min.
Production company(s)	Lorimar Television
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	First : September 12, 1990 – Last : June 6, 1991
Chronology
Followed by	Pros and Cons

Gabriel's Fire is an American television series that ran on ABC in the USA in 1990–1991. A revamped version of the series, entitled Pros and Cons, aired briefly the following season.

The main character, Gabriel Bird, was played by James Earl Jones. He was a former Chicago police officer who, over twenty years prior, had been wrongfully sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a fellow police officer. In fact, he shot the officer to protect a defenseless mother and child whom the officer was about to murder during a 1969 police raid. Unbeknownst to Bird, the raid had been merely a pretext for the police to attack the members of a militant black nationalist organization. This incident in the character's background was inspired by the 1969 death of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton, who was shot and killed during a raid upon his residence conducted by Chicago police and other law enforcement personnel. On the show, the street on which the raid involving Bird had occurred was identified as "Hampton Street".

When Bird is released, he starts working as a private detective, hired by the lawyer who had helped free him.

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