The pilot movie for the show is an adaptation of the novel "Promised Land", fourth in the series, which featured the first appearance of Hawk.
The firehouse Spenser lives in during the first season was also used in What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001) and the Boston portion of "Real World, The" (1992) .
Jonathan Chase was a British college professor at New York University who had the unusual ability to transform into any kind of animal. He used his powers to battle crime...
Jane was born on December 31, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York. By her teens she was living in New Hampshire, where she entered and won the "Miss New Hampshire" beauty contest...