This television movie is the 2-hour pilot. After the series was picked up, the pilot was broken into first four half-hour episodes of season 1 "A Hero's Welcome" Part 1&2, "Too Late the Hero" Part 1&2.
Marshall R. Teague previously co-starred in the 1989 film "Road House" starring Patrick Swayze. Lisa Neimi Swayze, Patrick Swayze's widow, co-starred in the TV movie as Carla Frost.