I was only a few years old when this series had its short 2 season run. But, I remembering watching the reruns throughout my childhood. Banacek was brilliant and logical investigator who had the ability to 'see around corners' for the full picture. He played a Polish 'bounty hunter' style investigator for the insurance companies and worked on a percentage of the insured value (he would get 10% of the insured value for items he recovered). He took great pride in his polish ancestry at a time when the world was full of polish jokes. It was kind of a ground breaking series. There were lots of strong women in the series also. Something uncommon in the early 1970's. The series had Christine Belford, Stephanie Powers, Margot Kidder, Brenda Vaccaro, Stella Stevens, Penny Marshall, Linda Evans, Victoria Principle and many others. It was a great series for that time period. These days, I watch it once or twice yearly (I have the DVD set as well as a digital download) and the episodes are just as good as they ever were. Highly recommended!
Review of Banacek
