Dan Stark (Bradley Whitford) was a big-shot Dallas detective in the 1970s. Along with his old partner, Frank Savage, Dan was credited with saving the Governor’s son. But those times are now long gone and he spends his time rehashing the good old days and drinking heavily. He doesn’t want to rely on any of the new police methods, still preferring what he learned so long ago and his own instincts. He still solves an occasional crime here and there, but for the most part gets by on his past heroics.