Duncan Ames
Created by Kirby Farrell
Although he considers himself a NY P. I., DUNCAN AMES ends up in Boston in his two outings. It makes a good excuse, I guess, for him to visit his daughter, Rachel, who lives there.
Rachel's the child of a previous marriage. His current amour is Vera, a transplanted Brit who also works as his partner. together they handle "mostly business fraud."
Poor Duncan's a little schizoid. He fancies himself a wit, and spends his spare time working on his ultralight (and environmentally-friendly) aircraft that he keeps stored in a friend's loft. He gets along pretty well with most folks, including his ex-wife, and he's working on his relationship with Rachel, who's heavily into teen angst these days.But, despite his attempts to be a warm, caring, modern age kinda guy who's "always there" for you, he gets a little shaky on the ethics front occasionally. He cheats on Vera, encourages a woman to sleep with a suspect to get the goods on him, and he never says "No" to a little B&E, wiretapping or tampering with evidence.
I had hoped that Vera would straighten him out, because Duncan definitely needed a guiding hand, and this series looked like it could have gone places. Duncan, for all his foibles, was an interesting character.
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Respectfully submitted by Dale Stoyer and Kevin Burton Smith.