Martial Law

43min

Action & Adventure

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Sammo Law spins, kicks, and chops his way through crime as a one-man police force in Los Angeles. He's a tough law enforcer who comes to the U.S. in search of a former friend and protegée — and gets drafted as part of the LAPD.

Production Companies

Cuse Productions

Ruddy Morgan Productions

20th Century Fox Television

CBS Productions

CBS Entertainment Productions

Episodes

Cast

Shanghai Express

1. Shanghai Express

43min

26th Sep 1998

Sammo's comes to America to find one of his colleagues from China who has disappeared whilst infiltrating an international car theft ring. Sammo ends up taking part in a cop exchange programme between USA and China.

Diamond Fever

2. Diamond Fever

43min

3rd Oct 1998

Sammo uncovers a diamond counterfeiting and smuggling operation ran by a major Chinese criminal, Lee Hei.

Dead Ringers

3. Dead Ringers

43min

10th Oct 1998

When fighters start dying in an Internet based all-in-fighting competition the LAPD are called in. Louis goes undercover to see whether or not the fighters are being murdered

Funny Money

4. Funny Money

43min

17th Oct 1998

With the help of a federal agent Sammo and his fellow officers go after a gang who are counterfeiting money.

Cop Out

5. Cop Out

43min

24th Oct 1998

Using his status as a new and unknown member of the LAPD Sammo goes undercover to help the team root out a group of vigilante cops.

Extreme Measures

6. Extreme Measures

43min

31st Oct 1998

Sammo and his colleagues try to discover the whereabouts a group of White Supremacists armed with heavy weapons.

Trackdown

7. Trackdown

43min

7th Nov 1998

The murder of a DA leads to Sammo and his colleagues uncovering a lawyer who hires a gang to steal prosecution evidence.

Take Out

8. Take Out

43min

14th Nov 1998

A friend of Sammo's owns a restaurant. He refuses to sell to Nathan Babbott, a big businessman, and then gets attacked. To help his friend Sammo begins an investigation into Babbott. Sammo has problems trying to open a checking account at the local bank.

How Sammo Got His Groove Back

9. How Sammo Got His Groove Back

43min

21st Nov 1998

Terrell Parker, an LAPD press officer, sees his cousin, a rap artist shot by an assassin. His life saved only by the appearance of Sammo and Louis. Terrell tries to get himself involved in the investigation by partnering up with Sammo. Between them they uncover a CD bootlegging operation.

Bad Seed

10. Bad Seed

43min

12th Dec 1998

Winship discovers that his niece is involved with a Triad gang and assigns Sammo and Tyrell to track her down. Terrell is now part of the department.

Lock-Up

11. Lock-Up

43min

19th Dec 1998

Sammo and Tyrell go undercover to infiltrate a gun-smuggling operation run by prison inmates.

Painted Faces

12. Painted Faces

43min

9th Jan 1999

Sammo's nemesis, Lee Hei, is back in the US and attempts to assassinate the mayor of Shanghai.

Substitutes

13. Substitutes

43min

23rd Jan 1999

Sammo discovers that a legendary gangster and drugs dealer has left Colombia and come back to Los Angeles, looking for his ex-wife and son.

Wild Life

14. Wild Life

43min

6th Feb 1999

Sammo and Tyrell try to nail an illegal animal trading and hunting ring.

Breakout

15. Breakout

43min

13th Feb 1999

A prisoner escapes from jail and goes looking for the $3 million he and his colleagues stole 5 years earlier.

Captive Hearts

16. Captive Hearts

43min

20th Feb 1999

Sammo and Terrell pursue a sweatshop proprietor suspected of selling babies.

Trifecta

17. Trifecta

43min

27th Feb 1999

Billy Rafferty, Terrell's former partner is found murdered. Terrell and Sammo investigate the last case he was working on, working undercover at a racetrack.

Big Trouble

18. Big Trouble

43min

20th Mar 1999

A gang threatens the supermarket owned by Terrell's mum and step dad. He decides that he is going to help them out and enlists Sammo to aid him.

Nitro Man

19. Nitro Man

43min

27th Mar 1999

During a robbery at Melanie's bank she ends up as a hostage and is kidnapped. Sammo is desperate to find her and save her from danger.

Red Storm

20. Red Storm

43min

24th Apr 1999

While waiting at the airport for the arrival of his teacher, Master Reng, from China Sammo gets involved with trying to stop a gang of crazed terrorists.

Requiem (1)

21. Requiem (1)

43min

1st May 1999

Lee Hei and his daughter, Lin Pai Chin, are back in America trying to set up a big drug deal to finance their other criminal activities.

End Game (2)

22. End Game (2)

43min

8th May 1999

Lee Hei and his daughter continue to cause trouble for Sammo and his fellow cops. This time though they are told that if they don't catch them then their unit could be shut down.

First air date

26th Sep 1998

Last air date

13th May 2000

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks