O2D I have to start off by saying that I knew almost nothing about Steven Seagal before I saw this show.The only fact I knew about him was that he played guitar and had released CDs, but much like his movies, I was never exposed to them.I just believed what I had heard about him on TV, that he was a fat idiot who made terrible movies.I still haven't seen any of his movies but I did watch every episode of this show.I know it's been over for years but I'm just getting to it now, deal with it.After watching this show I have nothing but respect for Seagal.While his standing in the law enforcement community may be questionable, he's a very talented man.He's an expert marksman who trains other police officers in firearms,he's also a master of Aikido and also trains people in that form of martial arts.To top it all off, he's an awesome guitarist with a great band.I learned all that from this show and I still have no interest in seeing any of his movies.I see that many of the reviews of this show are negative and I bet it's because those people saw his crappy movies.If you have the chance to see this show, watch it.You just might be surprised.

Terryfan Never would I think that Steven Seagal that's right the action star with movies such as Hard To Kill and Exit Wounds and Above The Law is also a member of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office in Lousisiana.I never thought of him being a real Lawman since a good bit of of his movies have him playing a tough cop, a FBI agent and so on.But yes it is true Steven Seagal has been a Police Officer for the city of Jefferson Parish, Lousisiana for 20 years since he has a lot of work in movies.It always funny to see how when he goes out and do his job and arrest someone. They would always have a dumb found look on their face when they see that it is Steven Seagal that has arrested them.One of my favorite ones is when a drunk heard his voice and he said You sound a lot like Steven Seagal and he said yeah I get that a lot. I thought to myself how dumb can one be to not know that it was Steven Seagal.They always find it crazy to know that it is Steven Seagal and they would say how much they enjoy his movies and even ask for his Autograph.Again just wild to think that Steven Seagal is a real officer.But he takes his job very seriously because he is passion about protecting and serving the innocent and arrest those who would do wrong.But if you are looking for a different show that is very extreme then you should give Steven Seagal Lawman a try.

l_monette_1987 I was watching the biography channel late at night and they where showing a full hour of Steven's bio. And i must say i am not really a big fan of his work. During his bio showing, they showed small clips of a show he has done,LawMan. Now I must say, i was intrigued. I got around on watching the show the next day, and i must say, he makes a better cop then actor.The show really sucks you in after 4 episodes. At first i sort of found it had a much slower pace then other reality cop shows out there. And honestly, the more i watched more i realised that is a good thing. We get to see much more of a human side of a cop's day at work. And most important, we get to see past Steven's tuff man persona.The is a nice mix of humour,drama and even suspense. Without going into details there's even one scene you really hope Steven gets a hold of the criminal and gives them what the seriously deserve.I am not surprised that it only went for one season, but in my opinion it is one season strong. I strongly recommend.

jimmmgen The easily overlooked disclaimer in "Steven Seagal: Lawaman," is that Mr. Seagal is not a full-time, sworn deputy sheriff, but a RESERVE deputy. Now not being from Louisiana myself but speaking as an auxiliary police officer in New Jersey, I can tell you that in my state we have full police powers ONLY when we are on duty, unlike full-time sworn officers who possess them 24 hours per day. Also, reserves and auxiliaries are typically unpaid volunteers who go through similar but often not as intense training as their paid counterparts.I suspect that his crew in this show are also reserve deputies, because most of them are high ranking officers (one is a colonel, another one or two captains). It is unusual for sworn officers of that command rank to be out on ordinary street patrol, but quite common for ranking reserve officers. For example, in my jurisdiction our chief and deputy chief are typically on street patrol, directing traffic, etc., alongside us grunts.It is also unusual, in my experience, to see three uniformed officers sharing a car as is seen in "Lawman". Again, this is more typical of auxiliary or reserve units, who may ride three or four persons in a car for safety reasons as well as a lack of available reserve cars.Mr. Seagal is not the first celebrity to don a badge to help his local community. Don Galloway from the 1960's TV show Ironside became a reserve deputy sheriff in his community, as did Robert Conrad. Shakeil O'Neil is also a reserve cop.In any case, I do find this show entertaining and am recording the series on my TiVo. It's nice to see fellow reserve/auxiliary cops in action, which you rarely if ever see on Fox TV's "Cops".