Who's watched it the last 20-30 years? Came out in 1985, 7 seasons, 139 episodes, ended in 1992.
Watched through about 3-4 seasons some years ago. Like any other series, some episodes are great, many are halfway decent, and quite a few are cheesy and frankly, ridiculous.
But there are some glimpses of greatness here and there.
One thing i truly like about this series, is the sometime ambient music. It's the kind of sneaky mercenary music, like in one of my favourite games Jagged Alliance 2. If you search it up on youtube (Jagged Alliance 2 travel theme 1-4), you'll understand. Been meaning to try to sample and make a video with that music, but it's quite a job, and i haven't had the time yet. But the music is sometimes absolutely great. It is very very hard to find this type of music.
The main actor (Richard Dean Anderson) embodies the personality of the air sign. He is an aquarius first decan, and his chart has five air placements. Though there are some very prevalent earth elements too, two in total; Mercury is placed in capricorn third decan, on the line to second, meaning he has some of all three earth elements in mercury, which rules our thinking/mental processing. The third decan capricorn is perhaps the most cold and calculating earth placement, giving a solidifying edge to all that air energy. Although the quick thinking and multi-talent resourcefulness is mostly credited to the air energy. Saturn in second decan virgo, virgo/capricorn, is also a very strong solution-oriented placement, meaning one solves problems with hard endurance and realistic orientation. Though one can see the clash in the character development between these two energies.
His acting is fine mostly throughout the series. One thing i though dislike, which made me had to take breaks from watching the series, is those tight blue jeans xD And the climbing scenes and quirky camera angles. It's ... not for me. But, one has to overlook some thing in almost any series. This is one of those things, lol. In some episodes he is up against more serious types, and there are some good fighting scenes and choreography too.
The complete opposite of him, both in personality and acting, is his boss Pete Thornton, actor Dana Elcar. There is just no excuse for how bad he is acting, and is truly a down-draggin element to the whole series. Very few moments are of any acting quality. I could with 100% certainty do a better job myself.
I recommend watching a few episodes as a blast from the past. No shaky camera, mostly long-sequence filming, which is such a pleasurable contrast to most new series produced the last 20 years.