There's an unaired pilot called "The Hidden Agenda" which was rejected by the CBC. Major differences from the series are:
- Jake's father Malachy was played by a different actor who's Canadian.
- Rose was played by another actress.
- Jake's sister is played by another actress.
- Jake and Leslie are dating.
- Big Fat Ronnie is played by another actor who will later be Sergeant Hood.
- Des was not part of Jake's and Malachy's detective agency. In the pilot he's a hoodlum whom Jake is chasing around after Des spray paints Jake's car.