 In command of this hodgepodge was the recently promoted, immature, mother-fixated Captain Ken Epstein (Joel Murray), who had received the place which logic dictated should have gone to Bob.Frequently blustering his way through the station was Deputy Commissioner Hank Bishop (John Hancock), who never let anyone forget for a moment that he was a "deputy commissioner".Richard Libertini had just recently worked with creators/producers Fanaro, Nathan, Speer and Grossman on NBC's "The Fanelli Boys" the previous season.