The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage is a Disney-produced
television series broadcast in the
United States by
NBC. The series followed the story of Black Jack Savage (played by
Steven Williams), the
ghost of a legendary 17th century
Caribbean pirate who teams up with Barry Tarberry (played by
Daniel Hugh-Kelly), a crooked
Wall Street con-artist who has escaped trial by coming to the Caribbean. Eternally damned, both of them discover that they need to save 100 souls to compensate for the damage done by their sinful lives.
Unfortunately, any time Black Jack tries to leave the safety of his
castle haunt on San Pietro Island, he is fair game for the
snarks (who can transport Jack to
Hell through an entrance at the base of the tree where he was originally hanged). Tarberry has his own difficulties dodging the government agents sent to extradite him back to the
United States to stand trial for his crimes. Other characters on San Pietro include the corrupt
governor-general, Abel Vasquez (played by Bert Rosario), with whom Tarberry is able to make another deal, and island activist Danielle (played by
Roma Downey), who is constantly trying to help protect the locals from the effects of Vasquez's corruption and is not above enlisting Tarberry's help in doing so.