Long ago the evil pirate Black Jack Savage (Steven Williams) ruled over the sea. When he was finally captured, he was hanged for his crimes in his own castle. Years later, Barry Tarberry (Daniel Hugh Kelly), world famous ruthless millionaire has been charged with stock market fraud. To escape his crime he comes to a small island paradise only to discover he's trapped with all his accounts seized by the government. To Barry's dismay, he is the only one able to see the 'ghost' of Black Jack Savage living with him. Savage will remain on this spiritual plain until he saves 100 lives for those he killed and tells Barry that he is heading for the same fate unless he too saves lives alongside him.

Created by Glen Morgan, James Wong and Stephen J. Cannell