In the 1980s, his work for television included writing scripts for
The Equalizer and
Miami Vice. He also produced some episodes of
The Equalizer. He wrote the script for the film
Firebird 2015 AD in 1981, and in 2002 co-wrote the film
Groom Lake with
William Shatner. Hurley co-created the show
Pointman with
Joel Surnow & Steve Hattman; Surnow would go on to create
24 &
La Femme Nikita and Hurley would work with him for a time there as a writer/producer. Other TV efforts included writing and/or producing episodes of
Baywatch,
Baywatch Nights,
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues and
Diagnosis: Murder. McFadden clashed with Hurley's take on her character during filming, stating, "I definitely pissed off Hurley. Because I kept saying 'Why is it that I've raised this genius kid... and yet every time there's anything serious it's only the male characters who talk to him?'" He left the series after its second season, which left the door open for Rick Berman to rehire McFadden after dismissing her replacement
Diana Muldaur. Hurley was replaced by
Michael Wagner for four episodes and ultimately by
Michael Piller. In 1993, he returned to the franchise briefly, asked by Berman to write an initial draft for the first
Next Generation feature film
Star Trek Generations that would transition the film series from the original Enterprise crew to the new crew. Hurley's story treatment involved a plot in which
James T. Kirk is somehow propelled into the future, where he manifests on the holodeck and works with
Jean-Luc Picard to help solve a dilemma involving an interdimensional species, but Berman ultimately chose a script treatment proposed by
Ronald D. Moore and
Brannon Braga. ==References==