father's fate. RoboCop and his rag-tag band race to stop Kaydick from infiltrating OCP tower and activating SAINT, which would presumably kill almost all humans. During the confrontation, RoboCop and James reconcile with each other, and manage to rekindle RoboCable's previous personality. Key and Kaydick both die during a confrontation with each other. Using James's EMP device, and having shut down RoboCop, RoboCable and Legion are terminated. RoboCop gets rebooted without his previous OCP restriction programming (as well as restoring his identity as "Alex Murphy" as opposed to an OCP product number) or his prime directives. After viewing a goodbye message left by Cable, Murphy returns to active duty to stop the resultant crime in Delta City due to the EMP pulse blacking out the city, deciding that he will follow his three prime directives: Serve the public trust, protect the innocent, and uphold the law. In the epilogue, Murphy and his allies form the Prime Directives foundation while OCP is disgraced publicly and facing thousands of indictments and a multi-trillion dollar class action lawsuit. Episodes DVD release In 2002 the complete mini-series was released in the UK on Region 2 by Prism Leisure. Delta Visual Entertainment reissued RoboCop: Prime Directives on DVD in the UK on November 17, 2008. Lionsgate Home Entertainment released the entire four-part mini-series on DVD in Region 1 in 2003, in four separate releases. All four DVDs were re-released in June 2011. Reception The return to darkly satirical, violent storytelling (unlike the family-friendly approach taken as of RoboCop: The Series) was welcomed. The special effects, locations, action sequences and overall production value have been criticized as reflecting a low budget, a common slight on TV productions of that period. With virtually no commercial promotion, Prime Directives premiered in the United States on the Sci Fi Channel to lackluster ratings. Despite its poor ratings, it easily recouped its production costs through foreign sales, turning a substantial profit before broadcast and became a regular fixture on Canada's Space. References External links Official website via Internet Archive 2000s Canadian television miniseries 2001 Canadian television series debuts 2001 Canadian television series endings Alternative sequel television series Prime Directives Live action television shows based on films Television series by MGM Television Fictional portrayals of the Detroit Police Department Cyborgs in television