The plot for this episode is probably straight from most men's nightmares. Hutch spends the night with a woman he just met. Nothing too unusual about that, and she certainly seemed like a nice, normal woman to get cozy with. But then she shows up at his apartment the next night, uninvited. Starsky finds Hutch's uncomfortable situation humorous at first, and Hutch is mostly just annoyed at himself for picking a clingy female to get involved with. Neither of them expect that this woman can be any real harm, just a temporary annoyance. Until she shows up to scream at Hutch at his place of work. And then completely trashes his apartment. Still, she's just a small, overly-emotional woman and can't really present a threat, can she?
The tension and the danger in this episode slowly builds, but Starsky and Hutch don't react very quickly, which is frustrating as a viewer but rings true to how it would happen in real life. I think PMG and DS play the scenes just right, even though I wanted Starsky to be more concerned sooner. It would make sense that neither of them would think of this small female as a major threat. Karen Valentine plays the woman just perfectly, seemingly normal one moment and totally out of control the next.
i really like the scene where she comes to the police station and screams at Hutch for standing her up. He is confused and mortified in front of his co-workers. Starsky stands right there with Hutch; he does not leave Hutch to face this tirade on his own. Starsky watches this crazed woman rant, and you can see he's finally realizing that this situation is not right. But neither of them still have a clue just how dangerous she will become.
This is a very good episode with good pacing and acting and dialog. There is suspense and danger of a kind that Starsky and Hutch are not tuned into, and they almost learn the hard way.
The tension and the danger in this episode slowly builds, but Starsky and Hutch don't react very quickly, which is frustrating as a viewer but rings true to how it would happen in real life. I think PMG and DS play the scenes just right, even though I wanted Starsky to be more concerned sooner. It would make sense that neither of them would think of this small female as a major threat. Karen Valentine plays the woman just perfectly, seemingly normal one moment and totally out of control the next.
i really like the scene where she comes to the police station and screams at Hutch for standing her up. He is confused and mortified in front of his co-workers. Starsky stands right there with Hutch; he does not leave Hutch to face this tirade on his own. Starsky watches this crazed woman rant, and you can see he's finally realizing that this situation is not right. But neither of them still have a clue just how dangerous she will become.
This is a very good episode with good pacing and acting and dialog. There is suspense and danger of a kind that Starsky and Hutch are not tuned into, and they almost learn the hard way.
