Blindfold

DVD, Starsky & Hutch S4 (Blindfold)

A bit lame that it was only temporary blindness. It would have been more dramatic that she’d have to get used to living life without sight, but became reconciled to it at the end instead of being able to see! And why would Pinky trust Huggy? If they’re all so on the level with news from the street, and it’s become common knowledge that Hug works for S&H, surely he wouldn’t trust him?

Kim Cattrall does well as Emily, but I think they should have pushed the emotional side of it more, as that music was heartbreaking and the very concept was typically crazy and very nice for Starsky. The shock of finding out Starsky was a cop could have been a much stronger scene if he was there or it happened at an inopportune moment. The action too - there could have been more of it. As it is it feels like an unfinished story, particularly as there's no real resolution to Emily and Starsky's 'romance', and you know she won't pop up next week. Usually they handle these things by letting them die or sending them away!

It had a typically fun end scene to make up for it, and it's a generally nice tale about friends helping each other, which degenerates into the usual rush to find the baddies. The guy that gets chucked against a car was very obviously a stunt man with a silly wig on! Hutch gets to do his trademark move of leaping off a car bonnet to apprehend his criminal early on, and when the bad guy shoots back at Starsky, and Emily gets shot, it's a strong moment. They still haven't quite got a handle on the new season, despite having some good ideas and some good execution, it isn't total.

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