Discomania

DVD, Starsky & Hutch S4 (Discomania)

I imagine this episode was used to cash in on the Disco fever of the late 70s, around the time of 'Saturday Night Fever', to get the teens interested and more publicity for the beginning of the season. A slight improvement on the general mood of Season Three, mainly by bringing back some of the humour that was missing, having an interesting villain, to be pitied (though not too much), and a different setting. Interesting from a historical perspective to see all that disco stuff, though too much time was spent on it. Some serious editing was required!

Not quite the ideal season opener, but in those days these things weren’t as well planned, but it was a fun ending tag. Improvements would be to have Huggy back as he would have been ideal for the disco, and to have some proper action, and a villain that seems more dangerous. Relatively light-hearted, but too much focus on the visuals. Not sure about the moustache or the fourth variation on the theme music! Nice continuity that Dobey mentions his wife, Edith. Not an awful start to the season, but could do better.

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