moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime) (02/20/85)
One of the local Seattle stations is having the syndicated run of THE
GREATEST AMERICAN HERO, and they're getting down to the last few episodes.
I believe that several of them were never shown on network TV, as the series
was cancelled before they were shown.
However, the episode I saw last week, where Bill is believed to be dead and
is in reality shipped to Mexico for use in genetic research experiments (I
just love realistic plots), had the feel of one of those "farewell"
episodes, where the creators and actors know the show has been cancelled,
and are putting (at least) a bit more care into the shows. This one had
several nice touches: Ralph flying with Pam (a nice take-off on the flight
scene in SUPERMAN), selections from Bill's diary of the trio's career, and a
bit more character definition. Several cracks were made at Cal Worthington
(ANY crack at Cal Worthington is appreciated by me). Also a very good
script, by the shows standards (most of the good scripts occured during the
first and second seasons; they'd really been going downhill during the last
season). The 2-minute wrap-up at the end of the show was filled with
references to previous shows ("BURGER ALERT! BURGER ALERT!" and Bill eating
Purina milkbones). Oh, and the director was a frequent HILL STREET BLUES
contributer.
Does anyone know if this was the "last" show? All in all, a very good
capper to a show which was very good about 1/3 of the time, and good 1/3 of
the time. And almost always entertaining.
"My friends, it is better to look good than to feel good."
Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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