I don't know if Angie Dickinson had been pushing for more relationship type stuff in her show, but this episode is very geared toward that. It's kind of a soap opera with some silly cowboy killers in silk western shirts thrown in. Not one of my favorite episodes. There are some pretty good car stunts thrown in and some nice footage of a glider flying over the ocean. We don't get to see much of Pete and Joe in this episode and that's not good I think those two characters really add a lot to the show.
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And not only....
searchanddestroy-12 November 2016
Warning: Spoilers
This episode is very interesting because in this story, you have actually two plots. Two plots in parallel; one, the killer, robber cow-boys and on the other side, the love plot between Pepper and her former sweet heart. You could think the two will collide at one moment or the other, but not at all, folks. Not at all. That's the true originality of this episode. The most excellent part is the love affair, and not the crime one, because this latest is the most predictable, nothing more. The love affair could be predictable too but so poignant, so moving. I could have imagined that the two schemes would meet; for instance the former lover being one of the bandits. But no. I like this episode, not the best, but interesting.
Pepper's best love story episode
TheMistyCopse_642 December 2023
I like this Season 3 installment a lot. There is an obligatory crime plot (three redneck gas station robbers lifted a bit to obviously from Season 2's "Blaze of Glory") but the love story between Pepper and Frank Converse works well in large part because it's underplayed. And the melancholy '70s vibe makes it feel the most "Angie"...
Also, the theme song by Morty Stevens is given lyrics (by Hermine Hilton) for the first and only time, interpolated into a bluesy love ballad -- and the song got an Emmy nomination!
Minimalism is what makes the episode work here. That's what keeps it from becoming too soapy. And the hushed closing freeze frame haunts a bit -- despite the "fudge" metaphor.
Minimalism is what makes the episode work here. That's what keeps it from becoming too soapy. And the hushed closing freeze frame haunts a bit -- despite the "fudge" metaphor.
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