Just how many hot, thirty-something women can you pack into one non-pornographic story? This episode of Remington Steele tries to answer that question. I ended up getting confused as to just which one was which, but the view sure was lovely.
Poor Laura is really put through the wringer. She suffers a frankly Kafkaesque day, becoming increasingly more bedraggled as it goes on. But she remains beautiful throughout. Stephanie Zimbalist really is a very good actress. I've never understood why she didn't have a greater career. Or why she didn't have a cinematic career at all, considering who her father was and that she starred in the fairly big-budgeted - but bad - theatrical release The Awakening with Charlton Heston when she was just 23 years old. Laura Holt is the role she's best known for, but she famously didn't get on with Pierce Brosnan. Apparently, coming in as the bigger name and having been promised the spotlight, she was less than happy to see the the (initially) virtually unknown Brosnan quickly become the show's focal point and the fans' favourite.
If I understand correctly, this episode was supposed to be the series finale and Brosnan was going to be the new James Bond. Ironically, though, the Bond talk brought more attention to the show and the producers decided to renew it. Brosnan was contractually obliged to stay on and missed out on the Bond role (for the time being.) Timothy Dalton became Bond but was never given a fair chance by the public, because everyone wanted Brosnan. And the following season of Remington Steele only lasted 6 episodes before the show was cancelled. Basically, everybody got screwed over.
Poor Laura is really put through the wringer. She suffers a frankly Kafkaesque day, becoming increasingly more bedraggled as it goes on. But she remains beautiful throughout. Stephanie Zimbalist really is a very good actress. I've never understood why she didn't have a greater career. Or why she didn't have a cinematic career at all, considering who her father was and that she starred in the fairly big-budgeted - but bad - theatrical release The Awakening with Charlton Heston when she was just 23 years old. Laura Holt is the role she's best known for, but she famously didn't get on with Pierce Brosnan. Apparently, coming in as the bigger name and having been promised the spotlight, she was less than happy to see the the (initially) virtually unknown Brosnan quickly become the show's focal point and the fans' favourite.
If I understand correctly, this episode was supposed to be the series finale and Brosnan was going to be the new James Bond. Ironically, though, the Bond talk brought more attention to the show and the producers decided to renew it. Brosnan was contractually obliged to stay on and missed out on the Bond role (for the time being.) Timothy Dalton became Bond but was never given a fair chance by the public, because everyone wanted Brosnan. And the following season of Remington Steele only lasted 6 episodes before the show was cancelled. Basically, everybody got screwed over.
