I'm watching these in order on the dvd box set. Haven't seen this show since I was a kid. So far, this is the best episode to me. It's not as cheesy and a bit disturbing at times due to the excellent portrayal of the killer obsessed with Jack the Ripper. The music isn't loud, ridiculous, and obnoxious as it usually is. It actually fits the creepiness of the story. Good episode!
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Even for its time...
kkmwills25 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
It did female officers dirty.
The episode is a standard Jack-the-Ripper story, with good creepy atmosphere. Then the officer that is part of Lt. Nelson's protection detail is given a one two punch that got me mad.
1) Officer Valerie Kemmet is good enough to be on Lt. Nelson's detail, but *her* going rogue is unacceptable to Dan?! How rich. Nelson's admonishment in the stinger makes sense since Kemmet's a cop. But Dan totally blew Valerie's plan by yelling at her to make *him* comfortable with her plan. Unfortunately, that leads into...
2) the writing "ran out of time" and made Kemmet stupid and useless. Dan was so concerned about the policewoman he was situationally dumb? Idk. Anyway, neither thought that a Jack-the-Ripper copycat, already spiraling faster than the O. G. Jack, might find a way to hide in the *publicized* room!
Then Kemmet allows this armed killer to walk over to her hidden tape recorder without a fight, running out of the room, or anything. Yes, fighting is not always the answer, but this guy was deep into killing women. All so Dan, who I like already writers, can play hero to a police officer? Valerie doesn't even feel a need to bring in the man who tried to kill her, when Tanna goes after folks he has grudges against all the time.
Also? Apparently every male cop and P. I. have a back-up weapon, but Kemmet didn't get the memo.
Other than seeing Pamela Hensley in a "quieter" role ( I remember her as Princess Ardala from BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY) or you're a completist, I don't recommend.
The episode is a standard Jack-the-Ripper story, with good creepy atmosphere. Then the officer that is part of Lt. Nelson's protection detail is given a one two punch that got me mad.
1) Officer Valerie Kemmet is good enough to be on Lt. Nelson's detail, but *her* going rogue is unacceptable to Dan?! How rich. Nelson's admonishment in the stinger makes sense since Kemmet's a cop. But Dan totally blew Valerie's plan by yelling at her to make *him* comfortable with her plan. Unfortunately, that leads into...
2) the writing "ran out of time" and made Kemmet stupid and useless. Dan was so concerned about the policewoman he was situationally dumb? Idk. Anyway, neither thought that a Jack-the-Ripper copycat, already spiraling faster than the O. G. Jack, might find a way to hide in the *publicized* room!
Then Kemmet allows this armed killer to walk over to her hidden tape recorder without a fight, running out of the room, or anything. Yes, fighting is not always the answer, but this guy was deep into killing women. All so Dan, who I like already writers, can play hero to a police officer? Valerie doesn't even feel a need to bring in the man who tried to kill her, when Tanna goes after folks he has grudges against all the time.
Also? Apparently every male cop and P. I. have a back-up weapon, but Kemmet didn't get the memo.
Other than seeing Pamela Hensley in a "quieter" role ( I remember her as Princess Ardala from BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY) or you're a completist, I don't recommend.
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