The Streets of San Francisco with "The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague". Hawaii Five-O with "Diary of a Gun". The Rookies with "The Saturday Night Special". All of these episodes with a similar theme aired during the 1974-75 TV season. Seven seasons later, along comes this Quincy episode, that doesn't break new ground, but as I mentioned in my review of the Hawaii Five-O episode, what do you expect? It's Hollywood, and imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!
The best thing about this Quincy episode is the quote from which the title is derived..."Guns don't die...but people do!". Otherwise, there's not much to distinguish it from any of those episodes I mentioned at the top of my review. My advice? Watch the Streets of San Francisco episode...they did it first and best! And no disrespect to Jack Klugman, but Karl Malden is a far better actor.
The best thing about this Quincy episode is the quote from which the title is derived..."Guns don't die...but people do!". Otherwise, there's not much to distinguish it from any of those episodes I mentioned at the top of my review. My advice? Watch the Streets of San Francisco episode...they did it first and best! And no disrespect to Jack Klugman, but Karl Malden is a far better actor.