Bubba's former acquaintance leaves a baby on his doorstep.Bubba's former acquaintance leaves a baby on his doorstep.Bubba's former acquaintance leaves a baby on his doorstep.
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Howard E. Rollins Jr.
- Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs
- (as Howard Rollins)
Warde Q. Butler
- Jake Cabe
- (as Warde Butler)
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- TriviaTo the reviewer questioning Bubba's ability to afford his house; it's a rooming house with single-sized apartment units, and, it's not the first time Bubba's home is shown. You see the same apartment in Vengeance (1989), when the unit is rigged to explode by criminals intent on revenge. The landlady comes out of her unit to question the man attempting to enter Bubba's unit. Same landlady goes to the police station to report the man. A homeowner wouldn't have a landlord.
- GoofsIn the opening scene, it is clearly a stand in double driving Chief Gillespie's red pick up truck instead of Carroll O'Connor.
- Quotes
Sgt. V. L. 'Bubba' Skinner: You got a right to keep your mouth shut. You say anything, we gonna hang it on ya later.
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Without a doubt, one of the best of the series!
Most episodes are serious, some even disturbing. This one has a serious theme, with a secondary theme that's hilarious - that of Bubba being the "father" of an abandoned baby left at his door. ("No one who knows me would leave a baby with me!") As well, Bubba's the target of merciless kidding from everyone else in SPD, as well as Mrs. Tibbs, the orphanage manager to where the baby was brought, Bubba's landlady, the whorehouse madam on the outskirts of the county, and probably a few others I missed. Parker in particular is a riot, bordering on vicious. (Given the torment Parker has borne from Bubba in previous shows, I'd say it was justified!) The ending was somewhat melancholy, as are most of the shows in this production...so it fits right in. Well worth the watch.
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- cranvillesquare
- Feb 13, 2023
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