While some love this for David Cassidy, others seem to think it was a sellout. Part of that is the old "high school" students, but most forget, it was common to cast high school shows with twenty-year-olds. Most of the cast of American Graffiti, that high school to going away epic, had most in their mid twenties to 30. The same with Welcome Back, Kotter.
Now David Cassidy at 28 probably couldn't pull off being in a real high school, but his character is supposed to be 25 and with the other high schoolers being in their twenties, he don't look out of place. Most shows were trying to touch the drug issues more realistic and this was getting there. There are things that are wrong, like the ending where the kids all ride in police cars past Cassidy. Since he wasn't in the arrests, he would have never been exposed like that.
The build into getting to the distributor so easily isn't that likely. Of course, this was not going to be a long drawn out show that could build that relationship over the time needed to get to the main guy.
There were goofs in the writing, but most shows have those. It depends on if the goof interrupts the enjoyability of the show or not, and these didn't.
It is well worth a look at David Cassidy post Partridge Family while he was trying to be taken as a serious actor instead of simply a teen heartthrob.
2 Reviews
Going out with a whimper.
planktonrules27 February 2020
One of the best police shows ever was "Police Story". Instead of making a show about a cop or small group of policemen, "Police Story" did something radical...they made a show about all sorts of different police men and women and their various roles. I love the show and have seen most of them (I can't see them all until they release seasons 4 and 5 on DVD)...including a few on YouTube (like this one). Sadly, however, after 4 1/2 great seasons, the show chose to end with a ridiculous episode...one of the worst of the series.
In an attempt to seem hip and relevant, the producers of the series decided to make one about teens and an undercover cop (David Cassidy) working at the local high school. Now the notion of 28 year-old Cassidy pretending to be 17 or 18 just seemed ridiculous and undermined the entire episode. In fact, a lot of these 'teens' looked amazingly old!! Overall, a rather limp episode and a rather sad ending to a great series...mostly because it just didn't seem the least bit realistic.
In an attempt to seem hip and relevant, the producers of the series decided to make one about teens and an undercover cop (David Cassidy) working at the local high school. Now the notion of 28 year-old Cassidy pretending to be 17 or 18 just seemed ridiculous and undermined the entire episode. In fact, a lot of these 'teens' looked amazingly old!! Overall, a rather limp episode and a rather sad ending to a great series...mostly because it just didn't seem the least bit realistic.
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