Review of Bounty Hunter

Starsky and Hutch: Bounty Hunter (1976)
Season 1, Episode 22
7/10
NOT THEIR BEST BUT STILL ENTERTAINING
20 December 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Pretty cool episode, a little confusing to someone like me who really has no idea how bail bond companies work but anyhow.. As far as I can tell, this crooked company bail bond company has the hammerlocks on some poor stuttering arsonist who wants out. The company is run by the once beautiful Lola Albright, and her dimwit accomplice (Ramon Bieri), who murders the poor guy and then has to continue setting fires to keep S&H thinking he's still alive, so he keeps them on a wild goose chase. Our heroes eventually figure it out and the villains are eventually brought to justice. The hardest part was seeing the gorgeous jazz vocalist Lola Albright as a criminal, as she has always played the sweet and wholesome types (most fondly remembered as Peter Gunn's girlfriend, Edie on the 1950s TV series) and I did not even recognize her here because of her mean nature. Also appearing in this episode is the very beautiful Sherry Jackson, one of my favorite pretty girls from the 60s era (i.e. The Twilight Zone and Batman) and also Doodles Weaver, the vocalist/comedian whose version of "Eleanor Rigby" used to get regular airplay by Dr. Demento. (YouTube it, you'll enjoy it.) All in all an okay episode, not their best but still okay.
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