This episode reminds me of an episode of 'Banacek', and I wonder if writers Playdon and Chase borrowed a script from that show. Claudette Nevins looks a little like Christine Belford, who was a recurring character on that show. And Sheffield (David Frankham) looks a little like George Peppard. And you've got Dominick standing in for Banacek's chauffeur Jay, who was always coming up with off-the-wall theories that were never right even though they were more acceptable than how the theft was actually performed, and that his superior would destroy with a few well-placed words.
And why is Dominick in this episode at all except to play cabbagehead to Tony? He's a club owner, not a policeman.
Hmm, Playdon did write one episode of 'Banacek' in '73. This episode aired in '75, so maybe Playdon did provide the original idea. Then again, Playdon did a lot of stuff in the 70s. Maybe it's all a coincidence.
Oh, and look, another scheming ambitious woman on 'The Magician'. Collect them all! Bill Bixby looks just as uncomfortable with her as he does with the other femme fatales on the show that throw themselves at him because of his supposedly "irresistible" charms. At least here we know Leila is playing him. And Marianna Hill appears to be having fun playing a villainous type. Pity she fades into the background (what's up with the top hat?), when her husband shows up to lower the boom.
There's nothing bad about "Cat's Eye", but there's nothing particularly good about it, either. It's another episode that forgets that Tony has dedicated his life to helping the helpless. It turns him into a Banacek-like insurance consultant that knows a few magic tricks instead of spouting supposedly Polish aphorisms. So what little good karma previous episodes got by showing Tony fighting for the downtrodden, are lost when he is just working for The Man.
Basically the episode is Tony running around acting smug and all-knowing, who only "wins" because the bad guys are idiots. And the good guys, too: why didn't the insurance company figure out how the statue was stolen?
But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. What do you think?
And why is Dominick in this episode at all except to play cabbagehead to Tony? He's a club owner, not a policeman.
Hmm, Playdon did write one episode of 'Banacek' in '73. This episode aired in '75, so maybe Playdon did provide the original idea. Then again, Playdon did a lot of stuff in the 70s. Maybe it's all a coincidence.
Oh, and look, another scheming ambitious woman on 'The Magician'. Collect them all! Bill Bixby looks just as uncomfortable with her as he does with the other femme fatales on the show that throw themselves at him because of his supposedly "irresistible" charms. At least here we know Leila is playing him. And Marianna Hill appears to be having fun playing a villainous type. Pity she fades into the background (what's up with the top hat?), when her husband shows up to lower the boom.
There's nothing bad about "Cat's Eye", but there's nothing particularly good about it, either. It's another episode that forgets that Tony has dedicated his life to helping the helpless. It turns him into a Banacek-like insurance consultant that knows a few magic tricks instead of spouting supposedly Polish aphorisms. So what little good karma previous episodes got by showing Tony fighting for the downtrodden, are lost when he is just working for The Man.
Basically the episode is Tony running around acting smug and all-knowing, who only "wins" because the bad guys are idiots. And the good guys, too: why didn't the insurance company figure out how the statue was stolen?
But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. What do you think?