Vonetta McGee is a beautiful, underrated actress. She is rather wasted in this guest-spot as a detective with the police department who is assigned to be Starky's temporary partner. At the beginning of the episode, Hutch hesitates when facing a teen thief armed with a pistol, and fares the worse because of it. This leaves him out of action (not dead of course), but Starsky and Vonetta's character have to solve the case of a ring of teen burglars.
The teens are led by a Fagin-style adult leader who berates and manipulates the young adults who are stealing various merchandise for him, which he sells.
An implied romance sparks between Vonnetta's character and Starsky. It doesn't sell especially well on screen.
In another world, Ms. McGee would be the co-star of her own television detective show, but work for black actresses at this time was scarce.
The teens are led by a Fagin-style adult leader who berates and manipulates the young adults who are stealing various merchandise for him, which he sells.
An implied romance sparks between Vonnetta's character and Starsky. It doesn't sell especially well on screen.
In another world, Ms. McGee would be the co-star of her own television detective show, but work for black actresses at this time was scarce.