77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) 5: The Conclusion (1963) User Reviews

Yuck

[VetteRanger · 1/10 · 24 September 2017]

This five part opener to season six just got worse and worse as it went on. Jack Webb's demand for featureless acting made it dull. The writers' lazy reliance on tired cliché made it tedious. And the decision to copy bad 30s and 40s film noir made it depressing.

However, the whole story made little sense when they "tied it together". Nothing Bailey's original client did made any sense. Why hire a private detective to investigate things that you don't want investigated? LOL Pitiful.

It's very sad. When I saw this fiver-parter coming up, my wife and I were looking forward to it. Finishing this mess turned out to be an exercise in tenacity. We kept hoping for improvement that never happened.

Dismal

[nbrice18 · 1/10 · 28 July 2018]

I agree with the other reviewer here. The whole premise of this 5 part star studded season opener made no sense. Why on earth hire Bailey? I can't believe that the revamp of this show kept the most boring of the 3 main characters. Jeff or Kookie would have been much more interesting than the charisma lacking Bailey.

I never would have suffered through all 5 parts unless my husband wanted to watch them. I told him tonight that the entire feel of the show seemed 10 years prior to the previous seasons. All the stars in Hollywood couldn't make up for a dreadful storyline, dialogue stolen from 1930s film noir and dull characters.