Silliness and slapstick mostly provided by Shelly Winters makes this the hands down worst Kojak episode. My wife and I are thankful we've gotten this far into the season to find a bad episode. Even the background music signals foolishness is about to be witnessed. The writers and director decided it was time to take a break from the serious themes, tight scripting, and polished acting. We must beapproaching the end of the series.
3 Reviews
Just appalling
spunkins24 June 2023
Who is this woman and why was she hired to ruin a good TV series..? Were the producers in kamakazi mode or did the mob have something on them and pressure them into it?
I thought that I had seen some bad episodes earlier but this one just takes the biscuit! It is (as some other reviewer has already noted) just the worst episode ever. In fact, it makes me want to change the previous one star reviews into ten star reviews as this episode is so superlatively bad that it makes all of the other bad episodes seem like amazing epics.
The ignorance of this character, the annoying plot, the repetition of the idiocy all makes this episode boring as hell.
Avoid at all costs.
I thought that I had seen some bad episodes earlier but this one just takes the biscuit! It is (as some other reviewer has already noted) just the worst episode ever. In fact, it makes me want to change the previous one star reviews into ten star reviews as this episode is so superlatively bad that it makes all of the other bad episodes seem like amazing epics.
The ignorance of this character, the annoying plot, the repetition of the idiocy all makes this episode boring as hell.
Avoid at all costs.
Captain McNeill's sister-in-law Shelley Winters
bkoganbing22 August 2019
If Theo Kojak had any hair left on top of the dome he'd have torn it out with all
the tsouris he has to endure for the sake of Shelley Winters.
Winters is the widow of Dan Frazer's brother who was also a cop and killed in the line of duty. So that gives him two reasons to look out for. Why he and the rest of the squad feel the need to keep Captain McNeill out of the loop I can't figure out.
Telly Savalas and the squad are also babysitting a real crybaby of a witness in Basil Hoffman and Winters gets involved in that.
The episode is a bit silly but you have to see what Winters gets involved in to earn a few extra dollars.
Winters is the widow of Dan Frazer's brother who was also a cop and killed in the line of duty. So that gives him two reasons to look out for. Why he and the rest of the squad feel the need to keep Captain McNeill out of the loop I can't figure out.
Telly Savalas and the squad are also babysitting a real crybaby of a witness in Basil Hoffman and Winters gets involved in that.
The episode is a bit silly but you have to see what Winters gets involved in to earn a few extra dollars.
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