Memo to clueless reviewer: that scene between Starsky & Hutch which YOU did not understand was played to PERFECTION, and it MADE the entire episode worthwhile!
Contrary to what Miss Monomerd was carrying on about, that Hutch responded to Starsky with utter anger WAS NEEDED for his character Hutch to convince the bad cop (and the audience alike) that he was ANGRY at Starsky and that there was no plan there! How can you watch S&H and be so clueless?! They've done this before and they'd do it again!
Because Hutch reacts with anger at SEEMINGLY being betrayed by Starsky, the (bad) cop lets down his guard, and that's how he ends up in the position (literally) that he ended up in. He banked on Hutch's anger and thus trusted that Starsky was doing his duty and didn't once suspect Starsky would betray HIM (the "bad" cop).
Wow! I can't believe I need to explain this to someone who thinks herself so astute she has LITERALLY reviewed the entire series. Goes to show you how one's opinion, no matter how full of oneself she is, is completely invalidated by her lack of basic comprehension. And this one doesn't even take psychology classes. I mean mono (LOL) nailed the looks they both exchange. Why did she miss that?!
I loved this entire episode more than an anything for this scene, and the camaraderie between the 2 cops. And the audience also was supposed to buy into Hutch being betrayed by Starsky and WE were supposed to get mad at Starsk along with Hutch only to be wowed when the element of SURPRISE strikes in the end. I can't believe someone who watched this back in the '70s and then back-to-back as a grown up would miss this.
All in all, one of the very best episodes, and Huggy was great at the end too, though his place is hideous. ('Sup with the hanging short curtain smack middle of his living room and the hideous dangling yellow lamps?!) Otherwise, I loved the end tag with the "chinchilla". Chinchillas are blue. If you paid $250 for one and you didn't get a blue one... you got had either way. The end! :)