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The Waltons: The Festival (1978)
Uncomfortable?
I think that if you find this episode uncomfortable, then that is all the more reason to get people to watch it.is the comfort level there because of the racism that they show, because it would seem to be fairly accurate for the time. Sadly, for today's time as well. Is it uncomfortable because there is a new Josh who suddenly has a new talent? Jia playing was never alluded to before but this show isn't "The Fosters", it's The Waltons. You are supposed to expand your mind in TV shows and accept some things as fact, even though they skip steps. All in all, this is a very good episode as it touches on subjects that some shows would find too edgy(?) to talk about, but that's what made The Waltons a good show.
In the Heat of the Night: The Hammer and the Glove (1988)
Just What You'd Expect
Since i feel that this episode is so predictable, everything is potentially a spoiler. There are no major surprises in this episode. Everything you think could happen, will happen, and that is apparent from the get go. Fortunately, the acting saves it, otherwise I probably would have given this episode only two or three stars. As usual, Carroll O'Conner and Harold Rollins give very good performances, with Rollins' being excellent.
Michael Warren gives a very good turn as Virgils ex-partner, cop friend from Philly. Then there is Althea, poor Althea. If I was a cop, and my wife got into as many scrapes, kidnappings, just plain trouble, as she does, I think I would have to consider not being a cop! 🤣
Mannix: Memory: Zero (1969)
So Bad It's So Good
The worst professional hit man in the history of television is now my favorite character. First, he lets Maggie much, much too easy. That was the first clue that we weren't dealing with the brightest killer ever. And on that note, how do we know he is an experienced hired gun anyway? He then leaves easy clues for Peggy to figure out that he was in the office. When we see Mannix going to make the drop, you just knew that Fank Connelly was going to botch another step. He did that when he bopped Mannix on the head for no reason. Even Mannix points thst out in the dialogue. So of course that nrings us to...why did he kidnap the trailer park manager and his wife? He could have sat outside the trailer and done that without witnesses. Then he shoots a mirror. And how could this episode have ended any better than it did? Kinda saw this coming from a mile away but I loved it still. Mannix, pure unadulterated 70s television enjoyment.