The boys are tasked with protecting a visiting Soviet prima ballerina who is being targeted by neo-Nazis in order to blame dissident Jews protesting her visit. After the initial setup, it's a rapid segue into soap opera land as Hutch and the Ruskie fall head over heels.
Once again, the natural chemistry of Glaser and Soul and the edginess and pace of earlier scripts is sublimated to satisfy some bizarre quest to transform the show into a daytime TV romantic romp. The fact that this one involves two starry-eyed love bugs whose jobs as detectives is relegated to a minor storytelling detail does nothing whatsoever to redeem this snore-inducing episode.
Once again, the natural chemistry of Glaser and Soul and the edginess and pace of earlier scripts is sublimated to satisfy some bizarre quest to transform the show into a daytime TV romantic romp. The fact that this one involves two starry-eyed love bugs whose jobs as detectives is relegated to a minor storytelling detail does nothing whatsoever to redeem this snore-inducing episode.
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