Yep. In a throwaway line, the baddie Zellman reveals that he's the one who had Tony framed and imprisoned in South America. Tony never hears Zellman's confession, and it makes no sense since Zellman is a crooked real estate dealer and a loan shark from Chicago. There's no reason given for how Zellman knew Tony or why he would have him framed. If it were the 21st century, Tony's backstory would get some big origin treatment. But here it's treat as a trifle.
There are the usual group of first-half-of-first-season plotholes. Why is Zellman so desperate to keep Tony and Kristina from finding his ex-partner Davidson's body, when Zellman _needs_ Davidson to be confirmed dead so he can have himself declares the full partner. Zellman didn't kill Davidson or have him killed, or he'd know where the body is. So doesn't Zellman want Davidson found by a third-party like Tony? There's nothing connecting Zellman to the murder. But instead Zellman and the narrative acts like finding Davidson's body is a no-no.
But Kristina Holland is charming as always: I remember her from an episode of "Kolchak: The Night Stalker", "Demon in Lace". Although it seems that between that, this, and 'The Courtship of Eddie's Father', she was getting typecast as a wacky free spirit. Her and Bixby have an easy chemistry, probably from their "Courtship" days together. And it gives Bixby a chance to do something, as he's continually exasperated, bemused, and befuddled by Holland's character Stacy and her going off in whatever direction crosses her mind at any given moment.
Max and Jerry are reduced to expositional non-entities, although Curtis manages to shine anyway, tossing in a quote from Hamlet or Machiavelli for no particular reason other than to appear urbane and charming. The bad guys are nothing to write home about: a crooked real estate dealer and a crookeder sheriff. Although Webber does get a cute line about how he doesn't mind being dishonest by stealing some notes, after he's murdered, ranted, and raved up to that point in the episode.
There's also the usual number of production errors. The stunt divers in the scuba sequences are both white, even though they're there supposed to be Tony and Jerry. Jerry the _black_ guy. Whoops. There's also a really obvious glass pane and an underwater lamp as Stacy supposedly drowns.
So overall, it's an okay episode. But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. What do you think?
There are the usual group of first-half-of-first-season plotholes. Why is Zellman so desperate to keep Tony and Kristina from finding his ex-partner Davidson's body, when Zellman _needs_ Davidson to be confirmed dead so he can have himself declares the full partner. Zellman didn't kill Davidson or have him killed, or he'd know where the body is. So doesn't Zellman want Davidson found by a third-party like Tony? There's nothing connecting Zellman to the murder. But instead Zellman and the narrative acts like finding Davidson's body is a no-no.
But Kristina Holland is charming as always: I remember her from an episode of "Kolchak: The Night Stalker", "Demon in Lace". Although it seems that between that, this, and 'The Courtship of Eddie's Father', she was getting typecast as a wacky free spirit. Her and Bixby have an easy chemistry, probably from their "Courtship" days together. And it gives Bixby a chance to do something, as he's continually exasperated, bemused, and befuddled by Holland's character Stacy and her going off in whatever direction crosses her mind at any given moment.
Max and Jerry are reduced to expositional non-entities, although Curtis manages to shine anyway, tossing in a quote from Hamlet or Machiavelli for no particular reason other than to appear urbane and charming. The bad guys are nothing to write home about: a crooked real estate dealer and a crookeder sheriff. Although Webber does get a cute line about how he doesn't mind being dishonest by stealing some notes, after he's murdered, ranted, and raved up to that point in the episode.
There's also the usual number of production errors. The stunt divers in the scuba sequences are both white, even though they're there supposed to be Tony and Jerry. Jerry the _black_ guy. Whoops. There's also a really obvious glass pane and an underwater lamp as Stacy supposedly drowns.
So overall, it's an okay episode. But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. What do you think?