Review of Banacek

Banacek (1972–1974)
8/10
Worth the time
3 April 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I enjoyed watching this series. Of course, it is not without some idiosyncrasies. Such as, how is it a very beautiful woman falls head over heals in love with Banacek in just about every episode. Given that beautiful people make up a small percentage of the population, it would seem unlikely occurring at this rate, even in a modern-day Casanova's life. Also, how is it just one carrier Boston Insurance, has so many large multi-million-dollar insurance policies over a short period of time that end up being wrought with fraud? Fraud does happen, but being in the industry myself, it occurs rarely at this coverage amount, and is spread out over many carriers and distance. Later in the series a Boston Insurance internal investigator Carlie, never seems to be able to find anything of substance out. Yet she seems to always be invited back. We are supposed to believe off-screen is doing a good job.

Overall the series is smartly written, intelligent snappy dialogue, and clever mysteries. Not everyone of them is 100 pct probable, but yes enjoyable. When watching anything on tv one must give them creative license as they are trying to harness good ratings.

Note that this series per my findings was going to be picked up for a third season but George Peppard was going through a divorce at the time with his then wife Elizabeth Ashley. He did not want her to have more of his earnings, so he bowed out after the second season.
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