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From: moriarty@uw-june (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Re: Ramblings of a "Blues" fan
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Date: Sun, 11-Dec-83 12:51:52 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 11 12:51:52 1983
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Interesting!  I was rather dissapointed with some of last year's shows
(repetious plotlines, etc.), but this year I have thought that the plotlines
have been at their very best.  I am guessing over most of the events on the
show (I had a friend give a hint about the blanks gimmick), i.e. Henry &
Fay; and with the exception of Belker's wheelchair friend (he really CAN'T
seem to hang onto anyone he meets on the street, can he?), all developments
have been very well done (the current corruption plot has some beautiful
paranoid feelings about it... like something Alan J. Pakula would come up
with).  I was also very glad to see Belker's girlfriend (who hasn't appeared
in about a year) back on the show... nice touch.  And why doesn't anyone
ever note the INCREDIBLE photography on this show?  It looks better than
that found in most movies.

Finally, are we going to get an excellent Hill Street Christmas Episode this
year?  I still have very vivid memories of Belker's watching "Mr. Magoo's
Christmas" alone at home, with the snow falling by the window (hopefully he
won't be alone this year); and one of the all-time great quotes by Renko,
"Lordy, it's Christmas Eve an' I'm gonna die in a moose suit!!"

			-jwm-

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