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Subject: Re: St. Elsewhere, Hill St. - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 31-Mar-84 17:49:00 EDT
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uok!crigney    Mar 31 01:49:00 1984

Re Anita Laux's question on the recent  quality  of  HSB  and  St
Elsewhere.   I  seldom  watch St Elsewhere, but try hard never to
miss HSB.  In the last  couple  of  months,  I  had  become  very
disappointed with it, but stuck with it out of loyalty.  The last
episode was much better, and my faith is restored.  I  very  much
get  the  feeling that Bochco & Co introduced the changes the NBC
Brass asked for, then obliterated them as smoothly  as  possible.
For  example,  the  sex  tapes  scandal - the people involved got
wiped out and the tapes got hushed up.  I really hated  seeing  a
professional  hitman  *stand up* and *empty* his automatic weapon
like the rankest amateur.  If the guy had the guts to sneak  into
a  police station and kill his target, you'd think he'd have more
brains than to set himself up as a easy kill for any cop  with  a
shotgun.  A minor point, but annoying as hell.

Likewise I dislike it when characters (such as  Henry  and  Faye)
mouth  cliches  at  each  other,  I've  come  to  expect a higher
standard from HSB.  It's too bad really, that HSB is better now -
I  was  going  to  write a passionate denunciation with the title
"Hill Street Boos." 	:-)

        "Sorry, Frank.  The little beggar caught me          
	with my flanks exposed."

	Carl
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