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From: evan@pedsgo.UUCP (Evan Marcus)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Re: Hill Street Blues; Who's the best Co
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Date: Sat, 28-Dec-85 17:33:58 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 28 17:33:58 1985
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Reply-To: evan@pedsgo.UUCP (Evan Marcus)
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In article <348@cisden.UUCP> john@cisden.UUCP (John Woolley) writes:
>In article <4040001@csd2.UUCP> krantz@csd2.UUCP (Michaelntz) writes:
>>> ...WHO IS THE BEST COP IN THE HILL STREET STATION, AND WHY?
>>As a longtime "Hill Street" freak:
>>
>>First, as regards Lieutenant Buntz.  Don't you think it's time 
>>that we had a cop on the Hill whom we really disliked?  Buntz
>>is hardly an angel; in fact he's probably a criminal - or will
>>be, soon.   Right?  So ease up on
>>him.  We'll see what the writers decide next year.
>
>I absolutely agree.  With any luck here, we'll go on getting some
>treatment of the inherent conflict between being a good guy (Furillo,
>Goldblum) and an effective cop.  How many of us down underneath were
>cheering for Buntz to waste that scum Joyce got let out a few weeks
>ago?  Most of us, I'd bet.  And I thought he was absolutely terrific
>in the episode where he and the other guy were being held by a crazed
>murderer.  Scared to death, but controlling it -- pretty well.

Buntz is definitely a more realistic cop than some of the goody-two-shoes
we have seen before (i.e. Goldblum).  While I certainly like most of them,
it is definitely good to see someone who is not perfect!  Though I must 
admit a little disappointment; the advance press said that Buntz would be
a 'thorn in Furillo's paw'.  I disagree.  He may not have been perfect, but
he really hasn't been so bad so far.  And I have agreed with several of the
things he has done (see above).

>Does anyone but me miss Patsy Mayo?  I thought she was great -- pretty,
>smart, polite, tough.

God, NO!  She was terrible!  How can you believe a cop named Patsy?  They
are much better off without her!  Polite?  So what?  Yeah, she was pretty,
but she was about the most unbelievable cop I have seen on TV.  Now I do
miss Harry Garibaldi, but that's another story.
>
>Does anyone but me get totally tired of Joyce?  I mean, really...
As a matter of fact, no, I like Joyce.

What I *DO* miss, though, is the three-part episode.  Every show begins 
with a reasonably good setup, but they try to make it seem like all of the
problems are ongoing ones, when we all know better.  Everything is getting
wrapped up in 1 episode.  Some of the personal problems linger some, but
the crime stuff just doesn't carry on.  I really miss that.

I also think that they shouldn't have killed Mrs. Belker.  She was great 
for comic relief.
>-- 
>				Peace and Good!,
>				      Fr. John Woolley
>"The heart has its reasons that the mind does not know." -- Blaise Pascal
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