81. Das teure Gestndnis

[Serpico]

The Burning Ice **
Original air date: 11/16/71

    The score by Ray features numerous musical motifs which will be used in future episodes. It's raining near the beginning of the show. A good quote from McGarrett: "The obvious always bothers me." There are stock shots of Sea Life Park. When David Harper (Lou Antonio) dies, the "memories" theme is heard. There is mention of his son being at a school for retarded children. Act two is very long -- over 21 minutes. McGarrett and Chin Ho dine on saimin, described by Chin as "Japanese chicken noodle soup." Che Fong tells Kono in Chinese: "Don't hold your breath." (Compare to Seth Sakai saying the same thing in Japanese to Kono in the previous episode.) The gimmick in this show -- shavings from the killer gun which was rebored -- is a bit much. One wonders why Kono goes to the garage to get the evidence, since he was seen at the beginning of the investigation digging a bullet out of the garage wall. The music at the very end of the show does not end on the note we expect!

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Melissa Southmore, die Frau eines angesehenen Arztes, wird tot an ihrem Swimmingpool gefunden. Weil sie ihres Schmuckes beraubt wurde, der bald darauf bei einem Hehler auftaucht, scheint der Fall fr die Behrden klar. Der Tter ist schnell gefunden. Doch dann bricht der Verdchtige, ein Leukmiekranker, whrend des Verhrs zusammen. Als der Mann stirbt, setzt McGarrett seine Nachforschungen auf eigene Faust fort - und macht bald darauf eine berraschende Entdeckung.