• 301. Who is “blind” in
this episode? Emily, both in sight and her inability to see
through Don Widdicome? Starsky in his inability to separate
duty, guilt, responsibility and himself? Sharon for not
telling Emily the truth about Starsky? Pinky for not
knowing he was going down for the last time? Kenny, for
blindly following his brother? (Blindfold)
• 302. Emily is either really dumb or really duplicitous.
On the dumb side: she doesn’t ask the name of the officer
who shot her and appears to have no questions about
legalities, she doesn’t try to locate Widdicome, doesn’t
show any interest in the diamonds supposedly heisted and
just generally seems out of it. On the sneaky side: she
sure doesn’t give anything up about why she was on the
sidewalk at that time, doesn’t say anything about Don and
Ken and manages to hide her involvement perfectly.
(Blindfold)
• 303. Why does Hutch seem so much more focused on catching
Don and Ken, more so than the average perp? Is it because,
as he said to both guys, taking a shot at Starsky was
unacceptable? If so, Starsky and Hutch have been shot at
lots of times, without this reaction from the other. Or is
it because Hutch is angry over Starsky losing himself in
guilt with Emily? (Blindfold)
• 304. Hutch knocks on Starsky’s door when he is unsure of
his reception and lets himself in without knocking when he
knows all is well. The exception to this rule is when
either one suspects female company may be involved.
(Blindfold, various)
• 305. Starsky wants to take a photo of Emily and asks
Sharon to “step out of the frame.” Does Sharon understand
his symbolic, subtle request for her to stay out of his
relationship with Emily? And in the end, why does she not
tell Emily Starsky’s real identity? (Blindfold)
• 306. “Five will get you ten,” Starsky tells Hutch that
Hutch couldn’t hack an hour blindfolded; Hutch could have
done it if Starsky had played fair. Pinky ended up getting
“five to ten” which he could have avoided by being honest
with Hutch. (Blindfold)
• 307. So much for trust. How long is it going to take
Hutch to trust Starsky again after getting tricked into
falling down the stairs? Does that time include the waiting
period for Hutch’s electric wheelchair? (Blindfold)
• 308. Being blind is not the same as being stupid; Starsky
could have figured out which was the cold water tap, he
probably does it in the dark all the time anyway. And being
deaf is not the same thing as being stupid; Larry Horvath
may not be able to hear, but he was judged mentally
competent to spend time in a regular prison. Why does
everyone treat him like six year old child? And while she
may have the mental age of ten, Lisa must know she isn’t
the same as other adults; the judges comments seem to come
as a complete surprise to her. (Blindfold, Silence,
Nightmare)
• 309. Donner Party of One, your adventure is about to
begin. Mrs. Donner says the worst thing about being a cop’s
wife is waiting “waiting until he comes home for supper,
waiting to know if some junkie stabbed him, waiting for him
to get home from Europe, waiting until the doctor comes and
tells me he is going to be all right.” Was waiting the
worst thing about being a cop’s wife? Or is Virginia Donner
one the verge of realizing there is something even worse?
(Plague)
• 310. Hutch tells Starsky that “every snitch on your
circuit is asking about the blind girl and the cop.” Does
Hutch refer to it as “your circuit” because he is pissed
off, or do Starsky and Hutch have some separation in
physical area? Does the use of the word “your” make Starsky
feel crummy, just as Starsky’s saying, “You have a long way
to go” rather than “we” as Hutch is battling his heroin
addiction. Figure of speech or more?(Blindfold, Fix)
• 311. Starsky goes to door, palms his gun and studies it.
Is he thinking of suicide? Contemplating it’s deadliness?
When he grabs his camera, he decides to shoot in a
different way. (Blindfold)
• 312. Jack Ives may be excused for joking with Jack Parker
about how half the population (of women) is under
twenty-five and the other half wants to appear to be under
twenty-five. Ives even has the zinger about how the 26 year
old women and older don’t “look too well in swimwear.”
After all, he is supposed to be a sexist rube. But add that
to Starsky’s later comment to Hutch about the lack of
“foxes” that aren’t “pushing 17 or on their way to
retirement homes,” and it is understood one has about a
seven year span of attractiveness in Bay City. (Groupie)
• 313. Dobey seems to know just how much rope to allow
Starsky and Hutch to get the job done. What kind of cops
would Starsky and Hutch have been under a different boss
than Dobey? Envision these kinds of bosses for Starsky and
Hutch:
#1 a real hard-nose without compassion, just wants the job
done, doesn’t care how it happens
#2 a kind boss, who wants the best for everyone, but hates
conflict and can’t say “no” to Starsky and Hutch
#3 a rigid boss that insists on going by the rules, no
matter what, and cannot deviate
#4 a fun boss that is their best buddy, hanging out with
them, socializing often
#5 a sneaky, politicking, back-biting boss
#6 a boss 18 months from retirement who doesn’t care what
they do
#7 a female boss with one of the above characteristics
• 314. Rubber suits. Elaborate. (Groupie, Kill Huggy Bear)
• 315. Agent Bettin is angered by Starsky and Hutch’s
collar of what he sees as two-bit Jojo, wrecking up the
bigger Nick Dombarris arrest. Agent Walters lectures
Starsky and Hutch, “Sometimes the big picture is more
important than the bit parts,” which Starsky and Hutch go
against in their pursuit of Jack Parker. Yet Hutch wonders
aloud to Starsky over Iron Mike’s failing, that perhaps
Mike had been out so long he couldn’t see the forest for
the trees. Where are Starsky and Hutch in this continuum?
(Jojo, Groupie, Iron Mike)
• 316. Jack Parker states he “feels the future of fashion
is in youth.” No kidding. What are some other ways Jack
Parker shows himself to be perhaps not the best man for the
job? (Groupie)
• 317. “A marriage counselor with a gun” and “an accountant
with a gun,” are two cynical phrases Starsky employs. Is
Starsky more or less cynical than Hutch regarding official
institutions? (Photo Finish, Groupie)
• 318. Melinda wants her “own sales territory” and to sleep
with cops. Marcie wants a good portfolio as well as a “blue
Rolls Royce with a cream colored top.” Sharon Freemont
wants a partnership in a law firm as well as Starsky’s
fettuccine. Comment. (Groupie, Starsky and Hutch Are
Guilty, Photo Finish)
• 319. Despite all the gunfire, only two innocent
bystanders are shot in the series. Both are women and both
shootings involve Starsky. (Photo Finish, Specialist)
• 320. Jimmy Shannon “died like a man in pursuit of
happiness.” What are the two false statements here?
(Vendetta)
• 321. Robert Loggia gets to tie Hutch to a chair in both
the episodes he is in. Coincidence? Or was one of Smooth
Tony Zucker’s alias Ben Forest? (Fix, Groupie)
• 322. Aside from a childish game of Rope-a-Dope, why does
Starsky draw Parker’s fire on a crowded ship deck? What are
some other times Starsky and Hutch do something that is
frankly, dangerously out of line. Limit your examples to
less than ten, please. (Groupie)
• 323. Starsky draws Parker’s fire not unlike how he drew
the fire of Father Ignatius at the movie theater, ducking
up and down. Is this what Starsky is talking to Hutch about
when he comments about feeling like a carnival game when he
and Hutch walk along the balcony at the hotel on the way to
dinner? (Specialist, Groupie, Silence)
• 324. Huggy makes it pretty clear the benefits he gets
from the relationship he has with Starsky and Hutch when he
greets them as, “My main man, my slack, my pipeline to the
city treasury.” What are some other pointed moments that
illustrate the advantages Huggy gains by being Starsky and
Hutch’s main angel? And does it ever cross the line, a la
Iron Mike and Matt Coyle? (Groupie, Iron Mike)
• 325. Apparently being lettuce is not desirable. Nick
Starsky calls Starsky a “head of lettuce.” Jack Parker is
going to be dropped like “hot lettuce” when the Feds find
out the cops are on to him. A head of lettuce is thrown at
the Hutch as he referees the wrestling match. Create a
geometric proof, showing there is something worse than
being a head of hot lettuce. (Starsky’s Brother, Groupie)
• 326. Seems like there must be a missing scene involving
stolen bullets. Melinda takes a bullet from the gun of each
sexual conquest. Did she take one from Hutch? And if so,
why weren’t the implications shown? Is she didn’t, is it
because Hutch was too alert? Is why he doesn’t want to
sleep with her anymore because he caught her messing with
his gun? And if this is the case, he had better check
Starsky’s gun tomorrow morning. (Groupie)
• 327. Starsky is clearly talking to himself as he heads up
the corridor to Parker’s stateroom. Imagine what he is
saying? (Groupie)
• 328. As Hutch is sitting, confined to chair, along with
birdbrain Melinda, is he thinking of the time he was
confined to a chair along with birdbrain Lisa Kendrick?
(Groupie, Foxy Lady)
• 329. Dobey complains mightily about the phone call he
received from Melinda. “I’ve never had a call like that in
my entire career!” In the nearly thirty years he has been
on the force, Dobey has never gotten a phone call from a
frightened, unclear caller hoping to pass on information?
(Groupie)
• 330. What is the scar on Hutch’s lower back from?
(Groupie)
• 331. The ditzy woman is the salon is giving Hutch a
tutorial in numerology. “1,9,4,9 adds up to 23…Now 2 and 3
add up to 5…I happen to be an 8, and 5 and 8 are about as
far apart as you can get.” She suspects Hutch is a 6. Are
Starsky and Hutch both 7, as Starsky guesses in his ESP
test? What would be Starsky and Hutch’s numbers and what
would they mean? (Dandruff, Black and Blue)
• 332. Starsky and Hutch tell Dobey they act
“instinctively…sometimes impetuously.” Is there more
evidence that disproves this self-admitted fact than its
opposite? (Dandruff)
• 333. Dobey says chasing the robber in the lobby while
undercover as Tyrone and Marlene, when they were supposed
to stay “buried in the beauty parlor” is the dumbest thing
Starsky and Hutch have ever done. Agree or disagree?
Provide examples. (Dandruff)
• 334. It’s a box, not a pouch. It’s a bug, not a listening
device. What are some things that Are, but Are Not?
(Dandruff)
• 335. Starsky tells Rosey, as part of his cover, “I spent
some time up in the mountains.” It is one thing to say you
are familiar with Huichol art but seems pretty risky to say
you have been someone you haven’t, especially there. This
is assuming he isn’t telling truth. Rosey doesn’t have any
questions about his time there? Seems like she would.
(Rosey Malone)
• 336. Doris Huntley and Virginia Donner are lonely cop’s
wives, waiting for their husbands. Edith Dobey is a cop’s
wife as well, who most likely hardly ever sees her husband
either. Assuming Edith and Virginia aren’t hitting the
poker tables, what makes these three women different? Is it
Doris’ lack of children to care for? Personality? Their
husbands? (Captain Dobey, You’re Dead, Birds of a Feather)
• 337. What is to become of Doris? Her husband is in jail,
disgraced. Her $50,000 probably ended up in the police
fund. She’s got a major gambling addiction, no support and
is going to be lonelier than ever. (Birds of a Feather)
• 338. Dobey muses, regarding Hutch’s comment defending
Huntley, that he “swears to god he never has to make that
decision.” Would Dobey indeed make the same decision as
Huntley? Why or why not? (Birds of a Feather)
• 339. Visualize Edith Dobey, Virginia Donner and Doris
Huntley at the poker table together, talking about their
husbands who are never home. (Captain Dobey, You’re Dead,
Birds of a Feather, Plague)
• 340. Reuben tries to set Luke up as a “high-minded cup
with too many years on the force…and too little to show for
it…finally breaks down and goes on the take.” Is Reuben
really that far off the mark? (Birds of a Feather)
• 341. Compare and contrast these four characters: Dan
Slate, Luke Huntley, Mike Ferguson and Fargo. (Strange
Justice, Birds of a Feather, Iron Mike, Committee)
• 342. Hutch didn’t seem to have one bit of hesitation
about taking Starsky with him after Luke asked Hutch to
come alone to the meet. Would he have done the same thing
if Starsky hadn’t come walking up to him in the middle of
the phone call? Would Hutch looked for Starsky before he
left? Or was his decision more of a more spur-of-the-moment
thing? (Birds of a Feather)
• 343. Hutch outright lied to Huntley about two things: the
time of the meet and coming alone. How does Hutch justify
this to himself? Does Hutch consider Starsky so much apart
of himself that he doesn’t even make the distinction that
bringing him isn’t technically alone? Does Hutch’s choice
to bring Starsky along accentuate the fact that Huntley
seems really personally isolated? Would a partner have
eased Huntley’s burden? (Birds of a Feather)
• 344. Huntley doesn’t notice $50,000 slipping out of his
accounts over a period of ten years. He doesn’t notice his
missing wife’s wedding ring? What are some other things he
may have added distance to? Is there a clue to be had that
he has to introduce Hutch to Doris with “You remember Kenny
Hutchinson”? (Birds of a Feather)
• 345. Dobey reprimands Starsky and Hutch, “Don’t tell me
the about the word on the street until you have spent as
much time out there as I have.” Is Dobey speaking of time
on the force or literally “time on the street”? Dobey, as
Captain, would have insight Starsky and Hutch don’t as well
as more experience, but Starsky and Hutch would seem to
have more street knowledge than Dobey at this point. (Huggy
Can’t Go Home )
• 346. Compare the characters of Julius and his
relationship to Huggy to Luke and his relationship to
Hutch. Both older men are mentors, calling in a favor that
puts their mentee at great risk and both wanting the
“their” money back for their old age. (Huggy Can’t Go Home
, Birds of a Feather)
• 347. Huggy tells Starsky and Hutch he has a “bad taste in
my mouth trying to figure out who my friends are.” Compare
his situation to when Hutch tells Kiko it is time to figure
out who his real friends are. (Running, Huggy Can’t Go Home
)
• 348.Starsky comments to Hutch that “Huggy is a bad liar”
and he has never lied to them before. Starsky and Hutch
also figured the same thing when Huggy covered for Dewey
Hughes and the car in his alley. How often does Huggy lie
to Starsky and Hutch? And what do all three consider a lie?
(Kill Huggy Bear, Huggy Can’t Go Home )
• 349. Conflicting relationships: Huggy and Julius, Huggy
and Starsky and Hutch, Starsky and Hutch and Dobey. Comment
on this triangle. Are there any other times when the lines
of friendship, allegiances and loyalty are laid out this
darkly? (Huggy Can’t Go Home )
• 350. Huggy tells Starsky and Hutch he “reminisced about
the good old days which weren’t that good.” Hutch tells
Vanessa the good old days she mentions “weren’t that good.”
Will Starsky and Hutch, sitting on the stoop of their
nursing home, feel the old days were pretty darn good? Or
not? (Hutchinson for Murder One, Huggy Can’t Go Home )