Season 1, Episode 5
Date of airing: October 29, 1982 (NBC)
Nielsen ratings information: 9.41 million Households, 11.3 rating/19 share in Households
Story by: Catherine Bacos
Teleplay by: Deborah Davis, David Braff
Directed by: Sidney Hayers
”According to my information, you went to Stanford University.”
“That's right.”
“Part of my circuitry was developed there. Excellent school.”
Politics in the 1980s must have been boring if TV writers could only come up with a story like this – a random politician on a state level going up against a bill that is sponsored by people who wouldn't stop at murder to get it passed... Sounds like a proper crime conspiracy thriller you would find in shows like these, but if it were real, it would cause a huge stir and scandal in public and the press. After all, a politician ordered a hit on another politician. If that ever happens during the second Trump administration, then crap has truly hit the fan, and he will still not lose any votes over all of this.
The episode could have done better explaining what the energy bill was about, because I have no idea why only one state senator was opposed to it, instead of a couple more, if it was such a controversial bill that would have ruined the state for generations to come. Not to mention that a point of order during a session in Congress doesn't stop the bill – a vote does. In addition, everyone knew about Maggie Flynn's opposition to the bill (she was doing the public press tour after all). Why some of the undecided state senators couldn't be bothered choosing which way to vote until right before the vote is beyond me, but then again, this is American politics we're talking about, and that stuff is always frustratingly messy.
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| K.I.T.T. intercepts the suspect in the form of an arcade game. |
