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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 83184" data-attributes="member: 57984"><p>As <strong>"Fish"</strong> opens up, Investigators Royster and Styles are supposedly protecting a witness set to testify against kingpin Maury Ziegler, but playing cards in front of an open window is no way to keep a sniper from putting the witness in his crosshairs, so the narc is shot and killed.</p><p></p><p>The next day the gunman is cornered in his hotel room by Pepper and Crowley who kick in the door and then blow him away --- well, Crowley does... Pepper doesn't fire at all, as if she's decided to wait and see how it all turns out before taking action... No matter, Pepper's demeanor is still all business at this point, so you hardly notice that her revolver isn't smoking. On his death bed, the killer confesses to Pepper that Ziegler hired him to make the hit, and once Ziegler's girlfriend (Conny Van Dyke) gets busted trying to ditch the murder weapon in the bay, Pepper goes undercover as a tough prison mama presumably for the first time in order to schmooze the girl into testifying against her powerful boyfriend -- but not before Sergeants Crowley and Anderson can receive a dire warning from totally credible prison psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers who informs them, "it <strong><em>could </em></strong>be fatal."</p><p></p><p>Armed with this insight, Pepper slithers into jail and acts all 8th grade gym class. Convincing her cell mates she's a bad ass mothah who'll kick your butt into the San Fernando Valley if you try and mess with her, Pepper befriends the mobster's moll and tries to coax her into turning state's evidence on Maury Ziegler, who looks and talks a lot like Punk Anderson.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Marky888/aaapepperfish4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The girl is terrified to testify -- and she won't have to, as the mob boss orders his former squeeze poisoned via a drug overdose by one of their fellow cons, butch babe Jo Enders (Marian Mercer).</p><p></p><p>Pepper suspects Jo is behind the murder, warms to her, and informs Jo that they're both getting sprung from the slammer at the very same time. Pepper is just delicious enough for Jo to ponder taking her to Mexico with her, as Jo has suddenly come into some major cash.</p><p></p><p>Pepper says "sure," rebuffs her pimp (Styles in a 'fro and a '70s groove ensemble perfect for a Cadillac with fuzzy interiors) at the prison exit, and hops in the back of the car sent by Ziegler to pick up Jo and whisk her out of the country --- only once inside, Pepper, fully aware of how Jo obtained her fresh thousands, coolly demands twice the payment or they go to the cops.</p><p></p><p>Jo is horrified, and Pepper gives her a comforting backseat wink which seems intended to assure her they won't both be killed within minutes.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Marky888/aaapepperfish2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Once they're driven to Ziegler's pad, Pepper happily pockets the funds she'd demanded, but the mafia don insists she call the "girlfriend" Pepper claims will go to the police if Pepper doesn't touch base by 5pm. Sergeant Anderson dials the correct local time, the ruse fails to deceive the clever and wily man, Pepper gives one of those "<em>oops</em>-<em>I</em>'<em>ve</em>-<em>been</em>-<em>caught</em>" expressions that work so well on TV, and then she and Jo are escorted away to be dumped into a convenient ravine, Jo shrieking in terror as they go.</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Marky888/aaapepperfish1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>But it's all part of the plan. Crowley and the squad show up, and they have one of those cartoonish, good-clean-fun types of shoot-outs that STARSKY & HUTCH would soon make a weekly tradition where people dive over hedges and fire weapons from the hoods of cars and grown men explode into spontaneous human combustion for no particular reason as women look on agape or scream from nearby. Crowley crashes his vehicle into the hoodlum's escaping sedan, and is knocked unconscious.</p><p></p><p>Back at the station, Crowley, his forehead bandaged and their official reports completed, invites Pepper to an evening of watching old '50s women-in-prison movies on TV at home, and she acts all put-off by the suggestion but follows him out the door. I always expect her to smack him on the butt with her purse, but she doesn't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 83184, member: 57984"] As [B]"Fish"[/B] opens up, Investigators Royster and Styles are supposedly protecting a witness set to testify against kingpin Maury Ziegler, but playing cards in front of an open window is no way to keep a sniper from putting the witness in his crosshairs, so the narc is shot and killed. The next day the gunman is cornered in his hotel room by Pepper and Crowley who kick in the door and then blow him away --- well, Crowley does... Pepper doesn't fire at all, as if she's decided to wait and see how it all turns out before taking action... No matter, Pepper's demeanor is still all business at this point, so you hardly notice that her revolver isn't smoking. On his death bed, the killer confesses to Pepper that Ziegler hired him to make the hit, and once Ziegler's girlfriend (Conny Van Dyke) gets busted trying to ditch the murder weapon in the bay, Pepper goes undercover as a tough prison mama presumably for the first time in order to schmooze the girl into testifying against her powerful boyfriend -- but not before Sergeants Crowley and Anderson can receive a dire warning from totally credible prison psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers who informs them, "it [B][I]could [/I][/B]be fatal." Armed with this insight, Pepper slithers into jail and acts all 8th grade gym class. Convincing her cell mates she's a bad ass mothah who'll kick your butt into the San Fernando Valley if you try and mess with her, Pepper befriends the mobster's moll and tries to coax her into turning state's evidence on Maury Ziegler, who looks and talks a lot like Punk Anderson. [IMG]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Marky888/aaapepperfish4.jpg[/IMG] The girl is terrified to testify -- and she won't have to, as the mob boss orders his former squeeze poisoned via a drug overdose by one of their fellow cons, butch babe Jo Enders (Marian Mercer). Pepper suspects Jo is behind the murder, warms to her, and informs Jo that they're both getting sprung from the slammer at the very same time. Pepper is just delicious enough for Jo to ponder taking her to Mexico with her, as Jo has suddenly come into some major cash. Pepper says "sure," rebuffs her pimp (Styles in a 'fro and a '70s groove ensemble perfect for a Cadillac with fuzzy interiors) at the prison exit, and hops in the back of the car sent by Ziegler to pick up Jo and whisk her out of the country --- only once inside, Pepper, fully aware of how Jo obtained her fresh thousands, coolly demands twice the payment or they go to the cops. Jo is horrified, and Pepper gives her a comforting backseat wink which seems intended to assure her they won't both be killed within minutes. [IMG]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Marky888/aaapepperfish2.jpg[/IMG] Once they're driven to Ziegler's pad, Pepper happily pockets the funds she'd demanded, but the mafia don insists she call the "girlfriend" Pepper claims will go to the police if Pepper doesn't touch base by 5pm. Sergeant Anderson dials the correct local time, the ruse fails to deceive the clever and wily man, Pepper gives one of those "[I]oops[/I]-[I]I[/I]'[I]ve[/I]-[I]been[/I]-[I]caught[/I]" expressions that work so well on TV, and then she and Jo are escorted away to be dumped into a convenient ravine, Jo shrieking in terror as they go. [IMG]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Marky888/aaapepperfish1.jpg[/IMG] But it's all part of the plan. Crowley and the squad show up, and they have one of those cartoonish, good-clean-fun types of shoot-outs that STARSKY & HUTCH would soon make a weekly tradition where people dive over hedges and fire weapons from the hoods of cars and grown men explode into spontaneous human combustion for no particular reason as women look on agape or scream from nearby. Crowley crashes his vehicle into the hoodlum's escaping sedan, and is knocked unconscious. Back at the station, Crowley, his forehead bandaged and their official reports completed, invites Pepper to an evening of watching old '50s women-in-prison movies on TV at home, and she acts all put-off by the suggestion but follows him out the door. I always expect her to smack him on the butt with her purse, but she doesn't. [/QUOTE]
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