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The Setup two parts?

posted 8 years ago by dpartn-141-426064
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Season 2 episode The Setup seemed quite engaging but the end seems almost like there should have been a part 3. A lot of loose ends and the end scene just left one thinking this should have gone on to a part 3 with some resolution rather than it seeming so open ended and frankly the last 3 minutes seemed a rather lame wrap up to what was otherwise an entertaining two part episode.
Starkly's car gets blown up in this episode, yet simply reappears in the following episode "Survival". You almost have to wish there was a lost part 3 out there to wrap all the loose ends up.
I know we are talking 70's crime show and logic is often a non factor. Still, too bad the episode ended badly instead of the guy finding out who he was (earlier in the episode he was identified and I thought he would later recall this, but that never happened).

[–] PrometheusTree64 8 years ago

It's one of my favorite episodes, "The Set Up," but I actually like the loose ends not being wrapped up by the end of Part 2 -- that ambivalence is kind of the point.

I'm glad they left stuff hanging; it was more effective that way.

Regarding Starsky's car being blown up and then reappearing a week later -- TV just did that all the time back then: people get shot in the shoulder, including Starsky and Hutch, and by the next week they're completely healed (instead of crippled for life, which is what often happens).

My main problem was that despite four different copies of that Gran Torino, they painted up an obviously different model car to blow up. Like we wouldn't notice.

So silly.

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[–] McCartney42 8 years ago

If you look real close, you can tell that the car they used was an old Ford T-Bird.

[–] Jetfire1959 8 years ago

I remember there was an article in TV Guide magazine about the Torino being blown up. It said that Ford wanted to give them a newer, "fancier" Torino. Power windows, bigger engine, etc. Plus, Paul & David HATED the bench seats in the first one. Thus, the newer one had bucket seats. They were already working on the pre-production for "The Setup" and decided that it was the perfect ep in which to destroy our lovely red lady. 

I'm not sure how accurate it was, but I've read that the first one had a standard 351 Cleveland. Reportedly, the new one actually had a 460 Police Interceptor. The latter is one of the most powerful engines Ford ever produced. Warp drive in a car, basically.

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[–] Jetfire1959 8 years ago

I thought it was a Galaxy.

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[–] McCartney42 8 years ago

Hutch's car was a 1973 Ford Galaxie (not 500). The Torino in the pilot and the first season was a 1974/75 Ford Gran Torino with a bench front seat and red side mirrors with a 351 engine. From the second season on, the Torino was a 1976 with bucket seats because Paul and David were complaining that David would slide into Paul whenever he took a corner so TPTB got them bucket seats and a 460 engine with chrome side mirrors. According to Paul, the Torino with the 460 "couldn't even get out of its own way", it just didn't have the power. They did not blow up the real Torino because after the series ended a man by the name of Doug Stevenson bought those two Torino's. Just some information I thought I'd pass on.

[–] PrometheusTree64 8 years ago

It's so unconvincing they should fix it digitally today -- as much as I'm against "sweetening" on principle.

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