Karl Malden and Michael Douglas-- two actors not very associated with doing weekly TV shows teamed up and made this memorable series for four years. This pilot is well done enough. Strapping Kim Darby is in it as the tragically dead victim found afloat and we see her live and beautiful in flashback. ( Darby's great scenes appear to be a show in themselves!) A few other talented familiar TV show faces also dot the scenery of this pilot. But unfortunately despite Darby it is all pretty standard and nothing that that special. It is the time it is made in. 1972 was not a magical time--the 60s were over. America had gone fragmentary over its war with North Vietnamese mass-murderer Ho Chi Minh. (see my reviews) and the result was a partially broken down/less amazing American society by 1972. That is what the show is-- a product of America just immedlately after the magic has disappeared with the end of the 60s. Had this been made in 1967 it definitely would have been much better.
Review of Pilot
