Review of The Thirty-Year Pin

I just bought the box set and I am reliving my childhood memories of watch Streets with my sister and this episode ages well. Sometimes the older shows are dated. I do not mean old, but fall apart from modern improvements. Wooden acting, massive plot holes, and awkward directing. In fairness I watch some of the older show because new ones have crammed awkward political/social messages added to the story and or characters and I just go huh. No one I know acts or thinks the way some of todays show portray cops etc! Worse many modern stories are either predictable or nonsensical. Well The Thirty Year Pin ages well. One can see why the series was so successful. Malden and Douglas as the veteran street cop teamed up with the collage educated slicker youngster has a believable likable acting synergy. Add in a story of Malden ex beat partner getting shot makes for a good combination. The barebones story has no story drag of personal or social sub story, but hard and raw reality. We see one partner try not to lose it while the other, helps. The dated parts shows E M T's have come a long way and so has computers or lack of them for police work. There is cheesy walk an walk sound tracks with the horns. LOL A watchable show. 7 stars.