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No folks, you won't find in this episode the good jazzy L.A. atmosphere. But I admit that, in many episodes, this was already the same. You have all kind of settings in this show, not only urban ones, streets, night clubs and empty warehouses... Jeff is in mission in Mexico to find the President's daughter, and not the President of the United States...You have some funny moments here, such as this sequence with the donkey...Expect some mariachis, sombreros and beautiful senoritas, bandidos and Tequila atmosphere in this entertaining story where, on the other hand, you won't have many surprises. More an adventure yarn, than a crime or real usual investigation scheme. Nothing terrific but enjoyable.

Jeff and Rex are sent to Central America to rescue the daughter of an exiled president. Lots of bad guys who have the government, "good guys" who want to oust it, with Jeff and Rex in the middle trying to save the girl and get out. But it's really dull going. When the most memorable part is a donkey who won't move unless Jeff (not Rex or anyone else, just Jeff) whistles "Yankee Doodle," it's not a great episode.

Aside: Richard Long as Rex Randolph was moved to 77SS when Bourbon Street Beat was canceled, but Rex got an unfortunate makeover. In New Orleans, Rex was a sharp but often fist-fighting PI in a noir atmosphere who had a bit of a quirky personality too (only amateur chef Rex from BSB would invent a recipe that included pig bristles then have to eat it alone when his friends ran out on it - but then also break the fourth wall, look at the camera, and wink at all of us out there in the real world as he dug in). When he got to 77SS, he was hip (could speak to Kookie in his own language) but his cooking equipment was literally put on the shelf of his office, he hardly ever worked anybody over, and he became a lot more bland a character. Long was working off a contract obligation and apparently was not intended to last longer than one season, which he didn't because he had a heart attack at the end of the season and got sidelined because of that. I liked 77SS Rex, but not as much as I liked BSB Rex.