SPOILER ALERT:
15 or 16 years after the original "Streets of San Francisco" we get a resurrection, a memorial, a reunion show of sorts. But it just doesn't work, for several reasons.
First, with respect to the great actor Karl Malden, the man is 80 years old in this show. There is no way that he is an active duty police captain at that age.
Second, the story within the story about Inspector Sarah Burns goes nowhere. Maybe the producers were working on a pilot for a new series. But "Sarah Burns" doesn't have the charisma to carry a prime time TV series.
Third, you knew from the beginning that Michael Douglas wasn't going to show up after almost 20 years into a successful Hollywood movie career. It was just a matter of time (about halfway into the story) that Keller "is found dead", and he won't be putting in an appearance (other than flashbacks).
They could have closed the story during the next 10 minutes, identifying and apprehending the assailant. But the writers dragged it out for another 45 minutes. Even though there is a lot of "action", the show becomes tedious. You start to wonder, "When will this be over?"
The original series wasn't that great, other than the beautiful San Francisco street scenery. Regrettably, the same is true of this show. I can only rate it 6 stars.
15 or 16 years after the original "Streets of San Francisco" we get a resurrection, a memorial, a reunion show of sorts. But it just doesn't work, for several reasons.
First, with respect to the great actor Karl Malden, the man is 80 years old in this show. There is no way that he is an active duty police captain at that age.
Second, the story within the story about Inspector Sarah Burns goes nowhere. Maybe the producers were working on a pilot for a new series. But "Sarah Burns" doesn't have the charisma to carry a prime time TV series.
Third, you knew from the beginning that Michael Douglas wasn't going to show up after almost 20 years into a successful Hollywood movie career. It was just a matter of time (about halfway into the story) that Keller "is found dead", and he won't be putting in an appearance (other than flashbacks).
They could have closed the story during the next 10 minutes, identifying and apprehending the assailant. But the writers dragged it out for another 45 minutes. Even though there is a lot of "action", the show becomes tedious. You start to wonder, "When will this be over?"
The original series wasn't that great, other than the beautiful San Francisco street scenery. Regrettably, the same is true of this show. I can only rate it 6 stars.