Hitch may have had a disdain for the Beat Generation, but this episode didn't have much of a kind word to say about university professors either. Judy's (Anne Helm) boyfriend Mitch (Brian G. Hutton) should have known better than to make a tactical mistake like bringing a stolen diamond necklace back to the shop it was pilfered from. What was he thinking? I don't think anything in the story could have prepared the viewer for the ending, and I couldn't quite believe it myself when Kenneth (Wayne Rogers) pulled out that knife. Even then, I didn't think he was going to stab Judy. By this time near the end of the series run there were some questionable stories that didn't quite make the grade, and I'd have to say this was one of them.
Review of The Big Kick
