That shot of Dennis Weaver hanging onto a helicopter tread in the opening credits of McCloud comes from this episode. McCloud goes undercover in this one because he's identified a known car thief that the stolen automobile squad has been trying to bust.
It gets good and personal when Norman Fell of the auto squad is killed by one of the people he was tailing. Dennis Weaver as usual has the proper instincts in that those thieves are pretty sharp and can make a New York cop from a mile away. But not one from Taos, New Mexico.
The idea is to bust the big and McCloud works his way up the food chain from Roddy McDowall to Eddie Albert and finally to Lloyd Bochner. McDowall is one to watch here, he plays the enforcer in the stolen car ring, a guy who likes killing for its own sake.
Also note the presence of police officer Brenda Vaccaro who comes along to McCloud for backup. If Weaver wasn't already involved with Diana Muldaur he and Vaccaro might have got something going.
Speaking of Muldaur she's not in this episode much until the end, but she manages to blow Weaver's cover by a few ill chosen remarks.
That chase in the end involving the helicopter. Guaranteed your pulse will race and skip a few beats with that one.
It gets good and personal when Norman Fell of the auto squad is killed by one of the people he was tailing. Dennis Weaver as usual has the proper instincts in that those thieves are pretty sharp and can make a New York cop from a mile away. But not one from Taos, New Mexico.
The idea is to bust the big and McCloud works his way up the food chain from Roddy McDowall to Eddie Albert and finally to Lloyd Bochner. McDowall is one to watch here, he plays the enforcer in the stolen car ring, a guy who likes killing for its own sake.
Also note the presence of police officer Brenda Vaccaro who comes along to McCloud for backup. If Weaver wasn't already involved with Diana Muldaur he and Vaccaro might have got something going.
Speaking of Muldaur she's not in this episode much until the end, but she manages to blow Weaver's cover by a few ill chosen remarks.
That chase in the end involving the helicopter. Guaranteed your pulse will race and skip a few beats with that one.