Streets of San Francisco: Season Three, Vol. 2

"The Season Concludes"
Season 3-Part 2 of "The Streets of San Francisco" (one of my all-time favorite crime dramas from the 1970's arrives in stores on July 3rd, 2012. After nearly a 4 year wait fans can finally watch the series on DVD and enjoy it for posterity. The writing in season 3 was first-rate with some amazing guest stars who graced our screens which made season 3 of "Streets" so unforgettable. No bonus features are included.

The last 11 episodes of Season 3 along with their airdates are:

1. "The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague", Dec. 12, 1974
2. "Mister Nobody", Dec. 19, 1974
3. "False Witness", Jan. 9, 1975
4. "Letters From the Grave", Jan. 16, 1975
5. "Endgame", Jan. 23, 1975
6. "Ten Dollar Murder", Jan. 30, 1975
7. "The Programming of Charlie Blake", Feb. 6, 1975
8. "River of Fear", Feb. 13, 1975
9. "Asylum", Feb. 20, 1975
10. "Labyrinth", Feb. 27, 1975
11. "Solitaire", March 13, 1975

Streets of SF Season 3 Vol 2 set in scenic City by the Bay
The Streets of San Francisco was a riveting, well-written detective series with the combined acting talents of Karl Malden and Michael Douglas, as well as the gorgeous scenery of beautiful bayside San Francisco. Below is a list of all the episodes on this Season 3 Volume 2 3-DVD set with their featured guest stars:

Disc 1

The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague - Jonathan Lippe, Robert Webber
Mister Nobody - Sam Jaffe, Luther Adler
False Witness - A. Martinez, Malachi Throne
Letters from the Grave - Peter Strauss, William Windom

Disc 2

Endgame - Darleen Carr, Tim O'Connor
Ten Dollar Murder - Jerry Douglas, Carol Rossen
The Programming of Charlie Blake - Sharon Acker, Dean Stockwell
River of Fear - Peter Haskell, Paul Fix

Disc 3

Asylum - Robert Walker, Belinda J. Montgomery
Labyrinth - Julie Adams, Don Gordon
Solitaire - Tony LoBianco, Sabrina Scharf

Good but Tired
As a great fan of "Streets of San Francisco" when it aired, I was surprised to see that this third season of the series seems to lag a bit from the standard set by the first two. Malden and Douglas are still excellent, but the scripts are less interesting (one even includes an entirely unrelated subplot which is never resolved ... one has the feeling the director just needed filler). Since one of the great pleasures of the series (for this former San Francisco resident) is its use of locations around the City, it was disappointing that this season makes far less creative use of those locations -- one episode even takes place almost entirely in another county. I also became more aware, from the perspective of today's "procedurals," of how simplistic the treatment of police work is. And the production values, which were state of the art when the series aired, now seem fairly primitive. But if you love being taken back to that time, and if you've "left your heart...

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