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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 83775" data-attributes="member: 57984"><p><strong>'The Company'</strong></p><p></p><p><em>"Oooh, Crowley's not going to like that..."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e5/a3/73/e5a3736738f4cb0f0a3c46dea16b5dfb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 784px" /></em></p><p></p><p>"The Company" is, technically, just another mobster's infiltration of another mobster's territory type of plot. Yet it contains all the elements which made Season 1 of POLICE WOMAN so distinctive: shot in shimmery, sun-drenched style, the Los Angeles scene is made to feel glittery and glamorous, if not entirely safe.</p><p></p><p>And all set to an effective score tracked mostly from Richard Shores.</p><p></p><p>Sure, it's mostly style over substance, but it's arguably the series' best Pepper-does-the-town installment...</p><p></p><p>Following the gangland sidewalk killing of a mafia thug during which an imprisoned don's name is uttered, Pepper (along with informant, Linda Summers AKA "The Black Widow, " played by Paula Kelly) cruise the seamier social spots of L.A. under cover as, presumably, hookers in ambitious evening gowns.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Marky888/PWcompany2_zpsyrhlvgp0.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 777px" /></p><p></p><p>Asking the right questions, they make a trip to a clandestine, high-class gambling casino and witness first-hand the game "taken" by the henchman from this new circle of crooks, the casino's money stolen, the equipment destroyed, and the guests forced to turn over their valuables.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Marky888/PWcompany1_zpsfy3i9vx7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 787px" /></p><p></p><p>After the man who ran the illegal casino (comic Shelley Berman!) is blown up in his car in front of Pepper and Crowley, the unit tries to flush out the gang responsible by setting themselves up as businessmen resistant to the protectionism (i.e., "free book keeping service") these ruthless mobsters are offering.</p><p></p><p>(Regrettably, the S1 DVD print of "The Company" has deleted a wordless long-shot of Pepper and Crowley's car, a panoramic view of the L.A. skyline at sunset in the background, as they're driving to meet their snitch, Linda, on a parking deck, the camera then passing over her as Pep & Bill drive up the ramp... The moment was removed in syndication for purposes of time, and as a scene with no dialogue and lasted maybe 15 or 20 seconds, it was a logical choice for cutting... Yet this is such a cinematic perspective shot, it's a disappointment when the scene fails to be reinstated on the DVD -- although most of the other previously-cut moments are intact, including the exchange with Linda Summers.)</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Marky888/PWcompany3_zpsn3lonhvf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 780px" /></p><p></p><p>After an intriguingly understated jailhouse conversation with Pepper and Bill, the imprisoned kingpin, dying Vito Angelo (Frank De Kova), who's been falsely blamed for this series of gangland takeovers, sends his assistant out on the streets to learn for the cops that a local, corrupt mafia lawyer has brainstormed the scam, using the kingpin's name for purposes of leverage.</p><p></p><p>With the era's true life Church (and other) Committees' public investigations into CIA/mafia conspiracies and assassination schemes, one wonders (especially given the title) was this script originally meatier than what we wound up with: just a "safe" local mob plot??</p><p></p><p>Who knows... But it certainly <em>feels</em> bigger than that somehow.</p><p></p><p>In any event, warned that the police were about to bust him, the crooked lawyer (Rick Jason) moves to dispose of his incriminating records --- but not before the CCU can stop him. Tossing his box of important paperwork into the wind, the gusts from the nearby docks scatter the records in a thousand different directions, leaving Pepper and Bill to scramble to recover them, resulting in one of the best episode-ending freeze-frames for a TV series ever!</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Marky888/PWcompany4_zps0thgd6ft.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 789px" /></p><p>____________________</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 83775, member: 57984"] [B]'The Company'[/B] [I]"Oooh, Crowley's not going to like that..." [IMG width="784px"]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e5/a3/73/e5a3736738f4cb0f0a3c46dea16b5dfb.jpg[/IMG][/I] "The Company" is, technically, just another mobster's infiltration of another mobster's territory type of plot. Yet it contains all the elements which made Season 1 of POLICE WOMAN so distinctive: shot in shimmery, sun-drenched style, the Los Angeles scene is made to feel glittery and glamorous, if not entirely safe. And all set to an effective score tracked mostly from Richard Shores. Sure, it's mostly style over substance, but it's arguably the series' best Pepper-does-the-town installment... Following the gangland sidewalk killing of a mafia thug during which an imprisoned don's name is uttered, Pepper (along with informant, Linda Summers AKA "The Black Widow, " played by Paula Kelly) cruise the seamier social spots of L.A. under cover as, presumably, hookers in ambitious evening gowns. [IMG width="777px"]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Marky888/PWcompany2_zpsyrhlvgp0.jpg[/IMG] Asking the right questions, they make a trip to a clandestine, high-class gambling casino and witness first-hand the game "taken" by the henchman from this new circle of crooks, the casino's money stolen, the equipment destroyed, and the guests forced to turn over their valuables. [IMG width="787px"]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Marky888/PWcompany1_zpsfy3i9vx7.jpg[/IMG] After the man who ran the illegal casino (comic Shelley Berman!) is blown up in his car in front of Pepper and Crowley, the unit tries to flush out the gang responsible by setting themselves up as businessmen resistant to the protectionism (i.e., "free book keeping service") these ruthless mobsters are offering. (Regrettably, the S1 DVD print of "The Company" has deleted a wordless long-shot of Pepper and Crowley's car, a panoramic view of the L.A. skyline at sunset in the background, as they're driving to meet their snitch, Linda, on a parking deck, the camera then passing over her as Pep & Bill drive up the ramp... The moment was removed in syndication for purposes of time, and as a scene with no dialogue and lasted maybe 15 or 20 seconds, it was a logical choice for cutting... Yet this is such a cinematic perspective shot, it's a disappointment when the scene fails to be reinstated on the DVD -- although most of the other previously-cut moments are intact, including the exchange with Linda Summers.) [IMG width="780px"]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Marky888/PWcompany3_zpsn3lonhvf.jpg[/IMG] After an intriguingly understated jailhouse conversation with Pepper and Bill, the imprisoned kingpin, dying Vito Angelo (Frank De Kova), who's been falsely blamed for this series of gangland takeovers, sends his assistant out on the streets to learn for the cops that a local, corrupt mafia lawyer has brainstormed the scam, using the kingpin's name for purposes of leverage. With the era's true life Church (and other) Committees' public investigations into CIA/mafia conspiracies and assassination schemes, one wonders (especially given the title) was this script originally meatier than what we wound up with: just a "safe" local mob plot?? Who knows... But it certainly [I]feels[/I] bigger than that somehow. In any event, warned that the police were about to bust him, the crooked lawyer (Rick Jason) moves to dispose of his incriminating records --- but not before the CCU can stop him. Tossing his box of important paperwork into the wind, the gusts from the nearby docks scatter the records in a thousand different directions, leaving Pepper and Bill to scramble to recover them, resulting in one of the best episode-ending freeze-frames for a TV series ever! [IMG width="789px"]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/Marky888/PWcompany4_zps0thgd6ft.jpg[/IMG] ____________________ [/QUOTE]
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