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 there was a time when hollywood and the tv networks (nbc, cbs, abc) spent at some time and money, and put on shows for people with brains, however by the mid 80's the number of shows that
fit that profile (never big to begin with) was getting quite small, and this this show was one of the last. the idea of the show was this - a female p.i. needed to create a fake (and never seen) male boss in order to get business she would not other get just because she was a woman. this worked quite well until a mystery man with a very shady & secret past shows up stating that he is the mystery boss - remington steele. by the end of the pilot episode, the female p.i. (stephanie zimbalist) and the mystery man (pierce brosnan - in his breakout role in the u.s.) make a deal, mystery man can play remington steele so long as he stays on the right side of the law and does nothing to mess up the running of the business. the series then sets about to give the viewers a number of years of good shows with the type of writting that goes back to the thin man movies as laura halt the p.i. & remington steele the mystery man not only work togeather but become much, much closer. in the end however, nbc could not make it's mind if it wanted the show or not, which in the end caused some uneven show + tv movies. in addition it did damage to everybody's career, as well as the additional punishment of giving us timothy dalton as "james bond". the bottom line however is that this show is proof of hollywood and tv could if it was not always trying to come up with the new daring, edgy show for 18 - 34 yr olds, and acted as if most viewers had a i.q. no bigger than their shoe size. i mean really, how many edgy, gritty crime shows like law & order 20 or c.s.i. 8 or reality shows showing half starved contestants eating bugs on some island can one stand before one pukes their guts out. as of now i only watch 2 broadcast network shows: enterprise - upn (it's final show will be on 05/13/05) 24 --------- fox (with all the mau-mauing aboutthis season the will be back for a 5th season) most everything else currently on broadcast tv is for the brain dead and simply not worth watching. that is why i will add this series to my growing dvd collection (400+ movies & mini series & broadcast series) - if only hollywood could create more shows like this - but don't count on it enjoy remington steele and see hollywood can be if it wanted to be
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