Hart to Hart (TV Series) Vintage Harts (1982) User Reviews

I wish I had a discerning palate!

[amorehl · 8/10 · 24 August 2023]

This one is about wine, a good topic for an episode since an upscale product like a fine wine seems like a logical fit for the high-flying Harts. I know very little about wine, and I definitely don't have a palate for it. All red wine tastes basically the same to me, as does the white. And I'm sure there are plenty of wine snobs who go more by the label than by their actual ability to tell the differences in taste. But I know there *are* wine connoisseurs who can discern very fine distinctions in wine. This makes sense since I've discovered that humans are able to recognize more than 10,000 different odors. And flavours are identified as a result of complex chemical mechanisms, with our own ability to taste being genetic in nature. (So, thanks, Mom & Dad!) This is also a plot not unknown for this show - criminals who don't know when to quit. It's one thing to bump off a relative "nobody," but then to cover the first murder up, they keep killing (or trying to), generally more prominent people, usually up to and including the Harts, as if they won't bring down massive scrutiny on themselves and all the murders that they could never get away with. Now, granted, if all the cops were as clueless as Richard Shull's "Lt. Gillis," character, they might have a chance, but police detectives did not get to *be* detectives by being so dumb. On the plus side, Lt. Gillis is not so arrogant that he refuses all help from the Harts, so perhaps he is aware of his limitations.

I did enjoy seeing the evil doers get their comeuppance!

Bottoms Up

[HilaryElizabeth9 · 7/10 · 6 April 2009]

This one takes place in the midst of the wine industry complete with sommeliers, distributors, and murder. Honestly, I had a hard time following this one, but I still really enjoyed it. Most of the acting was quite good, but I could have done without Lt. Gillis; I know he was a veteran character actor, but I REALLY didn't like this cop. Lt. Grey was a great addition, this guy was buffoony and a terrible detective and, frankly, a bad caricature, not to be taken seriously. Again, I struggled to figure out what the "evil plan" was, but the realistic nature of the wine industry and tasting was fun and well-done. Note to self: One guest star was Mr. Belvedere, and another one was veteran actress Carolyn Seymour, who was a huge Star Trek presence playing a Romulan on Next Gen. Despite her acting skills, all I saw was the Romulan. So, it was like two of my favorite shows at the same time.

Vintage Harts

[coltras35 · 7/10 · 16 September 2023]

Jonathan's vineyard partner discovers that Hart-Cabri is being sold as the more expensive Chateau St. Claire. When Cabri is murdered, the Harts investigate the fraud and murder.

"This is routine for me, routine," says Ltn Gillis, probably one of the worst detective in a tv show and I have seen a few. There's a couple of murders and he calls them routine and comes up with a simple assumption. But then that clears the way for Harts to come up with the correct answers. The villains are visible from the beginning, they are Carolyn Seymour and Michael Billington ( the spy who Loved me and a Bond stand-in)- the colder and in charge of the two is Seymour while Billington does the murdering and the nervous twitches. Christopher Hewett plays a wine critic with an eye for Jennifer ( who wouldn't?). It's a fine episode with the usual intrigue and humour.

Great episode

[aramis-112-804880 · 8/10 · 26 January 2023]

I don't know anything about wine and, not being a drinker, wonder if people really can tell the shades of difference in finer vintages (naturally I'm sure they can discern screw-top junk from well-grown stuff under corks). I'm fascinated by viniculture and the episodes of any show that explores it (though my favorite is "Vintage Steele" from "Remington Steele.")

Ignoring the crime(s) and story, I love the trappings and some of the fascinating characters introduced. They could have been a little nuttier (I'm sure wine-tasting can really shake the nuts from the trees). But overall this episode is inoffensive and enjoyable. It even involves some actual detection. And it's not written over the heads of people who wouldn't know fine wine from ditch-water, though drinking too much ditch-water doesn't get one drunk.