On first viewing this episode, I was taken by the main protagonists home. About which, I later found out was... 'The Ennis House' designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (Los Feliz, CA) It's been used in countless films, before and since ( Most notedly Bladerunner ) It's a star in it's own right, and makes for an unusually 'chunky' backdrop to any scene. With it's ancient Mayan temple themed, forbidding blocks and palatial size. Oh yes, the episode... Noel Harrison ( Famous for singing 'Windmills of the mind' and son of Rex Harrison - whom each won an Oscar for 'best song' - one after the other, Noel in '68 and Rex in '67) plays a deadly game of cryptic chess across San Francisco. Great, if you like that kind of thing... but especially worth watching for the 'Ennis House' location scenes.
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1966 Batman Meets Ironside - almost
TopekaBob27 February 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This episode features two wealthy, mentally unbalanced guys playing chess by committing crimes while also taunting Ironside and his crew with clues to try to figure it out.
It's basically one degree from a 1966 Batman episode where someone like the Riddler or the Joker would play nonstop games with Batman. Of course they were all mentally ill, and at the end of this episode the remaining criminal starts blabbering like a child about his mother like a lunatic.
Another reviewer mentions the cool house. Indeed. A couple of other interesting scenes:
Ironside/Star Trek Connection: Scott Marlow, one of the key villians here, was in StarTrek: The Next Generation in 1991.
It's basically one degree from a 1966 Batman episode where someone like the Riddler or the Joker would play nonstop games with Batman. Of course they were all mentally ill, and at the end of this episode the remaining criminal starts blabbering like a child about his mother like a lunatic.
Another reviewer mentions the cool house. Indeed. A couple of other interesting scenes:
- There's a scene where one of the villians walks in while the other villian is having a dance party in his living room with a girl. While they villians talk the woman just keeps dancing. Classic 70's and kind of uniquely shot.
- When one of the villians gets blown up it's actually kind of funny and satisfying. Imagine if the Penguin or the Joker accidentally blew themselves up for good!
Ironside/Star Trek Connection: Scott Marlow, one of the key villians here, was in StarTrek: The Next Generation in 1991.
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