User Reviews

I like this episode of "Naked City." It is Mycket Bra! I'm not claiming anyone else should like it, or even dislike it. I'm a big fan of David Janssen. It's enjoyable to see him portray bad guys on this episode and his guest appearance on "Route 66." Generally anyone who is a fan of Janssen is a fan of "The Fugitive" and I am no exception. We get to see (hear actually) DJ's character argue with his wife in this episode. She is brilliantly portrayed by Constance Ford. It is unintended foreshadowing to his character, Richard Kimble, arguing with his wife in "The Fugitive" on the night she is murdered. In "The Fugitive" Janssen plays a guy named "Dick" and in this episode of "Naked City" he is a dick. I took a year of Swedish in college. I was impressed by the fact that they had the character played by Ulla Jacobson speak Swedish when she goes into the squad room to express her concerns about the firearm in the Cameron household. It's actually very clever of the screen writer(s) to have Jacobson speak in Swedish and have it translated by the Swedish consulate because it makes it easier for her to talk to the police given that she is not as sincere as we the viewer thinks she is at that point in the story. Perhaps more simply put: If you had to lie to the law enforcement in another country, would you rather do it in your native tongue than in the country's language that you reside in? The B.S. detector that cops might have would make it harder for them to pick up on the fact that you are not revealing the entire truth. I like how at the end of the story Ulla expressed her expectations about a romantic life in America, but how those expectations collided with a cold hearted reality encompassed by the character portrayed by Big Apple resident David Janssen.