My summary isn't meant to be a complaint. But in so many ways, it doesn't seem much like "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour". Instead of being about murder or other crimes, it's about an outbreak of anthrax and the public health department's reaction to this.
When the story begins, a man in dying in the back of a vehicle. Oddly, when the driver swerves, the body goes flying out and down an embankment. Now you'd THINK she'd notice! The problem is that the body is of a guy who just died from anthrax...and the strain is so virulent that even being near the body could easily infect you. So, it's up to some public health workers to locate everyone who's come into contact with the dead man and, believe it or not, a bongo he bought in Mexico.
There are two public health workers in the show....a very headstrong and intense young doctor (Michael Parks) and his much calmer and more pragmatic boss (Charles McGraw). Now it was an unusual casting decision, as McGraw hardly ever plays anyone who isn't angry and intense! Regardless, the show is interesting....and plays like an all new show or an installment of the 1970s show "Quincy". Well made and never dull.
When the story begins, a man in dying in the back of a vehicle. Oddly, when the driver swerves, the body goes flying out and down an embankment. Now you'd THINK she'd notice! The problem is that the body is of a guy who just died from anthrax...and the strain is so virulent that even being near the body could easily infect you. So, it's up to some public health workers to locate everyone who's come into contact with the dead man and, believe it or not, a bongo he bought in Mexico.
There are two public health workers in the show....a very headstrong and intense young doctor (Michael Parks) and his much calmer and more pragmatic boss (Charles McGraw). Now it was an unusual casting decision, as McGraw hardly ever plays anyone who isn't angry and intense! Regardless, the show is interesting....and plays like an all new show or an installment of the 1970s show "Quincy". Well made and never dull.