A rather charming hit man played by Tony Roberts is hired to kill Rock Hudson now a widower. He's the kind of man who really enjoys his work, he compares it to how a matador deals with a bull he's readying for the kill. Roberts taunts him on many occasions always careful to stay just inside the law. But who's hired him?
He's got a couple of ideas. Lloyd Bochner a contractor under investigation and in fact the show opens with the death of a witness against Bochner. There's William Windom a college professor whose son hanged himself while in custody. He blames Hudson though rather irrationally. And an old friend who shows up and becomes a McMillan house guest, Shirley Jones becomes a candidate when Roberts is seen in her company.
Topping that all off is an annoyance he has with a San Francisco society grand dame Nina Foch who's bugging him about the location of a new police station. She's a preservationist because I live in a town where if any kind of structure has any age on it a committee will form to save it. As sure as death and taxes where I live. Those folks can sometimes be a pain.
John Schuck gets promoted to Lieutenant, but he still finds time to help out the Commissioner. As for Hudson he's slowly breaking in a new assistant Richard Gilliland. And Martha Raye the housekeeper is forever trying to get the widower McMillan back in circulation.
Fans of the series should be pleased though I think that Roberts more than likely would have been dealt with in an extralegal way.
He's got a couple of ideas. Lloyd Bochner a contractor under investigation and in fact the show opens with the death of a witness against Bochner. There's William Windom a college professor whose son hanged himself while in custody. He blames Hudson though rather irrationally. And an old friend who shows up and becomes a McMillan house guest, Shirley Jones becomes a candidate when Roberts is seen in her company.
Topping that all off is an annoyance he has with a San Francisco society grand dame Nina Foch who's bugging him about the location of a new police station. She's a preservationist because I live in a town where if any kind of structure has any age on it a committee will form to save it. As sure as death and taxes where I live. Those folks can sometimes be a pain.
John Schuck gets promoted to Lieutenant, but he still finds time to help out the Commissioner. As for Hudson he's slowly breaking in a new assistant Richard Gilliland. And Martha Raye the housekeeper is forever trying to get the widower McMillan back in circulation.
Fans of the series should be pleased though I think that Roberts more than likely would have been dealt with in an extralegal way.
