So Long Patrick Henry
- Episode aired Sep 15, 1965
- 1h
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7.2/10
137
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Robinson and Scott travel to Hong Kong. Their assignment; persuade an American Olympic athlete who defected to Red China to return to the U.S.Robinson and Scott travel to Hong Kong. Their assignment; persuade an American Olympic athlete who defected to Red China to return to the U.S.Robinson and Scott travel to Hong Kong. Their assignment; persuade an American Olympic athlete who defected to Red China to return to the U.S.
- Director
- Writer
- Stars
Nicholas Colasanto
- Italian Reporter at Press Conference
- (as Nick Colasanto)
Calvin Brown
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Jerado Decordovier
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDuring the scene from the hotel bar, the bellboy is paging "Mr. Lee Weaver." In real life, Lee Weaver (II) is an actor who has worked with Bill Cosby on all of his television shows. He is most memorable as Chet Kincaid's brother on The Bill Cosby Show (1969) and as Ray Nay on A Different World (1987).
- GoofsPrior to the epilogue, Kelly breaks his left arm and is shown with it in a sling and bandaged. The epilogue, which takes place soon after, shows him with his arm in perfect working order and no indication of an injury.
- Quotes
Kelly Robinson: [Phone rings] Hello?
Mickey: Sir, Mr. Robinson?
Kelly Robinson: Yes, what is it?
Mickey: This is OO7.
Kelly Robinson: What?
Mickey: OO7. You know, like in the movies.
Kelly Robinson: Oh, boy...
- ConnectionsReferences Ngón Tay Vàng (1964)
Featured review
Good show with some plot holes
I loved this show in re-runs as a kid and wanted to see if it held up. Episode One does. Forget about the barrier breaking BS surrounding Bill Cosby being cast as the co-star. It's a good show without the agenda pushing crapola.
What interesting in this episode is the two main black characters are written as equals but the Chinese characters are all stereo type chinamen!! One of them even speaks in a mock accent more offensive than Rosie O'Donnell's version!
What's up with that?
Plot: Leroy Browne,defects to China during the 1964 Olympics in Japan. Kelly Robinson and Alexander Scott are assigned to approach Browne to see if he wants to come back to the U.S. If Browne is interested, his life may be in danger from Chinese agents who won't want to the star athlete to un-defect. Why they care is that they gave him $250K to defect. Why? Who knows? Plot hole.
The other huge hole in the plot, it seems to me, is that Browne isn't a likable character. He's rude and angry and condescending to everyone, so we simply just don't care about what happens to him.
I want to also say, parenthetically, that the promotional material for this show shows the characters in B&W, but the episode is in color. Wonder why? I know that color TV was not ubiquitous yet when this show went on the air, but if the only versions released today are in color, why do they show the characters in B&W on the collateral material?
And BTW, the color really pops. It looks like it might have been filmed in Technicolor and it's really held up in the transfer.
What interesting in this episode is the two main black characters are written as equals but the Chinese characters are all stereo type chinamen!! One of them even speaks in a mock accent more offensive than Rosie O'Donnell's version!
What's up with that?
Plot: Leroy Browne,defects to China during the 1964 Olympics in Japan. Kelly Robinson and Alexander Scott are assigned to approach Browne to see if he wants to come back to the U.S. If Browne is interested, his life may be in danger from Chinese agents who won't want to the star athlete to un-defect. Why they care is that they gave him $250K to defect. Why? Who knows? Plot hole.
The other huge hole in the plot, it seems to me, is that Browne isn't a likable character. He's rude and angry and condescending to everyone, so we simply just don't care about what happens to him.
I want to also say, parenthetically, that the promotional material for this show shows the characters in B&W, but the episode is in color. Wonder why? I know that color TV was not ubiquitous yet when this show went on the air, but if the only versions released today are in color, why do they show the characters in B&W on the collateral material?
And BTW, the color really pops. It looks like it might have been filmed in Technicolor and it's really held up in the transfer.
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- Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon, Hong Kong(Kelly and Scotty stay here.)
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