What happened to Sally? Did the character die in the show? I seem to remember her character being killed off.
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blanche-2 — 20 years ago(December 14, 2005 10:38 AM)
Hmmmdo you have any of those episodes? I recall that she says something about how she never thought he'd recover after Sally and the baby were killed.
I do remember that the baby disappeared in the last season. But I thought in the episode with Stefanie Powers that's what she said. It's been a while. -
helane4 — 20 years ago(December 15, 2005 08:46 PM)
Trust me..the baby disappeared in the last season with Susan St. James still on the show (5th season)!! The baby is not mentioned again and it is as if she was never pregnant or had a baby in the 4th season. Then, in the 6th season (just "McMillan") with out Susan St James..there is still nothing said. No baby is ever mentioned again. That is just the way is was.
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juanmonge69 — 20 years ago(January 28, 2006 09:53 AM)
It is too bad that Rock was gay. Sally was a whole lot of woman for any man to handle. In hind sight it was a big mistake to keep the show going without her. The last episodes missed that "Sam and Diane" chemistry. It sort of reminds me when "Laverne and Shirley" tried to make a go of it without Shiley.
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midnight_raider2001 — 19 years ago(February 06, 2007 12:28 PM)
The show was floundering in the ratings in its fifth season (I remember reading broadcasting magazines speculating about whether it or "McCoy" would be the first to go". But NBC was so desperate to keep "Columbo," one of its only two hit series, that it agreed to Universal Television's requests to renew the "Sunday Mystery Movie" with "McCloud" and "McMillan and Wife," adding "Quincy" to the mixture and hoping for a sleeper hit. Problem was that everyone's contract on "McMillan and Wife" was running out after that season. John Schuck and Nancy Walker were both committed to new series (Schuck was working for the "McMillan and Wife" producers, so he was able to do both shows), and Susan Saint James asked for a big raise which Universal had to turn down because they were working on a sharply slashed budget. Rock Hudson needed the money and re-signed, and they built "McMillan" from the old show. The new episodes were decent mysteries, but I hated the "girlfriend-of-the-week" idea the poster is correct that the chemistry never existed between Rock Hudson and any of the women on the show.
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sandcrab277 — 9 years ago(April 29, 2016 12:39 AM)
everyone thinks susan saint james is some kind of sophisticated raving beautywell, that must be part of the fantasy for this showactually, i think she was very shallow and childishas a couple they were a big phony put onshe could have been killed off in the second episode and wouldn't have been missedthere were plenty of real beauties out there looking for work
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mikeflw1 — 9 years ago(August 31, 2016 04:06 AM)
as a couple they were a big phony put on
I suggest you read some of the earlier posts in this thread, and take notice of the ones referring to Rock Hudson as a homosexual man, (gay). That could easily have influenced the interactions of the two, (and he had not revealed he was gay, until he was diagnosed as having AIDS.)
By the way, he was probably the first well know man to publicly reveal he had AIDS, and at the time, very little was known about the cause of the mysterious symptoms, or how the disease spread. It sent ripples through all of Hollywood, because he was a leading man, and had done romantic scenes with many co-stars, who then had also kissed many other people. Fortunately, mere kissing had/has very little chance of spreading the disease.
Another show with a "closeted" gay leading man was one of the "family shows", THE BRADY BUNCH. The father of the family apparently had little or no interaction with women in real life, and talked about how nervous he was about his on-screen first kiss with his show "wife".
Or, that could have been an actor saying things like that for the publicity it would bring In any case, there was an uneasiness between the two "parents" in the show that significantly improved over the series.
It is also interesting to compare this show to the recently cancelled TV series, CASTLE.
I wonder if the studio thought CASTLE could get another season (or more) with its female lead (Stana Katic) not included in the next (final?) season.
just sayin'