What I know about haute couture can be written on a postage stamp. What I care about it amounts to less. But I have been aware of models. I met Cindy Crawford once in the early 1990s and my voice cracked when I talked to her. In real life she was a beautiful woman.
In this episode of H2H Lois Chiles guest stars as the most prominent model in a line-up of lovelies targeted by a nut-case killer. But while the killer apparently prefers beautiful young things, anyone standing in the killer's way is in danger.
These are not our twenty-first century models with the unhealthy aspect of heroin addicts. They're not so waifish. These women have figures. The great models splashed on magazine covers in the late 1970s and early 1980s were heathy-looking girl-next-door types, if you live next door to women who rarely eat. They were more like actresses than modern models. Thin (sometimes painfully so) but human.
We meet Scottie (Chiles), a prime target (being the star) and her sister, Mary. A designer with freaky eyebrows. An elderly seamstress. A photographer eager to snap the Harts at home. And several models driven to succeed in their chosen profession. Lots of suspects, lots of potential targets. Who will die next? And who is the murderer? A large cast and in the time allotted not enough time to really know anyone. This episode might have made a good two-parter.
I hate current music but I'm no hypocrite. I hated the music of my day, too, when this episode was made. "Fame" (not a bad song) is played loud and some of the other music is pretty bad. Got disco?