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Title: Not Again Type: Gen Synopsis: Analysis of the bond between Starsky and Hutch through the eyes of Captain Dobey during the events of “Sweet Revenge”. Rating: PG (for themes and some language) Writer: Tiger Barclay-Wells Email: tbarclaywells@yahoo.com
NOT AGAIN By Tiger INTRODUCTION
Disclaimer: The characters of Starsky and Hutch do not belong to me. They are the property of Spelling-Goldberg Productions. These stories have been written for entertainment purposes only. No copyright infringement is expressed, implied or intended.
Writing Credits: The storyline contained within the Prologue and all of the characters and images relating to the murder of Dobey’s police partner, Elmo Jackson, and his history in becoming a police captain are taken directly from a Fanfic piece entitled “Partners and Friends” by MysticWhim and Hutchlover. These original concepts by MysticWhim and Hutchlover are used with their permission. They wrote a very believable version of Jackson’s murder and I saw no reason to reinvent the wheel since they did a commendable job in portraying that event. I have taken some liberties with small details in their account and with their timeline, but otherwise I wish to give credit where credit is due. It is not necessary to read “Partners and Friends” in order to understand my story, but I do recommend reading their Fanfic if you get a chance. I also thank Hutchlover for taking the time to serve as a Beta Reader for this story.
This piece is my first attempt at Fan Fiction. I wrote it as a response to a forum discussion at the Starsky and Hutch Gallery website (http://www.sh-gallery.com/index.php). The forum issue was a poll requesting input concerning the bond between Starsky and Hutch posted on October 8, 2005. Since there seemed to be an interest in exploring their relationship, I wanted to write a piece that would answer some of the issues raised through the responses to the poll and the requests for stories that specifically addressed the development of their intense bond. I decided to reflect on their relationship using a familiar character that knew them and interacted with them closely and so I chose to tell their story through the eyes of Captain Harold C. Dobey.
Dobey is a useful character because according to S and H cannon, Dobey’s police partner was murdered and so he knows first hand what that close partnership is like and he also knows what it is like to lose it. If we experience Starsky and Hutch’s relationship through Dobey’s perspective, we can understand the impact of the death of a police partner without creating a new death story. Moreover, I figured that the best place to explore the intensity of that relationship is in a context in which one of the detectives is threatened with the death of the other, so I chose to use the events in the final episode of Season Four, “Sweet Revenge”, to serve as the environment for these reflections.
I ask your patience while reading this piece. This is not an action story. This is an emotionally intensive reflection and analysis of the bond between police partners, especially Starsky and Hutch, as experienced by Captain Dobey during the 48-hour period of the events during Sweet Revenge. I do spend a great deal of time on Captain Dobey in this story and I felt that this was necessary to do so in order to establish the context for these musings, but I ask you to use your imagination and understand that for every thought and experience that Dobey has, it is meant to imply what Hutch might experience if Starsky died.
To highlight the actual lines from the original episode, I have used a script-style of writing. Quotes from Sweet Revenge are designated by the following format: (Speaker) Line spoken. --Tiger Barclay-Wells
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