| The end sequence dialogue implies Crockett shot and killed an unarmed Hackman, though when Crockett walks away, there is a gun in Hackman's hand. This is possibly due to NBC censors demanding "equal arms" for both men, that Hackman (being the sneaky bad-guy he is) could have had a gun hidden under his book, or that Sonny plants the gun to make it look like Hackman committed suicide. In the scene directly preceding Hackman's death, Sonny is shown strapping a "throw away gun" to his calf under his pant leg. Sheena Easton's final song, "Follow My Rainbow", appeared on her album The Lover In Me, released in 1989. Crockett's attitude in this episode, following Caitlin's death, is just like Tubbs' attitude following Angelina's death in Sons and Lovers. In both cases, they appear depressed and unwilling to listen to anyone (even their own partner). Both characters also eventually take revenge on those responsible. .. "Deliver Us From Evil", passages from The Lord's Prayer. When he executes Hackman, Don Johnson does not even blink in reaction to the gunshot, a very unusual thing for an actor to be able to do. SO Hackman kills the light person and lines up his laser rifle, thinks about killing Crockett, but due to his belief that Crockett killed his wife, Hackman fires and kills Caitlin in Crockett's arms. Crockett, drowning his sorrows in some whiskey surrounded by pictures of Caitlin, finds the cross Hackman gave him when he got off Death Row two years earlier, then Tubbs stops ... |
