Starsky & Hutch
Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Hearts
TV Flash files “Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Hearts” as hour 31 of 92 in the TV Flash guide — Starsky & Hutch (1975–1979) on ABC, season 2, episode 9, aired 1976-11-20, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E09: listed hour 31 of 92 in the Starsky & Hutch guide, hour 9 of 25 in season 2. It aired 1976-11-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Specialist” (S02E08). Next is “Vendetta” (S02E10).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Starsky goes undercover as Ramon the dance instructor and Hutch as wealthy Texan rancher and dance student Charlie McCabe to expose a blackmail operation.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Hearts sit in the Starsky & Hutch guide?
S02E09 is listed hour 31 of 92 — hour 9 of 25 in season 2, season 2 episode 9.
When did Starsky & Hutch S02E09 air?
Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back Into Your Hearts aired 1976-11-20 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with the Torino years as a complete buddy unit: Glaser, Soul, and Fargas's Huggy Bear. Case-of-the-week structure does not require a serialized map.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul make undercover partnership a Gran Torino postcard: street fashion, chases, Huggy Bear as translator. Four seasons of ABC buddy-cop branding that later mismatched-partner pitches still quietly copy. Light bar, heavy hair, tire screech as friendship.
ABC put two undercover detectives in a red-and-white Ford Gran Torino and branded male friendship as a four-season action window. Starsky & Hutch (1975–1979) ran 92 episodes — not an eleven-year mountain. Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul made the buddy-cop postcard of the decade. William Blinn mixed street fashion with procedural cases; Antonio Fargas's Huggy Bear translated the underworld; Bernie Hamilton's Captain Dobey held the precinct. The car became a co-star; the theme became playground soundtrack. Light…
Filed against
- Paul Michael Glaser as Det. David Starsky
Paul Michael Glaser made Det. David Starsky a Gran Torino postcard on Starsky & Hutch — 1970s ABC buddy-cop branding with David Soul, street fashion, chases, Huggy Bear as translator. Four seasons of light bar, heavy hair, tire screech as…
- David Soul as Det. Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson
David Soul’s Det. Ken “Hutch” Hutchinson made Starsky & Hutch a Gran Torino postcard — Paul Michael Glaser partnership, street fashion, chases, Huggy Bear as translator. Four seasons of ABC buddy-cop branding later pitches still copy. TV…
- Antonio Fargas as Huggy Bear
Antonio Fargas’s Huggy Bear translated Starsky & Hutch’s street into a Gran Torino postcard — Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul as undercover partnership, chases, fashion, four seasons of ABC buddy-cop branding later mismatched-partner…
- Bernie Hamilton as Capt. Harold Dobey
Bernie Hamilton’s Capt. Harold Dobey tried to keep Starsky & Hutch’s Gran Torino from eating the precinct — Glaser and Soul as undercover partnership, street fashion, chases, Huggy as translator, four seasons of ABC buddy-cop branding.…