# Kolchak Returns **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kolchak-returns/294579 "2005-03-15T03:31:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kolchak-returns/294579/81 "2005-10-21T16:19:16Z")
I think the thing they’re doing right with Kolchak is combining the mystery genre with the supernatural genre. “Supernatural” is doing the same thing. It’s a formula that works, in good hands. I’m thinking Kolchak is in good hands. We’ll see how their ratings go. Another fave of mine that did the same thing, “Special Unit 2” and also ramped up the sexy, died after a season or two. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kolchak-returns/294579/82 "2005-10-21T17:56:41Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > I think the thing they’re doing right with Kolchak is combining the mystery genre with the supernatural genre. “Supernatural” is doing the same thing. It’s a formula that works, in good hands. I’m thinking Kolchak is in good hands. We’ll see how their ratings go. Another fave of mine that did the same thing, “Special Unit 2” and also ramped up the sexy, died after a season or two. So far I’m enjoying it. This almost makes it a sure thing for being canceled. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kolchak-returns/294579/83 "2005-10-24T20:25:29Z")
For those annoyed with Kolchak’s house, there is, allegedly, [an explanation](http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271%7C97993%7C1%7C,00.html): > [@](#): > > Keeping Los Angeles in frame was also the idea behind using the glass-walled hilltop Case Study House No. 22, designed by Pierre Koenig, for Kolchak’s home. The spectacular minimalist modern structure – with its breathtaking views of the Los Angeles basin – may seem beyond the financial means of an ordinary print reporter. > > But, says Spotnitz, “watch episode seven. There is an explanation.” ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kolchak-returns/294579/84 "2005-10-24T21:03:44Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > …Pretty Black Reporter Girl looks like she can match Scully in the sexy dept. We’ll see how she does in the smarts dept. PBRG beats Scully in the sexy department (not that there was anything wrong at all with Scully). She had a nice…spring in her step…in the last episode (first full episode I’ve watched). Personally, I’m not that impressed with what little I’ve seen of the series. Everything seems too clean for my tastes. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kolchak-returns/294579/85 "2005-10-28T13:57:00Z")
This is holding up pretty well. An interesting way of telling the story, a plot twist not new, but good. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kolchak-returns/294579/86 "2005-10-28T23:18:51Z")
Agreed. Creepy and well done. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kolchak-returns/294579/87 "2005-11-11T14:05:15Z")
Back to the pilot. Werewolf bikers? Bikers who serve werewolves? More glass. Every damn building in this show except Korean grocery stores is made of glass. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kolchak-returns/294579/88 "2005-11-11T19:05:59Z")
I’m getting really tired of the “wife of Kolchak murdered” plot. I want the story to be about the mosters, supernatural beings, etc., not Kolchak. Damn, that’s stupid. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kolchak-returns/294579/89 "2005-11-11T19:25:19Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > I’m getting really tired of the “wife of Kolchak murdered” plot. I want the story to be about the mosters, supernatural beings, etc., not Kolchak. Damn, that’s stupid. It seems we are getting there. It’s his reason to be after things supernatural. The “real” Kolchak had a vampire in Las Vegas, this guy has a spouse killed by some kind of creature. I prefer the LV Vampire, but I’ll take what I can get. 🙂 It does serve to make a sort of arc, unlike a monster/bad guy of the week. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kolchak-returns/294579/90 "2005-11-14T22:30:06Z")
The show has been cancelled. Bummer. I was rather enjoying it. It’s my first casualty of the new season, though I expect “Threshold” to follow soon. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kolchak-returns/294579/91 "2005-11-14T23:16:39Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > The show has been cancelled. Bummer. I was rather enjoying it. > > It’s my first casualty of the new season, though I expect “Threshold” to follow soon. It has? I haven’t seen that. ☹ I was enjoying it too. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kolchak-returns/294579/92 "2005-11-14T23:40:40Z")
_sigh_ Spotnitz, repeat after me 1,000 times: “Kolchak is crusty. Kolchak is not sexy. Kolchak must never be sexy. Sexy is the very antithesis of Kolchakness.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kolchak-returns/294579/93 "2005-11-14T23:51:29Z")
_sigh_ Spotnitz, repeat after me 1,000 times: “Kolchak is crusty. Kolchak is not sexy. Kolchak must never be sexy. Sexy is the very antithesis of Kolchakness.” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kolchak-returns/294579/94 "2005-11-15T01:18:05Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > _sigh_ "Kolchak is crusty. Kolchak is not sexy. Look, dammit, he ain’t…wasn’t…Kolchak. All they had in common was the Mustang. It wasn’t Kolchak, but it was a good show. _Dammit_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kolchak-returns/294579.md?page=4)