~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, I'm so happy. I've found Acapulco H.E.A.T. in the New York area (18:00 Saturdays, channel 9). Time for another review. This week's episode, "Code Name: Archangel," had a couple of relevant privacy items, and it was a "no Fabio" zone, as well. Bikinis and gun battles were at a minimum, but those that were, were equally divided between the sexes. Anyway, a neo-Nazi (with a really baaad German accent) named "Steinholtz" planned to steal one of the da Vinci "archangel" panels which was being exhibited in Mexico. It was to be reunited in Germany with the three other panels. The idea was that this would be a symbol for the reunification of all the neo-Nazis, and would inaugurate the beginning of the Fourth Reich. A clandestine, world-wide, TV broadcast of the stolen panel would be used to unify the Nazis. There were also two subplots: one involving a Dutch Mata Hari type, and the other involving two of the H.E.A.T. members. ("Hey Tommy, I don' wan' jew dating my seester.") Anyway, since the bad guys use "antibugging devices," our heroes had to use hand-held through-the-wall mikes to listen in on their plans. Later, they were able to install a "sprinkler cam" right over the swastika covered table around which the plotters sat. (Curiously, the swastika they showed was a left-handed version of the actual Nazi one. No explanation given.) Our guys also had to scope out the church where the panel was being exhibited. There they found infrared heat/motion detectors which they foiled by wearing (heat conserving) wet suits. Hmmm. The panel was also protected by pressure sensitive mats and electronic eyes, but no guards! The last bit of technological chicanery came after the bad guys were captured. Using digital technology, the team spoofed the voice of Steinholtz and had him saying we should all live as brothers. Does was done as a voice-over to scenes from the Mexican festival of Santa Guadeloupe or some such. Gag. S a n d y PS The Stateside boss of H.E.A.T. is played by John Vernon who was "Dean Wormer" in Animal House. He only communicates with the team via encrypted videophone. It's obvious (due to some differences in dialog, pronunciation, etc.) that his scenes are not filmed at the same time or place as the rest of the show. In one episode, he kept referring to "M15" ("em fifteen") while the team talked about "MI5" ("em eye five"). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~