Welcome to Retro Television Reviews, a new feature where we review some of our favorite and least favorite shows of the past! On Fridays, I will be reviewing T. and T., a Canadian show which ran in syndication from 1987 to 1990.  The show can be found on Tubi!

Hi, everyone!  I sprained my wrist yesterday and today, it still hurts to type so today’s review is going to be a quick one.  You might even call it a mini-review!

Episode 3.10 “Silent Witness”

(Dir by Alan Simmonds, originally aired on March 10th, 1990)

When a bank is robbed, a young deaf boy named Vito (Daniel DeSanto) is the only witness to catch sight of one of the robbers without his mask on.  The police bring in T.S. to keep an eye on the kid until it is time to testify.

This was a sweet episode.  Mr. T, who has occasionally seemed a bit bored with the third season of this show, really brightened up when he was acting opposite DeSanto.  One gets the feeling that both T.S. and Mr. T are naturally protective of kids.  It was nice to see Mr. T being warm-hearted instead of grumpy and annoyed.  It felt like a flashback to the first season, when T.S. Turner was still an earnest idealist.

Proving that everyone has to start somewhere, the great character actor Henry Czerny shows up here as a corrupt cop.

This episode suffered a bit due to its short running time.  Stuffing an hour’s worth of plot led to things occasionally feeling a bit rushed.

The episode ended with Vito watching Turner argue with a detective (Richard Fitzpatrick) and finally speaking, for the first time in the episode.  “Stop!” Vito says.  It was a nice note to end on.  Stop arguing and just be happy that the case has been solved.

And that seems like a good place to stop this review.