Cutting back to the lobby, we see just how official Mr. Tyrone can
get. He's still loving on the lady, but he's also started getting
interested in a suspicious looking man across the way. He tries to
dissuade the lady by telling her that he has to go to "wirk." It is
now that you get to hear Mr. Tyrone's accent a little better. That is
to say, nobody can understand him except for one person (and we know
who that person is). Mr. Tyrone crawls away and makes his way over to
a phone and calls guess who? Starsky doesn't stay in character and
neither does Hutch when answering the phone, but as soon as he hears
that it's Starsky, here we come with the lovely line "Tyrone, you
naughty, naughty boy. Where have you been hiding yourself?" Seriously!
Did Dobey go to Ms. Zuckerman and say "we have this gay couple on our
force and we'd like them to be undercover in your salon." Or maybe
they came up with this all on their own. They're getting into
character over at Starsky's apartment, decide to switch roles, and
come up with the infallible plan that they should go in as a couple.
Whatever went on in their minds to come up with these two characters,
I adore them for it.

Anyway, getting back to the story, Hutch slams the phone down and
marches off like the drama queen that he is. He goes back to his salon
area, checking to make sure his customer is getting good and pickled,
before picking up the phone and continuing his conversation. Now, at
this point, Starsky goes back into character as Mr. Tyrone. This may
be because his girl of the moment has decided she won't be ignored, so
she's started molesting him again. If you can filter through the
indecipherable accent you'll hear that the perp is on the move and
Hutch is needed. Well, that's what he means anyway.

Shot of the cashier's sign and a woman whom you can infer is the
cashier. The perp is agitated and Starsky's watching. I adore this
scene because of the choreography involved in it. Starsky's watching
the perp, but his lady friend wants him to watch her, so she continues
to pull him back to the matter at hand, namely putting his hands on
her body. What Starsky's trying to get a good look at, if the lady
would give him half a chance, is that the perp is stealing from the
cashier. Starsky finally gets rid of the lady by giving her a room
key. Fifty bucks says it's not his or Hutch's room.

Camera is situated at the bottom of the escalator so we can get a good
shot of the perp coming down, and also get a good case of dizzies
looking up. Starsky comes up behind the guy and stands at the top. The
guy's almost to the bottom of the escalator before Starsky yells out
to him, out of character. This frightens the would-be robber and he
takes off. But who is at the bottom of the escalator? Why, it's Hutch!
Or Mr. Marlene or whoever else is rattling around under that bad wig.
The perp is cornered, he can't go up or down, so he goes over the side
and on the other escalator. Dang, that wasn't part of the plan. But
never fear, the boys are hot on his trail and runs him down…or
attempts to drown him in the hotel fountain. Either way, they get him
and the stolen money gets a good washing.