Most Likely to Succeed

Episode aired Dec 18, 1975
TV-PG
1h

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

119

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Michael Douglas and Kristoffer Tabori in Most Likely to Succeed (1975)

Action Crime Drama Mystery

A student at a prestigious boys' school, under pressure by his father to get into Harvard, kills a professor when he will not change the failing grade he was going to give him in one class.A student at a prestigious boys' school, under pressure by his father to get into Harvard, kills a professor when he will not change the failing grade he was going to give him in one class.A student at a prestigious boys' school, under pressure by his father to get into Harvard, kills a professor when he will not change the failing grade he was going to give him in one class.

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

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6FloridaFred

Teach someone how to FAIL? Uh-uh, that is not a good story line.

Lt. Keller says that someone should have the right to fail? Uh-uh, that is not a good story line.

College student "Paul Kincaid" (actor Kristoffer Tabori) is pushed by his father to succeed at all costs. But he isn't going to make the grade; his chances of getting into Harvard are not good. It seems that chemistry teacher "Tom Hanna", played by actor Tom Troupe, is going to give Kincaid an "F" for chemistry.

That fear of failure pushes Paul Kincaid to murder the chemistry teacher (not a spoiler; that is in the description). And someone else is going to get in the way; he may have to be taken out as well.

Lots of suspense, and good settings (the college and the upper middle class family home) are sufficient. But too many remarks about "Women's Liberation" are not necessary.

And the moral that "It's okay to fail" falls short. The ending could have been better.

Six stars for "Most Likely to Succeed".

Trivia
Sister "Vicky Kincaid" (actress Devon Ericson) titles her paper, "Juxtaposition of spacial incongruities in the works of M.C. Escher". M.C. Escher was a Dutch graphic artist known for his detailed realistic prints that achieve bizarre optical and conceptual effects. His abstract works of art defied conventional perspective.

Goofs
On the way to the bridge Stone & Keller are shown driving there in the older Ford Galaxie. When they arrive at the bridge they are shown driving the new (for this season) Ford LTD.