Starsky & Hutch (film) is cocaine. When it is taken to the lab for testing, Doby (Fred Williamson), their captain, angered and humiliated about their interview (which was caught on security camera) tells them it is 'artificial sweetener' and takes them off the floater assignment. The duo invite Stacy and Holly to Starsky's place where Starsky puts the 'sweetener' in his coffee while Hutch sings "Don't Give Up on Us" (the original of which was actually recorded by David Soul, the original "Hutch"). Starsky, Hutch, Stacey, and Holly go to a disco where Starsky, while suffering the effects of the drug, challenges an arrogant
Starsky & Hutch the violence ejected and more of a focus on the friendship of the two leads, viewership remained steady during the season. From September to December 1977, the show stayed in its Saturday night time slot, now up against "The Jeffersons" and "The Tony Randall Show" on CBS and the "NBC Saturday Night at the Movies". In January 1978, the show moved back to it original Wednesday night time slot of 10 p.m. The ratings dropped a little bit, however "Starsky & Hutch" finished #33 (tied with ABC's "Lucan") with a 19.2 Nielsen rating. Glaser again voiced his desires to leave