Gee, those notes sound pretty sharp to me!

Is it just me, or do those CBS notes regarding the I SPY film sound pretty intelligent? Their conception seems a lot more ambitious than Leonard's "Hey, let's have their kids be spies, too!" idea, which, as we know from the completed film, was awful. While part of the charm of I SPY was the tongue-in-cheek attitude, generally the episodes that were most cavalier with any sense of reality were the worst; Culp isn't always right, god love him, but Leonard's responses to CBS' notes seem likely the response he'd have to a Culp script (notice he calls Culp's Cosby's sidekick, a little dig that doesn't wash with anyone who actually paid attention to the series besides Leonard). Don't get me wrong; CBS' notes were probably based on one of those "Writer's Journey" books that all the development people who can't write read so they can throw around Big Words about Journey and Redemption. But that first paragraph is true; viewers would expect a lot from these 2 characters, and would want to see where they've gone since 67;

Of course, I SPY RETURN's conclusion, that Kelly Robinson would be a desk jockey for the CIA (or whoever) is ridiculous; he could be, but he would be a lot more bitter about it than shown in the film. More likely he'd be a drunk in a Tijuana bar or a mercenary or something. Scott becoming a Professor and settling down (and not telling his wife about his past) is a more convincing character arc, admittedly, although not particularly well-handled...