I haven't seen those eps for years, but I always interpreted Hutch's increasing meanness - and what he did in Starsky vs Hutch - to be expressions of him having this slow, depressive breakdown where he's questioning the meaning of his life and the meaning of his friendship with Starsky. I see what he did in SvsH as essentially self-desructive behaviour. You can also add in him having this years long gay/ 'Oh shit I'm in love with my partner' freakout if you're on that side of the fence...
Either way, it makes for fantastic fanfic that tries to explain then fix their relationship in season 4.
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I haven't seen those eps for years, but I always interpreted Hutch's increasing meanness - and what he did in Starsky vs Hutch - to be expressions of him having this slow, depressive breakdown where he's questioning the meaning of his life and the meaning of his friendship with Starsky. I see what he did in SvsH as essentially self-desructive behaviour. You can also add in him having this years long gay/ 'Oh shit I'm in love with my partner' freakout if you're on that side of the fence...
Either way, it makes for fantastic fanfic that tries to explain then fix their relationship in season 4.