Bloodbath

S2 E14: Starsky is kidnapped and threatened with death unless a drug cult leader and nine-time-murderer is set free in "Bloodbath." Starsky is abducted and the place he was last seen is ritualistically smeared with blood graffiti. An agonized Hutch knows he cannot prolong the sentencing of the most sensational criminal of the decade -- even if it means Starsky may die. ate the gang's hiding place. His gamble leads him to a deserted zoo where Starsky has been tortured and is about In desperation, he studies the strange, sing-song symbolic language of the killer, hoping to find a clue and loc to be killed.