#Robert Beltran's salt-and-pepper hair

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Robert Beltran in "Models, Inc." Part 1

Today on Cora Watches, I ask for your patience with the garbage picture resolution because I watched this show on The Youtube in 240p. I have no idea if it exists anywhere else, at all, ever, because it never got a DVD release. So the screenshots are pretty blurry.

Also, only 10 images per post now, so there will be multiple parts to this.

Anyway!

Models, Inc. is a 1994 spin-off of the smash hit Melrose Place. The story centers around a modeling agency run by Amanda's estranged mother. I did not watch Melrose Place or Beverly Hills 90210, so I have no helpful info to offer on that account.

The show didn't take off, and it was cancelled after one season. Ratings weren't great, and neither were reviews. According to Wikipedia, the source and summit of knowledge, "David Hiltbrand of People described the show as 'part underwear ad, part catfight, part Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous and part psycho ward."' Which, if you ask me, is quite a testament.

There are a few interesting things about it, though! It stars Linda Gray, aka Sue Ellen Ewing from the 1980's mega-hit Dallas.

The models at her agency were relatively unknown young actresses, including this pretty woman with great hair:

(This was 4-5 years before The Matrix, and in this show, she actually gets to smile!)

But you come to Cora Watches for this:

Robert Beltran plays Lieutenant Louis Soto, a detective investigating the death of a model. Possessor of dimples. Wearer of boxy suits. He appears in nine episodes, all of which aired in 1994. Plot-wise, he's investigating the death of one of Linda Gray's models, so he has to talk to everyone. It's really adorable seeing Chakotay talking to Trinity.

"Ma'am, do you promise you didn't murder her?"

He and Linda Gray butt heads. She's a strong, savvy, stubborn businesswoman who doesn't want him intruding in her business. Then one evening they run into each other in the grocery store parking lot. They make peace, and she tells him, "hey, that wine you bought is garbage, have this one instead."

OPE!

And his immediate response is: "I don't know why I just did that."

And then he gets his hand shut in a car door, so she tells him, hey, come back to my place and I'll bandage it for you. Ah, the old "get ur hand shut in a car door" trick. 60% of the time, it works, every time.

You know what this smooth-ass dude does? Oh yeah. He breaks out the slow dance.

I assume you know where this is going, because we know this man's track record of chemistry with strong, feisty women............

Next time, on Cora Watches: Will they bang? Will he solve the murder? Will you be willing to look at more screenshots of 240p that was apparently filmed on a potato?

Stay tuned to find out!

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