in the end, Updike did call the tow truck, but Karl had had Updike's car put in the parking place before the tow truck showed up. I haven't seen every episode of the series for years(decades) but this particular episode seemed to show Karl as a more aggressive, forceful individual - starting with his leadership among the reporters at the press conference for the first murder. The fact that this killing wasn't obviously supernatural made for an episode with a different feel and more effort seems to have been put into character development. There was also loads of commentary on corporate America. I came away from it feeling less pity for Kolchak than usual.
Review of Primal Scream
