This is actually a very tense episode. Ben is being held hostage so that Farmer Perkins can be released from being hanged. Perkins is a cold-blooded killer. I didn't quite get why Sam Bryant was so keen on saving him. It's not like that man cares about anyone. All are disposable to him. Just arrogance, I think. Thinking he could do anything he wanted and get away with it. God complex? Mobster mentality.
The best part was Adam struggling with what to do. Joe and Hoss were gun hoe to find Ben or let Perkins go. But Adam felt that Bryant would not kill Ben if they went ahead with the hanging. It was a psychological game. The 3 bros argue over it. Ben, who is held hostage, finds out Adam intends to go through with that hanging and is pleased. Having realized there was no way Bryant would hang him because then he would be proven to be a killer and hunted and hanged himself. Ben even says of Adam's intent, "It's what I would do."
I kind of wanted to see a moment of shocking realization on Perkins' face before he was hanged, that it was really happening. He was just so smug. Seeing him be not smug would have been satisfying.
I enjoyed seeing Bryant's fanboy get taken down. But not before he took out Bryant. He was another smug little twerp. I did enjoy seeing his disappointment though, when Bryan walked Ben back into town, having not gone through with hanging Ben.
Would have liked to have seen Joe and Hoss tell Adam he was right, or even Ben say how astute Adam was at reading people and what a good play it was. 8/10.
The best part was Adam struggling with what to do. Joe and Hoss were gun hoe to find Ben or let Perkins go. But Adam felt that Bryant would not kill Ben if they went ahead with the hanging. It was a psychological game. The 3 bros argue over it. Ben, who is held hostage, finds out Adam intends to go through with that hanging and is pleased. Having realized there was no way Bryant would hang him because then he would be proven to be a killer and hunted and hanged himself. Ben even says of Adam's intent, "It's what I would do."
I kind of wanted to see a moment of shocking realization on Perkins' face before he was hanged, that it was really happening. He was just so smug. Seeing him be not smug would have been satisfying.
I enjoyed seeing Bryant's fanboy get taken down. But not before he took out Bryant. He was another smug little twerp. I did enjoy seeing his disappointment though, when Bryan walked Ben back into town, having not gone through with hanging Ben.
Would have liked to have seen Joe and Hoss tell Adam he was right, or even Ben say how astute Adam was at reading people and what a good play it was. 8/10.