George Kennedy was usually a bad father on TV shows. A wooden lack of expression and a monotone robotic voice made it hard to know if he had any feelings. Condemning his kids for whatever they were happy doing made it hard to like him as a Dad.
In this episode, Kennedy is upset that his super hottie daughter (Katherine Ross) is sparking with Quint Asper (Burt Reynolds). Reynolds was another actor who had a hard time emoting. He could smile or frown, but that was about as far as it got.
So these two guys are fighting with each other over Ross, and along comes Royal Dano, another guy that had zero range of expression. Normally Dano played dim-wits, hill-people, miners, etc.
This time Dano plays the tough hill-man from the Dagler family tree. Kennedy is his cousin, and called him down to Dodge so he can kill Quint, the man his daughter loves. Not very great family values.
Festus knows Dagler, and he gets added to the mix of tough characters. This was back when Festus was a tough hill-man himself, before the last years, when the writers watered him down into a goof-ball.
Reynolds and Ross are going to elope, but even though Quint can see that trouble is brewing, he wants to do it on his own time. Ross wants to go sooner, because she is knows her Dagler family, and that all hell is about to break loose.
Unfortunately Quint leads his girlfriend into a major family conflict and then leaves her hanging there, and she pays the price. Not a great moment for Quint. He should have protected Ross, and he should have had a bright moment by taking out Dano, the bad guy.
In this episode, Kennedy is upset that his super hottie daughter (Katherine Ross) is sparking with Quint Asper (Burt Reynolds). Reynolds was another actor who had a hard time emoting. He could smile or frown, but that was about as far as it got.
So these two guys are fighting with each other over Ross, and along comes Royal Dano, another guy that had zero range of expression. Normally Dano played dim-wits, hill-people, miners, etc.
This time Dano plays the tough hill-man from the Dagler family tree. Kennedy is his cousin, and called him down to Dodge so he can kill Quint, the man his daughter loves. Not very great family values.
Festus knows Dagler, and he gets added to the mix of tough characters. This was back when Festus was a tough hill-man himself, before the last years, when the writers watered him down into a goof-ball.
Reynolds and Ross are going to elope, but even though Quint can see that trouble is brewing, he wants to do it on his own time. Ross wants to go sooner, because she is knows her Dagler family, and that all hell is about to break loose.
Unfortunately Quint leads his girlfriend into a major family conflict and then leaves her hanging there, and she pays the price. Not a great moment for Quint. He should have protected Ross, and he should have had a bright moment by taking out Dano, the bad guy.