I have to say I was born in the East and nobody talked of Westerns. They were disappearing off our airwaves in the 70s. So I had no idea Clint Eastwood got his 'desert' legs here.
I was so impressed with the first episode of this show my wifey and I went on a journey. Got the box set and watched one episode a week. We started doing that over 4 years ago.
We've watched the cast evolve over the years. Typically the wrong people were taken away and their replacements ill advised. The show did that most rare thing of correcting one of its worst mistakes... but it would prove too little, too late.
By Season 8 our lead Eric Fleming is gone. A daring move. Like MASH without Hawkeye. The thing is this show had Clint Eastwood, and as such, had a chance of making a go of it. But problems soon ensue.
The key problem is Rowdy was always a bit of a gentle rebel. His character wasn't suited to lead this crew. And so, inexplicably, they don't make Rowdy evolve. A show desperately needs a lead -- and they acted as if that wasn't no Clint's job. It's jawdroppingly weird. Resulting in a wagon with almost no wheels.
The producers added a ton of new faces -- which might have been interesting -- had they focused on them. But instead they were mostly props and the main focus was on newbie 'Jed Colby' played listlessly by John Ireland.
It's hard to describe what's wrong him apart from everything. Too old. Not believable as the second in command. Dull as dishwater. Not good looking, which in a show known for its two lead hunks is off-key.
In this episode Ireland is given the reigns of the show. To demonstrate why he's been cast into RAWHIDE. The result? Nyquil. Nothing worked because on top of all these shortcomings we can throw in weak acting.
It's not all Ireland's fault. Rowdy is phoning it in. So are the writers and directors. When Wishbone becomes dull it's time to pull the plug. Regrettably this season never should have happened. Yes it's THAT bad.
I was so impressed with the first episode of this show my wifey and I went on a journey. Got the box set and watched one episode a week. We started doing that over 4 years ago.
We've watched the cast evolve over the years. Typically the wrong people were taken away and their replacements ill advised. The show did that most rare thing of correcting one of its worst mistakes... but it would prove too little, too late.
By Season 8 our lead Eric Fleming is gone. A daring move. Like MASH without Hawkeye. The thing is this show had Clint Eastwood, and as such, had a chance of making a go of it. But problems soon ensue.
The key problem is Rowdy was always a bit of a gentle rebel. His character wasn't suited to lead this crew. And so, inexplicably, they don't make Rowdy evolve. A show desperately needs a lead -- and they acted as if that wasn't no Clint's job. It's jawdroppingly weird. Resulting in a wagon with almost no wheels.
The producers added a ton of new faces -- which might have been interesting -- had they focused on them. But instead they were mostly props and the main focus was on newbie 'Jed Colby' played listlessly by John Ireland.
It's hard to describe what's wrong him apart from everything. Too old. Not believable as the second in command. Dull as dishwater. Not good looking, which in a show known for its two lead hunks is off-key.
In this episode Ireland is given the reigns of the show. To demonstrate why he's been cast into RAWHIDE. The result? Nyquil. Nothing worked because on top of all these shortcomings we can throw in weak acting.
It's not all Ireland's fault. Rowdy is phoning it in. So are the writers and directors. When Wishbone becomes dull it's time to pull the plug. Regrettably this season never should have happened. Yes it's THAT bad.
