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A boy has to grow up fast when he meets his biological father.
In this episode, the stage comes riding into the ranch with a sick woman, Annie Whitaker, and her son called Skip. Annie has been sick for some time and wants to take the child out to Denver to stay with relatives. The child's father, Leo McCall, had never been around the child plus Annie never wanted Skip around his father due to his treatment of others and his criminal activities. Annie is taking the child to relatives instead of his father and since she is an old friend of Jess, she took the stage that goes past the Sherman ranch.
But Leo has got word that Annie is sick. Now he wants Skip to come live with him and help run the ranch that he has obtain with ill-gotten-gains. Leo has hired some roughs to kidnap the boy but that turns a new leaf when Annie dies at the Sherman ranch. Leo will now just go get the boy since he can claim his only surviving parent.
This brings us to the plot where Leo brings Skip to his ranch with Jess in-tow as basically a prisoner. Jess is trying to show that Leo is not fit to be a parent while Leo is trying to show Skip that he has changed.
The veteran character-actor, John Anderson, was terrific playing the outcast father of the young boy and made the story much better to view. Even though the story was a rather simple plot the way the show comes across makes for an entertaining watch. The only draw-back to the story was that the ending was too quick. It is like the story was approaching a climax but ended suddenly with one quick 'bang'.--- An above average story.
But Leo has got word that Annie is sick. Now he wants Skip to come live with him and help run the ranch that he has obtain with ill-gotten-gains. Leo has hired some roughs to kidnap the boy but that turns a new leaf when Annie dies at the Sherman ranch. Leo will now just go get the boy since he can claim his only surviving parent.
This brings us to the plot where Leo brings Skip to his ranch with Jess in-tow as basically a prisoner. Jess is trying to show that Leo is not fit to be a parent while Leo is trying to show Skip that he has changed.
The veteran character-actor, John Anderson, was terrific playing the outcast father of the young boy and made the story much better to view. Even though the story was a rather simple plot the way the show comes across makes for an entertaining watch. The only draw-back to the story was that the ending was too quick. It is like the story was approaching a climax but ended suddenly with one quick 'bang'.--- An above average story.
What his father is really like
Jean Byron, mortally ill arrives with her son Stephen Barringer at the Sherman Stagecoach station. Before she dies she gets the guys to promise to take her kid to her sister rather than his father John Anderson who is a notorious outlaw and killer. He has a ranch the way the Clanton gang had a ranch.
Robert Fuller is the one escorting the kid and he first has to deal with bounty hunters looking for a pay day on Anderson. Bad enough, but only the fact that Barringer begs Anderson to keep Fuller alive.
The episode revolves around Fuller trying desperately to get Barringer to see what his father is really like. He has a couple of close calls before the boy sees what his father is all about.
Jan Shepard is in the cast also as a doxey who Anderson keeps around to beat or have sex with as the mood strikes him. She's one you'll remember from this Laramie story.
Robert Fuller is the one escorting the kid and he first has to deal with bounty hunters looking for a pay day on Anderson. Bad enough, but only the fact that Barringer begs Anderson to keep Fuller alive.
The episode revolves around Fuller trying desperately to get Barringer to see what his father is really like. He has a couple of close calls before the boy sees what his father is all about.
Jan Shepard is in the cast also as a doxey who Anderson keeps around to beat or have sex with as the mood strikes him. She's one you'll remember from this Laramie story.
- bkoganbing
- Feb 21, 2017
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