The episode has Lazarus riding into Wrightsville, Arkansas, where he asks the black manager of a Freedmen Bureau to wire Washington and see if someone can be sent to hear Lazarus' recollection of the Lincoln assassination and how he was knocked out by the leader of a conspiracy and thus prevented from stopping John Wilkes Booth.
The man who shows up, played with a strong Irish accent by Tom Mason, seems sincere, but Lazarus has doubts.
Laurie O'Brien plays Charlotte Bowers, a boarding house owner who befriends and helps Lazarus.
The two have a brief romance that is notable for being between two actors who are close in age. O'Brien was 45. Urich was 51. Well done to Casting Director Sharon Bialy for putting an age-appropriate actress opposite the middle-aged Urich.
The episode works well, and the harmonica-heavy soundtrack is a perfect complement to the acting.
Be sure to watch the great stunt near the end when Lazarus knocks a man off his horse with a shovel. I don't know how it was done without injuring the stunt man and certainly wouldn't want to try it myself.
The man who shows up, played with a strong Irish accent by Tom Mason, seems sincere, but Lazarus has doubts.
Laurie O'Brien plays Charlotte Bowers, a boarding house owner who befriends and helps Lazarus.
The two have a brief romance that is notable for being between two actors who are close in age. O'Brien was 45. Urich was 51. Well done to Casting Director Sharon Bialy for putting an age-appropriate actress opposite the middle-aged Urich.
The episode works well, and the harmonica-heavy soundtrack is a perfect complement to the acting.
Be sure to watch the great stunt near the end when Lazarus knocks a man off his horse with a shovel. I don't know how it was done without injuring the stunt man and certainly wouldn't want to try it myself.