A typical Virginian episode that is loaded with big name guest stars to do the heavy lifting while the regulars are sprinkled through-out the episode to give it a Virginian feel.
Watching this episode makes one wonder why Pernell Roberts left a starring role in Bonanza to bounce over the TV westerns of the decade.
The previous reviewer did a good job of providing an story outline that makes it un-necessary to do the same. What prompted this review is bkoganbing got one thing wrong in his review. Robert's character was not hired for a new piece of property. Rather the Shiloh owner was attempting to buy a nearby ranch and Boyer (Roberts) was given the opportunity to run a crew bringing cattle back to the ranch under some created deadline and he failed, which caused him to return to his outlaw ways.
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Trouble comes home
bkoganbing6 February 2020
This Virginian episode concerns Pernell Roberts coming home to Medicine Bow
to the wife and son he deserted many years ago. Jan Shepard runs a restaurant
and supports their son Michael Burns who has just gotten a job at Shiloh. When
Roberts comes home he too gets a job at Shiloh
Both Charles Bickford and James Drury see in Roberts a potential leader who knows the ranching business. They give him a crew to work a new piece of property that Bickford bought.
Then Noah Beery, Jr. who is Roberts's running buddy from the bad old days shows up and interests him in taking up outlaw ways again.
Roberts gives a fine performance as a man who's quite a stranger to honest hard work over the long haul. He's also jealous The Virginian as a rival for Shepard.
Nice story about a man who can't curb his wild ways.
Both Charles Bickford and James Drury see in Roberts a potential leader who knows the ranching business. They give him a crew to work a new piece of property that Bickford bought.
Then Noah Beery, Jr. who is Roberts's running buddy from the bad old days shows up and interests him in taking up outlaw ways again.
Roberts gives a fine performance as a man who's quite a stranger to honest hard work over the long haul. He's also jealous The Virginian as a rival for Shepard.
Nice story about a man who can't curb his wild ways.
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