Who In His Right Mind Needs a Nice Giri is posited as an example when a conniving con meets a person he can manipulate. Tod and Linc are still in the Daytona Beach area and Linc is frequenting the local library, perhaps to read, but more likely to steal moments with a winsome librarian. Problem is a youthful drifter who has just caused two deaths by his actions drops at the library in need of a con-game to get out of town.
Another completely dark Route 66 episode with only small amounts of travelogue respite, still Who In His Right Mind, etc. is somewhat compelling in its strangeness. Perhaps this is due to the performances turned in by two already veteran TV talents. Lois Smith guest stars as the naive young and lonesome librarian Lucy, and Lee Phillips as the drifter Joe. Both are top-notch TV actors and they bring some urgency to the weakly fleshed out story. Basically, as Joe runs from his crime he finds Lucy to be the perfect patsy to provide his bankroll to leave town. Linc observes the strange interaction of the two in the library and as his usual "save-the-day" behavior gets involved. Tod, as is usual too, is conscripted. The two make it a point to give Joe the obligatory ride out of town and in the process have, to say the least, a strange interaction of their own.
Tod and Linc can't save Lucy from her own naiveté, but they accompany her as her protector. In the end Lucy looses her savings and learns a hard lesson in spontaneity. A strange episode thus ends with a kind of head-scratching open ending.
While there may be some bigger issues alluded to here, the end effect is rather questionable. Route 66 is floundering in it's fourth season and it shows. One can imagine it, as a series, still losing viewers as this stuff really isn't endearing entertainment. Still, there is something in the interaction of our two road warriors as they go about their travels doing good. Not a must see unless you want to check out the performances of Lois Smith and Lee Phillips, two actors with some of the longest TV resumes extant.
Another completely dark Route 66 episode with only small amounts of travelogue respite, still Who In His Right Mind, etc. is somewhat compelling in its strangeness. Perhaps this is due to the performances turned in by two already veteran TV talents. Lois Smith guest stars as the naive young and lonesome librarian Lucy, and Lee Phillips as the drifter Joe. Both are top-notch TV actors and they bring some urgency to the weakly fleshed out story. Basically, as Joe runs from his crime he finds Lucy to be the perfect patsy to provide his bankroll to leave town. Linc observes the strange interaction of the two in the library and as his usual "save-the-day" behavior gets involved. Tod, as is usual too, is conscripted. The two make it a point to give Joe the obligatory ride out of town and in the process have, to say the least, a strange interaction of their own.
Tod and Linc can't save Lucy from her own naiveté, but they accompany her as her protector. In the end Lucy looses her savings and learns a hard lesson in spontaneity. A strange episode thus ends with a kind of head-scratching open ending.
While there may be some bigger issues alluded to here, the end effect is rather questionable. Route 66 is floundering in it's fourth season and it shows. One can imagine it, as a series, still losing viewers as this stuff really isn't endearing entertainment. Still, there is something in the interaction of our two road warriors as they go about their travels doing good. Not a must see unless you want to check out the performances of Lois Smith and Lee Phillips, two actors with some of the longest TV resumes extant.