Whenever I see a Barkley or a Cartwright getting serious about a woman I know the poor thing is a dead duck, a gone goose. The fact that this one lived long enough to elope with Jarrod is a departure from the norm.
These women were veritable bullet magnets! If there was a bullet in the area you can bet it ended up lethally lodged in them! He's lucky she wasn't shot before the wedding night--at least he had that. lol
Victoria was the best mother-in-law in the world. She wasn't the least upset over missing the wedding and welcomed Beth with open arms. I suppose after welcoming Heath this seemed like an easy one.
I don't think this is out of character for Jarrod. He has always seemed to be wound a bit too tight. He's probably been "the little man," since childhood, the one who made sure he didn't put a foot wrong through college and law school, the one who sometimes acted more like a father than a big brother to the rest. They could remain a bit immature but Jarrod had to be the voice of reason, too old too young. But underneath that restraint was a Barkley and the Barkleys were one and all passionate and protective, seeking justice on their own when they believed the powers that be wouldn't do the job. It must have felt really good, to both Jarrod and Long, to stop being the perfect elder son for awhile.
The sheriff's actions at the end were very believable. As was Victoria's advice--the show does well with pre-Freudian methods of coping, ie try to forget about it.
Beth's comment about feeling she was in another dimension was jarringly anachronistic but perhaps she was a scientist or a philosopher and thought in those terms. I won't take off a star for that. It's not a perfect episode but I really enjoyed it.
The theme as stated was if Jarrod kills the man he is after, how does that make Jarrod any better than him? And that Jarrod was not the man he thought he was. He was humbled and brought low. He will have a different view of life now, a less arrogant and judgmental view, perhaps.
These women were veritable bullet magnets! If there was a bullet in the area you can bet it ended up lethally lodged in them! He's lucky she wasn't shot before the wedding night--at least he had that. lol
Victoria was the best mother-in-law in the world. She wasn't the least upset over missing the wedding and welcomed Beth with open arms. I suppose after welcoming Heath this seemed like an easy one.
I don't think this is out of character for Jarrod. He has always seemed to be wound a bit too tight. He's probably been "the little man," since childhood, the one who made sure he didn't put a foot wrong through college and law school, the one who sometimes acted more like a father than a big brother to the rest. They could remain a bit immature but Jarrod had to be the voice of reason, too old too young. But underneath that restraint was a Barkley and the Barkleys were one and all passionate and protective, seeking justice on their own when they believed the powers that be wouldn't do the job. It must have felt really good, to both Jarrod and Long, to stop being the perfect elder son for awhile.
The sheriff's actions at the end were very believable. As was Victoria's advice--the show does well with pre-Freudian methods of coping, ie try to forget about it.
Beth's comment about feeling she was in another dimension was jarringly anachronistic but perhaps she was a scientist or a philosopher and thought in those terms. I won't take off a star for that. It's not a perfect episode but I really enjoyed it.
The theme as stated was if Jarrod kills the man he is after, how does that make Jarrod any better than him? And that Jarrod was not the man he thought he was. He was humbled and brought low. He will have a different view of life now, a less arrogant and judgmental view, perhaps.