In this one, Joe is hired by a woman (played by Julie Gregg) to find out who's trying to kill her and why, and as Joe starts investigating, he discovers it's a much larger case as several other individuals besides the woman are also in danger.
This is an outstanding episode with a well-written story, a genuine mystery with some nice twists, a solid investigation and lots of suspense since the killer isn't revealed until the very end. This is one of the best episodes of the entire series.
What's notable is Anthony Zerbe plays a preacher, which is uproarious since he made a career out of playing criminals, killers and all-around sleazeballs. This is now the second straight appearance where he's played a preacher, with the first one being Cry Silence from last season, and in that one, he noticeably looked like he was going to break out laughing a couple of times at the sheer thought of playing a preacher, but in this one, he's more restrained and I didn't detect any signs of possible fits of laughter, which in itself is a tremendous acting job. However, I was certainly laughing at him, but in a good way, because he's absolutely hilarious, which is not what the producers intended, but seeing Anthony Zerbe playing a preacher with a straight face is extremely entertaining and sidesplitting. I laughed more in this episode than in any other episode to date and it's not even close. The producers did add an interesting wrinkle to his character though as he's both a preacher AND a dope addict, so that definitely brings him back down to earth and more in line with his previous history.
Julie Gregg is the other main guest star and her performance is stellar, as are the performances from the rest of the cast.
Ward Wood has a larger role than normal and plays a key role throughout. This is one of his finest performances.
Woodrow Parfrey makes another appearance as Willy the stoolie and provides some vital information.
There are no clichés, which continues the very noticeable trend this season as all of the episodes so far have had very few if any of them, which makes this season unique in that respect.
This episode is absolute dynamite and is certainly in my top five overall. It's highly entertaining in every way.
This is an outstanding episode with a well-written story, a genuine mystery with some nice twists, a solid investigation and lots of suspense since the killer isn't revealed until the very end. This is one of the best episodes of the entire series.
What's notable is Anthony Zerbe plays a preacher, which is uproarious since he made a career out of playing criminals, killers and all-around sleazeballs. This is now the second straight appearance where he's played a preacher, with the first one being Cry Silence from last season, and in that one, he noticeably looked like he was going to break out laughing a couple of times at the sheer thought of playing a preacher, but in this one, he's more restrained and I didn't detect any signs of possible fits of laughter, which in itself is a tremendous acting job. However, I was certainly laughing at him, but in a good way, because he's absolutely hilarious, which is not what the producers intended, but seeing Anthony Zerbe playing a preacher with a straight face is extremely entertaining and sidesplitting. I laughed more in this episode than in any other episode to date and it's not even close. The producers did add an interesting wrinkle to his character though as he's both a preacher AND a dope addict, so that definitely brings him back down to earth and more in line with his previous history.
Julie Gregg is the other main guest star and her performance is stellar, as are the performances from the rest of the cast.
Ward Wood has a larger role than normal and plays a key role throughout. This is one of his finest performances.
Woodrow Parfrey makes another appearance as Willy the stoolie and provides some vital information.
There are no clichés, which continues the very noticeable trend this season as all of the episodes so far have had very few if any of them, which makes this season unique in that respect.
This episode is absolute dynamite and is certainly in my top five overall. It's highly entertaining in every way.