Rance McGrew (Larry Blyden), the egotistical star of a popular western TV series, find himself transported to the real wild west where he meets Jesse James (Arch Johnson), who isn't happy about the way he and his outlaw friends have been portrayed in McGrew's show.
This episode has quite a neat central idea, but suffers from lousy execution. Had it been played straight, it could have been a really tense tale, with McGrew forced to prove himself against a legendary gunslinger, but it's played strictly for laughs, and as this season's 'Once Upon a Time' proved, Rod Serling isn't always at home with comedy. Rance McGrew's buffonery isn't the slightest bit funny, making this one of my least favourite episodes.
This episode has quite a neat central idea, but suffers from lousy execution. Had it been played straight, it could have been a really tense tale, with McGrew forced to prove himself against a legendary gunslinger, but it's played strictly for laughs, and as this season's 'Once Upon a Time' proved, Rod Serling isn't always at home with comedy. Rance McGrew's buffonery isn't the slightest bit funny, making this one of my least favourite episodes.