Jessica visits Kentucky and, naturally goes to the horse races, where she is seen betting $200 on a given horse. But we immediately learn that she never bets more than $10 for herself, this bet was for her friend Harry McGraw back in Boston. In a weird, though unimportant matter, we never see one second of that race, nor any other horse race in this show. Normally, an series episode focused on the subject will show us at least a few seconds of a race.
The plot focuses on two rival horse breeders feud, that involves-no surprise here-offspring of the two men, offspring who are engaged, with the female being a veterinarian who treats horses. In classic movie/TV murder mystery fashion, you believe you know who'll get murdered, and as soon as you learn you are right you KNOW who will be accused due to scenes you saw, and that will also be right. So obviously, the killer is someone else and they did a good job here in giving you a clue or two but not making it too obvious who the killer was.
One thing dragged this episode down, although I see others thought it was funny. Nanette Fabray plays a lady who seems to believe that she can not only talk to horses and have them understand her words, but that they answer her and she can translate it into English. She did this in her opening scene-OK, kind of amusing. But then she did it during the Reveal, and even though there was a reason for this, the way it was handled by those not in the know made it a rather ridiculous scene to me.
I cannot finish without mentioning that these last three episodes have had some interesting lawmen, particularly to people who remember The Beverly Hillbillies, Fernwood 2-Nite, and The Waltons. In MSW sequence, we saw lawmen in these three episodes portrayed by actors well known for roles that make the thought of them being police officers seem preposterous: Jethro Bodine, Jerry Hubbard, and Yancy Tucker. Barney Fife is Sherlock Holmes next to those characters. Of course, the actors who played those characters are fine actors and I have no beefs about their characters on this series; I'm simply enjoying the thought of a police force with their former characters all working together.
This would seem to be an MSW that gets few viewers thinking it one of the best and even fewer thinking it one of the worst. It didn't stand out much in either direction. I think it a solid six.
The plot focuses on two rival horse breeders feud, that involves-no surprise here-offspring of the two men, offspring who are engaged, with the female being a veterinarian who treats horses. In classic movie/TV murder mystery fashion, you believe you know who'll get murdered, and as soon as you learn you are right you KNOW who will be accused due to scenes you saw, and that will also be right. So obviously, the killer is someone else and they did a good job here in giving you a clue or two but not making it too obvious who the killer was.
One thing dragged this episode down, although I see others thought it was funny. Nanette Fabray plays a lady who seems to believe that she can not only talk to horses and have them understand her words, but that they answer her and she can translate it into English. She did this in her opening scene-OK, kind of amusing. But then she did it during the Reveal, and even though there was a reason for this, the way it was handled by those not in the know made it a rather ridiculous scene to me.
I cannot finish without mentioning that these last three episodes have had some interesting lawmen, particularly to people who remember The Beverly Hillbillies, Fernwood 2-Nite, and The Waltons. In MSW sequence, we saw lawmen in these three episodes portrayed by actors well known for roles that make the thought of them being police officers seem preposterous: Jethro Bodine, Jerry Hubbard, and Yancy Tucker. Barney Fife is Sherlock Holmes next to those characters. Of course, the actors who played those characters are fine actors and I have no beefs about their characters on this series; I'm simply enjoying the thought of a police force with their former characters all working together.
This would seem to be an MSW that gets few viewers thinking it one of the best and even fewer thinking it one of the worst. It didn't stand out much in either direction. I think it a solid six.