Reviews

I loved this episode because of the scene with Peter Breck in town, and Ron Howard runs to him. I found it unbelievably emotional acting. Peter Breck's character was usually portrayed as rough and tough. This was so tender. Since Peter lost his son to leukemia, it is such a reminder that the man was a sweetheart! The first part of the story when Peter is attacked shows that he and Lee Majors bonded as brothers. He trusted his newly found brother with information one might have thought he would have trusted to his attorney brother, Richard Long. It gave Peter a story which showed he was his own man, away from the security of his wealthy family and all their resources. I have no idea what a person looks like if they have been bitten by a possibly rabid dog. Peter's symptoms showed sincere suffering. I really admired the entire cast. The family support was so appealing to me. The subplot of the widow and her relationship with Peter and two strangers extending themselves to him in his desperate circumstances showed a particularly charming story of how good it is when people help each other, with no expectations for financial or other rewards. There is the subplot of how Peter wishes he had come back sooner, only to find the woman he knew years before had died in an epidemic.