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Gunsmoke: The River: Part 1 (1972)
Excellent storyline
In spite of the bad reviews of the others I found this episode to be highly entertaining. The tale was put together quite nicely I loved the part where the kids were going down the river to join up with Joe Snagg the river pirate. Also I disagree with the reviewer who insisted Matt was out of place in Oregon. It is a scripted story just like all the others, the whys and wherefores are moot points. The ending was also one of the best with the children tossing all the civilized trappings and heading down the river and waving goodbye to a well meaning but overly strict aunt. It might have been better if they had been reunited with Pierre and Paulette and formed a family.
Gunsmoke: Monopoly (1958)
Sorry gunfight scene.
Speegle was not a gunfighter like most of the gunmen in later episodes. First he turned his back to Dillon and to then make it worse he drew his gun while spinning around. It had to be the lamest fast draw ever on Gunsmoke. I really liked J. Pat O'Malley's Trimble character. The story line was better than a lot of other shows and evoked sympathy for the best characters in it. Especially the unseen wife of Trimble, and the Trimble himself. Ivy should have been arrested and tried for his part followed by a necktie party...
M*A*S*H: Bombshells (1982)
Major lack of military procedure.
While I enjoyed this fun episode i have a problem with part of the story line. When BJ got his Bronze medal he passed it on another soldier telling him it was for "for getting his rear out in one piece." While I appreciate this gesture it isn't even close to how the process works. I can imagine the boy signing up for services under the GI Bill and saying he was given a Bronze Medal and them telling him that they have no record of his receiving the medal. There also was another where an underage soldier was given a medal just so he could impress a girl. Again not on his record. As a veteran it just bothers me where the facts are so manipulated just to add a twist to the main story. Fictitious or not I still love the episode where they gave the baby Frank's medal.
Gunsmoke: Fawn (1959)
A part of the story that is overlooked....
The other reviewers captured the essence of the story but there is something that stands out. Toward the end Mr. Hunter asked Mrs. Philips to marry him to which she agreed to wholeheartedly. But Mrs. Phillips is still married to Mr. Phillips who stated he would divorce her. If Mr. Phillips had to leave on the afternoon train there is no way a divorce could have happened in Dodge leaving Mr. Phillips having to go back to Boston to get his divorce. If memory serves me right a man and a woman living together in that day and age was a serious sin and not allowed and bigamy against the law.