This episode shows Lucas at his most unflattering side. A neighbor is gravely injured and Lucas makes him a promise to bring back the woman this man married on the spur of the moment. Lucas goes to retrieve her to find this woman, Elizabeth, a cross between a bold brassy actress and a brazen party girl. Lucas ends up taking her by force to see a man who she really does not know. On the way, Elizabeth challenges Lucas's unfailing moral code and even tries to seduce him in a weak moment. She constantly goads him for his gallantry and in the final analysis does raise a question as to what Lucas's motives really were. I found this one of the more cynical episodes where the conclusions drawn were neither the most altruistic or based on the purest of motives. It showed human nature at its most grasping with all its characters. Even those who had a form of righteousness wanted a personal advantage in this situation.
Review of The Actress
