There is not one likable character in this episode filled with a bunch of tough talking wannabe bikers. Bruce Dern's character was so over the top annoying that he made this the first Fugitive episode that I wound up fast forwarding through.
His character was so irritating that I couldn't sit through his wild eyed screaming without having the FF button handy. I didn't care about the other two partners in crime either who just as annoying as he was.
It's not the actors though, because I enjoyed each of them in their previous guest roles on this series, but here I just couldn't stand any of them and the plot was incredibly boring to boot. The Epilogue couldn't come fast enough with this episode.
It's also a distraction seeing the same guest star return numerous times in different roles. I kept wondering if there was a shortage of actors and actresses in the 1960's that they had to recycle the same ones over and over again for the guest roles. This occurs in this series too much not to notice it and I feel that it detracts somewhat from the storytelling. Not that this story was any good anyway. When you don't care if all of the guest characters fly off a cliff to their bloody deaths in the first act, it's just not a good episode.
I'm hoping for at least a couple of good episodes left before the series wraps up, but if not I always have seasons 1-3 to watch over again. Even the rare stinkers in those first three seasons were watchable and it's painful to see such a great show like this limping along to it's finish. I'm starting to think perhaps they should've wrapped it up at the end of season 3.
His character was so irritating that I couldn't sit through his wild eyed screaming without having the FF button handy. I didn't care about the other two partners in crime either who just as annoying as he was.
It's not the actors though, because I enjoyed each of them in their previous guest roles on this series, but here I just couldn't stand any of them and the plot was incredibly boring to boot. The Epilogue couldn't come fast enough with this episode.
It's also a distraction seeing the same guest star return numerous times in different roles. I kept wondering if there was a shortage of actors and actresses in the 1960's that they had to recycle the same ones over and over again for the guest roles. This occurs in this series too much not to notice it and I feel that it detracts somewhat from the storytelling. Not that this story was any good anyway. When you don't care if all of the guest characters fly off a cliff to their bloody deaths in the first act, it's just not a good episode.
I'm hoping for at least a couple of good episodes left before the series wraps up, but if not I always have seasons 1-3 to watch over again. Even the rare stinkers in those first three seasons were watchable and it's painful to see such a great show like this limping along to it's finish. I'm starting to think perhaps they should've wrapped it up at the end of season 3.