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8/10
An enjoyable western tale.
kfo949423 July 2016
In this episode, the series gets back to its roots as we get a western tale that is full of suspense and action. -- It all begins when Josh gets a message from the sheriff that he is wanted to find an outlaw, Paul Decker, that is accused of killing a local man named Taggart.. When Josh arrives he is informed that the Sheriff sent no message but finds out that the wife of Paul Decker sent the message and wants Josh to return her husband for trail before the Taggart family finds him. Josh is told of the whereabouts of Decker and plans to bring him back for justice.

Before Josh sets out to return Decker, he runs in to two brothers of Taggart with intent to hang Decker on sight. Josh has to get Decker back to the Sheriff's office plus also has to deal with the brothers that will do anything to keep Josh from getting Decker to town.

After an episode that did not live up to the series standard, this episode returned the series to the reason viewers enjoyed the show. An enjoyable western that was well written and well performed.
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8/10
Enough story and action for an hour long show
cpotato101016 March 2019
It was hard to believe this was only a half an hour long show.

There was considerable variation in locations, and a good mix of dialog and action.

The direction is good, well paced.

The only downside is that you have seen this story before, there is no real suspense.

Still, a good episode.
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10/10
Life With Josh
ccthemovieman-116 March 2011
This was an excellent, suspenseful show with plenty of action and some pretty memorable scenes.

Some of those were in scenes involving guest actor James Lydon ("Paul Dexter/") For classic movie fans, that's "Jimmy Lydon," who was one of the featured members of the cast of the 1947 hit film, "Life With Father." Actor Lydon, by now, was a grown adult with a number of TV-credits to his resume (and a whole lot since!).

"Josh" not only gets involved with two vengeful "Taggart" brothers, "Burt" and "Ollie," he also has to play surgeon to save the man's life who he's bring in! Lots of good stuff in this episode, the second-to-last in the history of this series.
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