The father of a rising star in baseball is found bludgeoned to death. Brisco and Logan discover that he was managing his son's career and that he'd lost a lot of money gambling. The money had been borrowed from "Papa Doc", an affable chiropractor and usurer. The Doc's muscle man confesses to assault but not murder, and the Doc himself gets off.
The episode is interesting without being outstanding. We wind up feeling some sympathy towards the real murderer. But the story belongs to Papa Doc (Ray Aranha), the chiropractor. He doesn't have that much screen time but he's a magnet for attention whenever he appears.
Here, as elsewhere, the detectives are momentarily sympathetic towards the victims, when they're not off by themselves making wisecracks about the crime. The District Attorney's office, led by Ben Stone, enforces the law ruthlessly. We never get to learn much about the uniformed police officers who, in my experience as a kid, are far less tactful than even the cynical detectives.
The episode is interesting without being outstanding. We wind up feeling some sympathy towards the real murderer. But the story belongs to Papa Doc (Ray Aranha), the chiropractor. He doesn't have that much screen time but he's a magnet for attention whenever he appears.
Here, as elsewhere, the detectives are momentarily sympathetic towards the victims, when they're not off by themselves making wisecracks about the crime. The District Attorney's office, led by Ben Stone, enforces the law ruthlessly. We never get to learn much about the uniformed police officers who, in my experience as a kid, are far less tactful than even the cynical detectives.