The Good Boy

Episode aired Sep 26, 1989
TV-PG
1h

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7.5/10

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Crime Drama Mystery

Bonnie Ritter's son Tony hates his stepfather Cal. Feeling that Cal needs to grow up, Cal wants to send him to a military school. When Tony refuses, Cal threatens Tony, so Tony kills Cal. Bo... Read allBonnie Ritter's son Tony hates his stepfather Cal. Feeling that Cal needs to grow up, Cal wants to send him to a military school. When Tony refuses, Cal threatens Tony, so Tony kills Cal. Bonnie is arrested and Ben defends her.Bonnie Ritter's son Tony hates his stepfather Cal. Feeling that Cal needs to grow up, Cal wants to send him to a military school. When Tony refuses, Cal threatens Tony, so Tony kills Cal. Bonnie is arrested and Ben defends her.

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Leslie Bevis and Nancy Stafford in Matlock (1986)

Andy Griffith and Nancy Stafford in Matlock (1986)

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Trivia
When talking to Tony, Matlock mentions that he knew someone who pronounced kleptomaniac as kleptomenerac. That person was Don Knotts as Andy Griffith's deputy on The Andy Griffith Show (1960). Don Knotts also appeared in 'Matlock'.

Goofs
When Tony picks up his car (Chrysler Lebaron Convertible) from the detail shop, after he gets in the car, it shows the time on the clock "in his car". That clock is made by Ford and most likely was filmed from Matlock's Ford Crown Victoria.

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References The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

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7/10

Well-written, well-acted,, but one guest role actor looks too old for his role

The guest role of the teenage son is supposed to be in his senior year of high school or possibly the late part of his 11th grade year (a junior). The actor who was cast looked to me to be 30+ years of age. Because I was curious, I looked this episode up in imdb. I looked at its broadcast date (1989) and the birth year of that young actor (1970). So my visual impression was wrong -- it was an actor who was in fact younger than age 20 but he looks a decade too old for this part. It should have been an actor who looked much younger than Brian Bloom at that time, or at the very least, his wardrobe should have been styled MUCH younger. He was chronologically close in age to this role, but in appearance, Bloom looked a decade or more wrong for it. A good actor, though!

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