How the Tess Was Won - August 5, 1956 

Sam finds himself as a veterinarian who has to compete as a cowboy to win the heart of a cowgirl heiress.

Director:

Ivan Dixon

Writers:

Donald P. Bellisario (created by), Deborah Arakelian

Stars:

Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Lance LeGault

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Scott Bakula	...	Dr. Sam Beckett
Dean Stockwell	...	Admiral Al Calavicci
Lance LeGault	...	Chance McGill
Kari Lizer	...	Tess McGill
Marshall R. Teague	...	Wayne
Scott Fults	...	Buddy Holly
Sloan Fischer	...	Dr. Daniel Young

Storyline

Sam leaps into the body of a Texas veterinarian, Dr. Daniel Young who carries a torch for a local ranch owner's daughter, Tess McGill. She has a stubborn streak and refuses to marry any man who is unable to out-ranch her. She makes a bet with her Dad that she will give Young one week to prove he can be a better rancher than she is and if he does, she will marry him. Young's helper at the veterinary practice, Buddy, proves to be a bit of a surprise.

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Plot Keywords:

year 1956 | 1950s | widowmaker the horse character | veterinarian | heiress | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 April 1989 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Belisarius Productions, Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

49 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sam's first encounter with someone who is soon to be actually famous.

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Goofs

The calender in Doc's office displays the wrong month. August 1956 began on a Wednesday, not a Saturday as seen. As Doc would need to keep a close eye on the date to keep appointments it is very unlikely he would forget to change it. December was the only 31 day month to begin on Saturday in 1956. (September began on Saturday but only has 30 days. The calendar clearly shows a month with 31 days.)

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Quotes

Tess McGill: [Speaking to her father] And I'll tell you what. If there's a man on this ranch who can keep up with me for one week, then I'll marry him. But if he can't, then we forget about this marriage business once and for all.

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Connections

References How the West Was Won (1962)

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Soundtracks

Peggy Sue
Written by Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, and Jerry Allison (1957)
Performed by Scott Fults

User Reviews

Why did he go back? What was his purpose??

So anyway one can wonder what the movie was about of course it was in the movie it was a television Siri but even so that even worse because the television series should be straight to the point in here to the point was that we didn't know the point until the very end and then again we needed to think about it but if the point is that something would happen already is the way we know it in real life then why would a man go back the way that to go to fix something which isn't needed so the question is of course why did he come back if you don't know it and that is the whole point yeah really so if you get to the point that you start to realize for this about then we don't know it anymore.