4 reviews
The Rifleman: The Schoolmaster
- Scarecrow-88
- Dec 4, 2015
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Violence free Episode
Not too sure, but I don't recall too many episodes that involve no gunfire or fist fights. Don't know why, but I always enjoy shows that have some school scenes.
Enjoyed seeing Lucas taking the kids to school. It's also neat seeing Mark be a normal kid with some struggles in life.
This is a different episode but gives more depth to Lucas and Mark.
Like many of these shows, the ending is quite predictable. Nonetheless, it's a good fit in the series and for a third season show it's helpful in rounding out all that goes on in North Fork.
Lucas and Mark are the only two of the regular cast in this show.
Enjoyed seeing Lucas taking the kids to school. It's also neat seeing Mark be a normal kid with some struggles in life.
This is a different episode but gives more depth to Lucas and Mark.
Like many of these shows, the ending is quite predictable. Nonetheless, it's a good fit in the series and for a third season show it's helpful in rounding out all that goes on in North Fork.
Lucas and Mark are the only two of the regular cast in this show.
The new hardnose schoolteacher thinks Lucas is a bad parent.
Contains a classic confrontation when Lucas drops his loaded (but uncocked) rifle in front of the schoolhouse, and the teacher orders him "never to bring a dangerous weapon near this schoolhouse again" because he's not responsible with it. The teacher escalates the battle by declaring that the reason Mark isn't getting his homework done is that his father likes conversation too much, and orders Mark to stay indefinitely after school so he can supervise his homework. Mark can't take the insult to his father and runs out of the classroom. He hides in an old mineshaft (was there any part of the West without an abandoned mine in walking distance?), and Lucas and the teacher are forced to combine forces to save him when he's caught in a collapse. In the process, the value of studying the Greeks is affirmed. Won't spoil it by telling you how.
Nothing unique about this episode
This is one of those predictable episodes that features children going into an old abandon mine. You can already guess what is going to happen so I will spare you the excitement. But the one thing that stands out in this episode is shown right at the beginning.
Mark is falsely accused of damaging a book belonging to the new school teacher, Mr Griswald. The school teacher uses corporal punishment and also accuses Lucas of not raising Mark properly. Mark and his friend, Billy, then skip school the following day and that is when they discover the abandon mine.
This episode is so predictable that it stirred very little interest. The plot is old and the outcome known. Nothing unique about this show.
Mark is falsely accused of damaging a book belonging to the new school teacher, Mr Griswald. The school teacher uses corporal punishment and also accuses Lucas of not raising Mark properly. Mark and his friend, Billy, then skip school the following day and that is when they discover the abandon mine.
This episode is so predictable that it stirred very little interest. The plot is old and the outcome known. Nothing unique about this show.