The Big Valley: In Silent Battle (1968)
Season 4, Episode 1
3/10
Rather Humorous
22 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I always get a good laugh out of some of these later episodes but why open the 4th season with this unbelievable situation. The heinous murder of a saloon girl, Cora was committed in town very recently but Jarrod and Nick both decide to leave two defenseless women alone at night with just Silas whom we barely see. The sheriff questions the visiting war hero, Maj. Eliot the next morning as he admitted he was in town until late. He never told the Barkleys previously he even went to town and here he is the last person to see Cora.

West was more believable playing crazy than the charming persona. Eliot's sergeant does a good job warning Eliot to stay away from the booze and acting like his guardian, trying to keep him out of trouble to no avail. His piercing blue eyes match West's to a T. It's like everyone wears blue contact lenses for effect.

Later Eliot tells Victoria he is going to marry her daughter, the pure and it's all new to Audra. Victoria labels him a very strange man as they all do yet they go to bed with no worries that he's in the house? Who helped Victoria into bed from the wheelchair? Maj. Eliot?

Later after Audra refuses him he gets into the liquor cabinet so why did he have to go to town the night before for a bottle? I know so he can commit a murder. When Eliot is restless in bed needing a drink the first night he gets up and is wearing modern-day paisley boxers. That is really lame. If it weren't for the fact that fashion dolls were already established I'd be hard pressed to not realize that Audra and Eliot could be the models for Barbie and Ken.
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